This presentation discusses using open source software and open educational resources in education. It provides background on open source software and defines key terms. Examples are given of how open source software has been implemented successfully in various education systems to reduce costs and increase access. Recommendations are provided for sharing experiences and resources through open national portals and repositories and connecting learning environments.

1. ICT in education
network:
sharing, reusing
and collaborating
in the Free Open
Source style
Prof. dr. Frederik Questier
Vrije Universiteit Brussel
16th of February 2012

2. This presentation can be found at
http://questier.com
http://www.slideshare.net/Frederik_Questier

3. My background
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4. My research interests
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7. Universidad contributions
A continuing story...
➢
2006: Advantagesand opportunities of free &
open source software for education
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2008: Open Source development for academics
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2010: Strategies
& Policies for the
implementation of Free & and Open Source
Software in Higher Education Institutions
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2012: How to reach national implementation?
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9. Our social responsibility:
how open is the future? 9

12. 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

13. "The most fundamental
way of helping other
people,
is to teach people
how to do things better
or how to better their
lives.
For people
who use computers,
this means sharing
the recipes
you use on your
computer,
in other words
the programs you run."
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14. 1980's: Stallman defined
“Free Software”
➢ The freedom to
➢ use
➢ study
➢ distribute
➢ improve
the program
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15. 1998: “Open Source” sounds
better as “Free Software”?

16. 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.”

17. 6117 persons, 659 companies
have contributed to Linux kernel

18. "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

19. The possible effects
Example: 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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22. SEPAD
Sistema de Enseñanza
personalizada a distancia
E-learning environment
developed at UCLV
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23. Free Software repository

24. Open educational resources
(OER)
digitised materials
offered freely and openly
for educators, students and self-learners
to use and reuse
for teaching, learning and research

25. 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.

26. ocw.mit.edu

27. www.merlot.org

28. cnx.org
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29. 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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30. But content is no longer king!
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31. What is good learning?
Jonassen's Model for
(constructive) learning environments
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36. Recommendations for openness
➢ Research network: strategies for Cuban context
➢ how to increase awareness?
➢ how to migrate?
➢ barriers?
➢ licenses for software and OERs?
➢ ...
➢ Share experiences and collaborate
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37. Recommendations for openness
infrastructure
➢ Implement national portals and repositories for:
➢ Free Open Source Software
➢ E-learning materials
➢ Scientific publications
➢ Research data
➢ Open up and connect your Virtual Learning Environments
➢ OERs
➢ Roaming for students and staff
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38. DARE
TO SHARE
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39. ¿Pr
egun
¡Gr t as
acia ?
s!

40. 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