Browsing educational software repositories
Learning has become easy and convenient with the advent of Internet. There are numerous free educational repositories available online whose primary purpose is self-learning. FOSS or Free Open Source Software (https://freeopensourcesoftware.org ) gives information on various educational software that can be accessed online for self learning process. Some of the open-source educational software repositories like SchoolForge, SourceForge etc. are also available for downloading educational softwares.
As an example, follow the steps given below to locate a free educational software called Stellarium in sourceforge.net.
- Type https://sourceforge.net in the browser and the keyword stellarium in the search field and click on search.
Fig: Searching for stellarium
- A page showing with a list of software on stellarium will be displayed. For viewing or downloading the desired software, click the down arrow on the right of that software..
Fig: List of repositories on Stellarium
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Click the Download button to download the desired repository containing detailed information on stellarium.
Fig: Download button
Click Play button to view the resource or Download button to download it.
Likewise, any educational resource on any topic can be searched, accessed and downloaded from various open source repositories.
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