This empirical paper shows how free/libre open source software (FLOSS) contributes to mutual and collaborative learning in
an educational environment. However, unlike proprietary software, FLOSS allows extensive customisation of software and supports
the needs of local users better. In this paper, we observes how implementing FLOSS in an Italian high school challenges the
conventional relationship between end users themselves (e.g. teachers and students) and that between users and developers.
The findings will shed some light on the social aspects of FLOSS-based computerization -- including the roles of FLOSS in
social and organizational change in educational environments and the ways that the social organization of FLOSS are influenced
by social forces and social practices.
Keywords free/libre open source software (FLOSS) - FLOSS inplementation in schools - collaborative learning - mutual learning - OpenOffice.org - blog