edX is being used for a very long list of educational sites on the web as a platform that gives instructors and educational institutions a set of starting tools and the ability to extend the platform. The edX team has spent considerable effort getting their community involved in the development of the platform and they […]
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In this article, Michel Bauwens outlines 10 areas where government can encourage open source development and the commons. Education Research Purchasing Patents Data Collaboration Commons Health Economy Systemic Change More from P2P Foundation
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Education is typically built from 3 parts, 1) exposure to content, 2) learning the content, and 3) verifying the content has been learned. Massively Open Online Courses (MOOCs) have drastically scaled up the ability to accomplish the first phase of learning, but so far little has been done for the other two. The industry is […]
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Following a corruption scandal involving the superintendent of Los Angeles Schools and executives from Apple and Pearson Education, the city’s iPad for every student plan has been halted. Apple and Pearson have both spent considerable lobbying effort to establish themselves in the US education system, a relationship that has encouraged the use of proprietary electronic […]
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Open source is being used increasingly in the US military for a variety of applications. In September, camp Shelby in Mississippi will be launching open source training courses for the military under the work of the Open Technology Center. The academy is part of an effort to improve IT skills of military personnel and to […]
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Home gardening can be an enriching activity, but finding information on the web to help you can be a challenge. Often, information about problems is conflicting and not tailored to the specific location of the gardener. OpenFarm seeks to crowdsource growing advice through the creation of a Wiki that allows anyone to build custom guides […]
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Participating in open source can foster a sense of optimism and hope, open up new skills and abilities, and encourage deeper engagement in learning within the individuals involved. This article is chocked full of examples of open source expanding the potential of the human mind. More from OpenSource.com
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LiDAR is a remote sensing technology that measures distance by illuminating a target with lasers and analyzing the reflected light. It is a necessary part of building autonomous drones that are functional enough to be used in situations of high importance. A new project has been launched on kickstarter to fund an open source LiDAR […]
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Nigerian libraries do not typically have the resourced to provide staff and patrons with proprietary applications. The Librarians Registration Council of Nigeria is launchign a workshop aimed at educating Nigerian librarians on open source library tools. Their goal is to modernize Nigerian libraries and facilitate information sharing by training over 4,000 librarians. More from All […]
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In May of this year, professors from across the country convened at Drexel University for the Professors’ Open SOurce Summer Experience, a three day immersive conference for faculty who want to incorporated open source into their teaching. Issues like allowing students to work on critical projects, and how to work around release schedules that don’t […]
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The Hello World Program is a show designed to teach kids computer programming concepts using puppets and open source tools; all content is licensed under the Creative Commons license. More from OpenSource.com
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The Open Knowledge festival was started as an effort to improve collective sharing, learning, and making, and to bring positive change to society by improving access to knowledge and tools. This group seeks to improve accessibility to music, films, books, government information, and scientific, historical, and geographical data. The festival is being held in Berlin, […]
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An update to the U.S. children’s Internet Protection Act in 2011 stipulates that schools who receive federal funding from the FCC’s E-rate program must educate students on cyber safety. Charlie Reisinger offers ideas for how this education could be updated to include information related to technology rights, open formats and licenses, ethics and privacy, and […]
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The tech industry has had problems with gender diversity for some time, and the gap between men and women involvement in open source has been even worse. OpenHatch started in 2009 as an effort to recruit open source contributors from a variety of backgrounds on college campuses. Efforts like this seek to expand the diversity […]
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Severgy, a Texas-based IT firm has announced a partnership with the Univerisity of Texas to create a lab for IBM’s OpenPower foundation and the Open Computer Project. More from Business Cloud News
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A survey of UK educators listed interoperability and migration problems, lack of support, and poor quality software as the top three reasons for deciding not to pursue open source applications. Overall, the survey exposed the major supply-side and demand-side factors that are contributing to the slow adoption of open source in education. More from OpenSource.com
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The School of Open is an initiative led by P2PU and Creative Commons aimed at education the public about contributing open content. More at OpenSource.com
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Libraries are a wonderful place to engage patrons through use of open source tools. Bringing the community together for classes, talks, and collaborative events can help people learn and grow while promoting open source. More at OpenSource.com
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Docker: Taking a Look Through the Hype
I’ve spent the last couple of months working an internship for The Linux Foundation, doing research on new developments and adoption trends in the open source industry. If you have spent any amount of time reading about open source over the last year, you have probably heard about Docker; a lot of people are talking […]
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Modern education has increasingly relied on testing and standardization in recent years. Open source technology offers an alternative learning platform that can free educators and students from testing to focus on creating real-world solutions and products. Students can learn skills that are highly sought-after in the business world by developing the very tools the industry […]
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