Conference on Open Source in Education
20-June-2005
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Conference on Open Source for education in Europe – Research and practice
Conference web site is http://www.openconference.net/index.php?cf=3
The conference is jointly sponsored by SIGOSSEE, JOIN and the Open University of the Netherlands.
The conference will be held at the Open University of the Netherlands Educational Technology Expertise Centre, Heerlen, The Netherlands on November 14 - 15, 2005
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Introduction
Open Source Software (OSS) is of increasing interest in education. It can provide better quality software, increased pedagogic choice, enhanced flexibility and new business and social models. Furthermore, the idea of Open Source is being extended into other areas including the production of e-learning materials.
This conference is organised by two European sponsored projects, SIGOSSEE and JOIN, which have been investigating the potential of Open Source and providing services for educational institutions wishing to implement Open Source products, together with the Open University of the Netherlands (OUNL) which has a long track record of innovation in e-learning.
The conference focuses on a number of major issues in Open Source in education in Europe including:
- Learning with Open Source
- Open standards for e-learning
- Sustainability strategies – managing open source
- Open content, issues and implications
The conference is open to all interested in Open Source in education including researchers, managers, teacher and trainers, policy makers and developers.
Conference Themes
Learning with open source
This strand will include the following issues:
- Personal learning environments
- Social software and learning
- Collaborative development strategies
- Informal learning and its implications for future e-Learning applications
Open Standards for e-learning
This strand will include the following issues:
- Developing and adopting open standards and specifications
- Tools and toolkits to support open standards
- Systems and frameworks for quality assurance
Sustainability strategies – managing open source
This strand will include the following issues:
- Maintenance and support for open source software
- Migrating to open source software
- Developing institutional, local and regional strategies for open source
- Professional development for open source
- Models for supporting and maintaining Open source software
Open content – issues and implications
This strand will include the following issues:
- Legal issues - IPR and licensing
- Technical issues - Repositories and peer to peer applications
- Social issues – can teachers and trainers collaborate, what are the barriers to sharing
Call for papers
- Abstract Deadline:
- July 31, 2005
- Paper Deadline:
- October 15, 2005
- Abstracts can be submitted online at
- www.openconference.net/submit.php?cf=3.
Presentations can include:
- Single papers (abstract max 150 words)
- Multiple paper sessions (overview max 500 words)
- Practice Cases (abstract max 150 words)
- Product Demonstrations (abstract max 150 words)
- Hands-on Labs (abstract max 250 words)
Conference Fee
The conference fee is € 100 with early bird registrations being € 80. This price includes tea and coffee, lunches and a reception.
For more information see the conference web site - http://www.openconference.net/index.php?cf=3 or email marina.pongraz @ ou.nl
2 Replies (comments)
1 Sounds interesting!
...but it's very disappointing that the naming chosen is OSS and not FLOSS! :(( Do you have any "preview" on how, and to which extent, NFE will be envisaged in the discussion?2 Submit to Distance-Educator.com
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