ICT in education network: sharing, reusing and collaborating in the Free Open Source style

ICT in education network:sharing, reusingand collaboratingin the Free Open Source styleProf. dr. Frederik QuestierVrije Universiteit Brussel

16th of February 2012

This presentation can be found athttp://questier.com

http://www.slideshare.net/Frederik_Questier

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My background

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My research interestsMy research interests

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Universidad contributionsA continuing story...

➢ 2006: Advantages and opportunities of free & open source software for education

➢ 2008: Open Source development for academics

➢ 2010: Strategies & Policies for the implementation of Free & and Open Source Software in Higher Education Institutions

➢ 2012: How to reach national implementation?

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Our social responsibility:how open is the future?

Bridging the digital divide

➢ "bridge the digital divide

by adopting open source

thus narrowing the effect of techno-colonialism"

➢ “Need for technology

that is controlled by local communities

and not by foreign companies,

that is public property

and empowers people to be self-reliant”

www.FOSSFA.net

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"The most fundamental way of helping other

people,is to teach people

how to do things betteror how to better their

lives.

For peoplewho use computers,this means sharing

the recipesyou use on your

computer,in other words

the programs you run."

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1980's: Stallman defined“Free Software”

➢The freedom to

➢ use

➢ study

➢ distribute

➢ improve

the program

1998: “Open Source” sounds better as “Free Software”?

1991 comp sci student

Usenet posting to the newsgroup "comp.os.minix.":

“I'm doing a (free) operating system (just a hobby, won't be big and professional like gnu) for 386(486) AT clones.”

6117 persons, 659 companieshave contributed to Linux kernel

"Congratulations, you're on the winning team.Linux has crossed the chasm to mainstream adoption."

➢ Jeffrey Hammond, principal analyst at Forrester Research, LinuxCon, 2010

“Linux has come to dominate almost every category of computing, with the exception of the desktop”

➢ Jim Zemlin, Linux Foundation Executive Director, 2011

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The possible effectsExample: Extremadura

➢ poorly developed region → economic revival➢ based on FLOSS (customized GNU/Linux)

➢ computer access for every student➢ saved >18M € on initial 80,000 school computers➢ total software cost: 1.08 Euro/PC/year

➢ bigger project➢ stimuli for companies, centres for citizens

➢ economic revival -> European regional innovation award

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SEPADSEPAD

Sistema de Enseñanza Sistema de Enseñanza personalizada a distanciapersonalizada a distancia

E-learning environment E-learning environment developed at UCLVdeveloped at UCLV

Free Software repository

Open educational resources (OER)

digitised materialsoffered freely and openly

for educators, students and self-learnersto use and reuse

for teaching, learning and research

Believing that OER can

widen access to quality education,

particularly when shared by many countries

and higher education institutions,

UNESCO champions OER

as a means of promoting access, equity and quality

in the spirit of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

ocw.mit.edu

www.merlot.org

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cnx.org

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S. Ternier et al., Interoperability for Searching Learning Object Repositories: The ProLearn Query Language, D-Lib Magazine, 2008, Volume 14 Number 1/2, doi:10.1045/january2008-ceri

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But content is no longer king!

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What is good learning?

Jonassen's Model for (constructive) learning environments

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Recommendations for opennessRecommendations for openness

➢ Research network: strategies for Cuban contextResearch network: strategies for Cuban context➢ how to increase awareness?➢ how to migrate?➢ barriers?➢ licenses for software and OERs?➢ ...

➢ Share experiences and collaborateShare experiences and collaborate

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Recommendations for opennessRecommendations for opennessinfrastructureinfrastructure

➢ Implement national portals and repositories for:Implement national portals and repositories for:➢ Free Open Source Software➢ E-learning materials➢ Scientific publications➢ Research data

➢ Open up and connect your Virtual Learning EnvironmentsOpen up and connect your Virtual Learning Environments➢ OERs➢ Roaming for students and staff

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DAREDARETO SHARETO SHARE

¿Preguntas?¡Gracias!

Credits

➢ Cartoon Open Source Fish by openssoft

➢ “Sorry. We're closed” CC-by-nc by Tommaso Galli

➢ Open arrow, CC-by-nd by ChuckCoker

➢ OPEN, CC-by-nc-sa by Tom Magliery

➢ Share matches CC-by-nc-nd by Josh Harper

➢ Question mark CC-by by Stefan Baudy