Education

Scholarships for open source contributors

Proponents of getting students involved as contributors in open source projects often cite the benefits of having a portfolio and a stellar network of references for job or even school applications. What some don't know is that there are scholarships specifically geared towards open source contributors - and that, for those who want to encourage more young people to get involved in FOSS, these scholarships are quite easy to set up and administer. » Read more

2 CommentsPosted 2 Jun 2010 by Mel Chua (Red Hat)

Contributing back to society: eejot.org

Meet Prabhat Jha. He founded an organization called Eejot, which means "light." Its mission is to improve and facilitate education in remote villages in Nepal.

Recently, he traveled back to the village in Nepal where he grew up, and turned his vacation into an opportunity to give back to his community. Watch the video to learn more about the work of Eejot, which includes mentoring and education, health camps, and open source awareness seminars. » Read more

1 CommentPosted 1 Jun 2010 by Kim Jokisch (Red Hat)

Spreading the dandelions: Open Your World recap

Thank you to all who joined us for the first Open Your World forum yesterday, and a special thanks to our speakers. We hope you all learned something new to apply to your lives. » Read more

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application/pdf iconOpen Source for America, Jeremy Allison and Terri Molini
application/pdf iconOpen Source License Compliance, Richard Fontana
application/pdf iconThe Stimulus and Standards, Dr. John Halamka
application/pdf iconThe Challenges and Rewards of Diving In, Matt Jadud
application/pdf iconWikimedia: Strategic Planning the Open Source Way, Eugene Eric Kim
application/pdf iconFree and Open Technologies: A Policy Update from the European Union, Karsten Gerloff and Graham Taylor
application/pdf iconTransformation, the Open Source Way, Michael Tiemann
application/pdf iconRadically Simple IT or... A Strategic Argument for Open Source, Dr. David Upton
application/pdf iconThe Open Source Way: Creating and nurturing communities of contributors, Karsten Wade
application/pdf iconMusic Q&A: Daniel James, Curt Smith, and Brad Sucks
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1 CommentPosted 28 May 2010 by Ruth Suehle (Red Hat)

Open Your World forum: Thanks for coming

That image isn't quite true anymore. It was today, but now it's over. But if you missed it, you can still register here and view the archives. We'll tell you more tomorrow.

6 CommentsPosted 27 May 2010 by Ruth Suehle (Red Hat)

Paolo Mangiafico, on Open Access at Duke University

We spoke recently with Paolo Mangiafico, the Director of Digital Information Strategy in the Office of the Provost at Duke University, about Duke's open access initiatives.

Recently, Duke announced that it would join MIT, Harvard and Stanford in adopting an open access policy, in which the scholarly articles written by faculty members are made freely available to the public for non-commercial use, by default. What was the rationale for Duke's decision? » Read more

3 CommentsPosted 11 May 2010 by Greg DeKoenigsberg

Moodle Milestone: 2.0 Beta Preview

Those who've been waiting for the release of Moodle 2.0 are getting their open source just rewards this week.  The release, which has been met already with several delays, is a "beta preview" -- which is to say, not yet a stable release, but a functional template of what's in store for early adopters (note that Moodle HQ will be releasing weekly updates as the code matures as a series of beta previews leading up to the stable release¹).   » Read more

5 CommentsPosted 7 May 2010 by Joseph Thibault

Introducing Open Source to A Middle School

There are so many compelling reasons for children to use open source. If they develop skills and a body of work using open source software, it can follow them through high school, college, and even into the professional world. It won't cost them or their school any license fees. Using the open formats promoted by free & open source software, their writings and projects will stay accessible, avoiding bitrot. » Read more

2 CommentsPosted 4 May 2010 by Máirín Duffy (Red Hat)

The Secret Lives of Faculty: Getting There

The path to becoming a college professor is (at best) non-lucrative, typically a substantial debt burden, and at worst a dead-end. Once one "arrives," it is another six years until you are officially a wiseguy of the academy, and if the pyramid scheme doesn't pay out, you're done. Join me in a look at the path faculty must take so they can work with you to promise open source software in higher ed. This is article 1 in the series (previous articles: 0).

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7 CommentsPosted 27 Apr 2010 by Matt Jadud

Open Source: Modernizing India's education system

Over the last few years, open source adoption has been growing within India's education system. Five years ago, the South Indian state of Kerala, pioneered open source in schools with its famous IT@Schools project, that now covers three million students from the 5th-10 standards, involves 200,000 teachers across 4071 schools. Since then, other Indian states like Karnataka, Gujarat, Assam, West Bengal and others have made open source a key part of their school education initiatives. » Read more

8 CommentsPosted 19 Apr 2010 by Venkatesh Hariharan (Venky) (Red Hat)

Can you Moodle me now?

In its 10 year history, Moodle has been confined to computer screens around the world; with countless fields, description areas and scrolling filling the screen.  There have been attempts at mobilizing Moodle in the past, but as a user you either didn't have the time to use it or it simply wasn't worth using.  With the proliferation and widespread availability of web-capable phones, however, mobile customers worldwide now have in hand a versatile portal into the web and to Moodle. » Read more

4 CommentsPosted 14 Apr 2010 by Joseph Thibault