More and more libraries are discovering the usefulness of hobbyist 3D printers and are deploying them for public use alongside open source applications like Blender, FreeCAD, and OpenSCAD. More at OpenSource.com
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The price of textbooks in the US has risen at exceptionally high rates for decades. Open education resources are attempting to provide educational materials to students and educators at much more affordable prices through principles of reuse, redistribution, revision, and remixing. More at OpenSource.com
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There are many ways FOSS can be used as a teaching tool in universities. Participating in the development of an open source project can introduce students to a wide-variety of important skills. The association for Computing Machinery included a day dedicated teaching open source practices, tools, and techniques in their annual Special Interest Group in […]
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The Physical Computing course at the State University of New York is teaching hardware and software design to students through hands-on work with open source devices like Arduino and the Printerbot. Students are engaged through a process of design, prototyping, and development to participate in events like robotic Olympics. -More at opensource.com
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The Open Source Solution to Privacy
In this part of the series, I want to explore the various open source solutions that have risen recently. The transparency of open source software offers a unique solution to the issues of protecting the privacy of citizens by allowing anyone to check the integrity of the code used to generate applications. This is only […]
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Youth Digitals is a for-profit school that teaches kids about graphic design and programming using open source tools. Founded by Justin Richards, the company just moved to Chapel Hill, NC, and sells online courses and runs summer programs that teach kids through the creation of tangible products. Kids get hands on experience building mobile apps, […]
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Open Source Pedagogy Research + Innovation (OSPRI) is a department within Duke University that focuses on in the intersection of open source and education innovation. The program partners with off campus companies and organizations to provide real-world learning experiences for students from a diverse range of background. Throughout this process, students who otherwise would never get […]
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The Rochester Institute of Technology now offers a minor in open source that includes both a technical and non-technical track. The minor focuses on things like humanitarian open source development, open source culture, the legal and business environment of FOSS and more. Holding true to the open source mindset, the school encourages students to improve […]
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