Framatube

Open-source software is widely praised for its transparency, adaptability, and freedom. In educational technology, however, this openness often stops at the level of code and licensing, while the pedagogical assumptions and implicit theories of learning embedded in digital tools remain opaque. This talk argues that truly open educational technology must extend the principle of openness to pedagogy itself. Every platform—whether a learning management system or an AI tutor—encodes a particular conception of learning, shaping what teachers and learners can do, often without making these assumptions visible or debatable. Drawing on the distinction between the grammar of schooling (the institutional routines and constraints that structure formal education) and the grammar of learning (the evolutionary and socio-cultural dynamics of how humans learn), the talk shows how even open-source projects risk reproducing outdated models of schooling if their pedagogical underpinnings remain implicit. Advocating for “open pedagogy for open EdTech,” it proposes aligning code transparency with pedagogical transparency by co-creating tools with educators, embedding multiple theoretical and didactical options, and enabling communities to adapt technologies to diverse learning contexts. Such an approach would move open-source EdTech beyond technical freedom and toward supporting learning sovereignty—empowering learners and educators to shape technologies in accordance with how learning actually works.

By Robert Reuter

When it comes to AI in Education, RAG software is what most people are after. The ability to create a knowledge base and use it with a Large Language Model to generate answers for a private chatbot is a common requirement. We are developing at the LMDDC a mainstream solution for education leveraging open source software. During this presentation, Pierre will walk you through our journey and explain which open source solutions we used.

By Pierre de La Celle

In today’s rapidly evolving educational landscape, training institutes—both public and private—have to balance both operational management and learning experiences. This presentation will showcase how Odoo, an open-core ERP platform, can provides a modular solution tailored to the specific needs of training organizations.

Drawing on NSI’s rich portfolio of real-world integration projects, both on the open source community version and the entreprise version, the talk will explore how Odoo’s modular architecture can be customized to address common pain points. Learn how Odoo enables seamless data consolidation, automates repetitive processes, and empowers staff and students.

Attendees will walk away with tangible insights from implementation experiences, including how to adapt Odoo for compliance, multilingual settings, and varying governance structures. The session will also highlight best practices, lessons learned, and pointers for sustainability and scalability in institutional contexts.

Whether you represent a public training body or a private academy, this talk delivers actionable strategies to enhance efficiency, transparency, and learner engagement.

By Francois Lange

Since 2020, La Digitale has been offering alternatives to big edtech companies through a set of free and open-source digital tools used by more than 3 million teachers, learners, and education professionals in over 160 countries.

By Emmanuel Zimmert

TAO is an open-source assessment platform designed to support a wide range of educational contexts. Its foundation on open standards makes it adaptable and interoperable, allowing institutions and governments to implement digital testing solutions that align with their local needs without dependence on proprietary technologies.

The open-source model is central to TAO’s mission. By removing licensing barriers, TAO ensures equitable access to assessment tools, regardless of institutional or regional resources. Its modular design encourages collaboration, innovation, and continuous improvement across diverse educational ecosystems. TAO goes beyond open-source software; it fosters the exchange of experiences, use cases, and new ideas within the TAO open community. New insights emerging from this community through concrete and trial practices are expected to transform assessment practices, further amplifying TAO’s global impact.

Real-world deployments of TAO illustrate its ability to thrive in both well-resourced and low-resource contexts. Use cases from various regions will be presented to demonstrate how the platform has delivered secure, standardized assessments with low total cost of ownership, enabling stakeholders to redirect resources toward teaching, learning, and infrastructure. Even in challenging environments, TAO has proven to enhance educational opportunities and outcomes for learners and educators alike.

By Patrick Plichart

This talk introduces a strategic approach for organizations to explore open-source tools in the creation and management of learning pathways that align with microcredential frameworks. Targeted at administrators, HR professionals, and organizational leaders, the initiative supports Continuing Professional Development (CPD) by enabling the design of modular, verifiable learning experiences that contribute to recognized digital skill credentials. The approach supports strategic competence supply planning, internal mobility, and measurable progress tracking.

By Jonas Bäckelin

The Luxembourg Cybersecurity Factory (LCF) is set to become a groundbreaking hub for collaboration, enabling the seamless collection, analysis, and sharing of critical cybersecurity data—from threat intelligence and vulnerabilities to the effectiveness of protective measures. Designed as an open cybersecurity data space, the LCF will integrate advanced data tools, a dedicated Open Source Program Office (OSPO), and robust governance frameworks to strengthen risk mitigation across sectors.

This initiative will empower organisations, especially SMEs, to develop innovative, autonomous cybersecurity solutions, fostering a vibrant ecosystem of data, tools, and real-world applications. In a second phase, the LCF will expand its partnership with the Luxembourg AI Factory (L-AIF), integrating AI capabilities to further enhance its impact.

By attracting cybersecurity data providers to contribute their datasets and supporting data curation for AI applications, Luxembourg aims to position the LCF as a global leader in open-source-driven cybersecurity innovation.

By Pascal Steichen

In this talk, we will discuss how we tame the complexity of software development at LIST by using a low-code approach. By specifying the blueprints of the software to be built, we can (semi)automate its development, including its AI features and components (chatbots, neural networks...)

We will describe BESSER, the open-source low-code framework that makes this possible, and discuss you can use and extend BESSER to create your own tailored-made low-code solution for your organization.

By Jordi Cabot

By 2030, the Interoperable Europe Act aims for all key public digital services in EU member states to be interoperable, enabling seamless cross-border information exchange. Open source software is a key tool and lever for achieving the ambitious yet critical goals. Significant investment, guidance, and collaboration will be needed to ensure the European public sector sphere can effectively adopt and sustain open source solutions.

This talk presents findings from an in-depth study of five mature cases where local governments have adopted, developed, and collaborated on open source software from three perspectives:

The presentation offers three takeaways for the attendees. First, the case studies show how local government open source projects have evolved through various stages, what challenges they have experienced, how these have been managed, and how sustainability is planned for. Second, a set of archetypes is defined to support actors in identifying their own role and those of others in the open source ecosystem to foster successful open source collaboration in a specific context. Finally, specific recommendations are provided to guide local governments, community actors, and service suppliers to cooperate in developing and supporting open source solutions with the potential to scale cross-border collaboration.

By Johan Linåker

The public sector as a catalyst for Open Source businesses - Passbolt as an example

In this talk we will cover how collaborating with the public sector was instrumental for passbolt growth in Europe and internationally, as well as how other open source startups can leverage public sector for their own development.

By Kevin Muller