Education

Open source solutions are improving how students learn—and how instructors teach—in communities around the world. Read the fascinating and inspiring stories we've collected about how open source is influencing education at all levels.

How the University of Hawaii is solving today's higher ed problems

How the University of Hawaii is solving today's higher ed problems
One of the leaders in Open Educational Resources (OER) is Billy Meinke, educational technologist at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. Learn more...Read more
Posted 03 Feb 2017 Don WatkinsFeed

School systems desperate for standards-aligned curricula find hope

School systems desperate for standards-aligned curricula find hope
Textbook publishers are not deliverying materials that meet the evolving needs of K-12 districts, so organizations like Open Up Resources are...Read more
Posted 24 Jan 2017 Don WatkinsFeed

Can academic faculty members teach with Wikipedia?

Can academic faculty members teach with Wikipedia?
Since 2010, 29,000 students have completed the Wiki Ed program. They have added 25 million words to Wikipedia, or the equivalent of 85,000 printed...Read more
Posted 16 Jan 2017 Don WatkinsFeed

Kids on Computers establishes computer labs in five countries

Kids on Computers establishes computer labs in five countries
Kids on Computers establishes computer labs around the world in areas where children don't have access to computers and the Internet.Read more
Posted 27 Dec 2016 Don WatkinsFeed

Best of Opensource.com: Education

Best of Opensource.com: Education
It was an exciting year at Opensource.com covering the ways open source software and open educational resources provide an interesting intersection...Read more
Posted 21 Dec 2016 Don WatkinsFeed

Give back this holiday: Language input needed for literacy project

Give back this holiday: Language input needed for literacy project
Lend a hand this holiday to Phoenicia, a project to bring literacy to the 122 million children in the world today who can’t read or write.Read more
Posted 20 Dec 2016 Michael HallFeed

Open education is about improving lives, not taking tests

Open education is about improving lives, not taking tests
Open and participatory models for organizing remind us of education's core principles, a new book reveals.Read more
Posted 20 Dec 2016 Don WatkinsFeed

Open source diversity efforts gain momentum in 2016

Open source diversity efforts gain momentum in 2016
If software is pervasive, shouldn't the people building it be from everywhere and represent different voices? The broadly accepted answer is yes,...Read more
Posted 16 Dec 2016 Nithya RuffFeed

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