2. What is Open Source?
• Publically Accessible
• Not Privately Owned
• Can be Copied, Learned from, Altered, Shared, and
Remixed for free
• Promotes Collaboration and Sharing
• Original Source Code kept in tack to give credit to
original creator
• Examples: Wikipedia, Mozilla Firefox, VLC media player,
WordPress, Audacity, GIMP, Notepad, Blender, Linux
3. ConneXions
• CNX.org
• Search Subjects
• Interact with Material
• Download as PDF (sometimes other formats)
• Option to Donate
• Some Textbook can be Printed and Bought at a Cheaper Rate
• Add Your Own Content!
4. Concerns
• How Can we Trust that the Information is Accurate?
• Do we truly trust any information?
• Important to always use a critical eye
• Lenses are groups of people who carefully check
content for quality
• Much like Wikipedia the more people who help
check quality the better the results
• Also the fact that it is not privately owned
means that many ideas that previously did not
have a forum can now come forward
• The power of Collaborative Knowledge is Emerging
5. Let’s Explore!
• Sign up at
CNX.org
Step 1
Step 2 • Share what
• Search
Topics of
Interest
you find
• Create Lens?
Step 3
