Open Source - 517 Resources

Overview
Publications (133)
Presentations (105)
Podcasts (47)
Blogs (232)

Overview

Open Source Software (OSS) and Free/Libre Open Source Software (FLOSS) has deep roots in academia. With the birth of the internet, open source projects have grown in remarkable ways. The resources that follow later on this page highlight sources of interest to educators and those serving higher education. They include references of both the cautious and the committed.

Other activities of direct interest to higher ed includes:

The UK JISC has also created, OSS Watch. The United Nations has created theInternational Open Source Network (who are looking for contributors for their section on education) and the UNESCO Free Software Portal. Both house information regarding education. APC.org has complied a nice list of open source resources as well.

http://www.ossite.org/about_sigossee/

http://www.oss4lib.org/

1) In general, open source refers to any program whose source code is made available for use or modification as users or other developers see fit. (Historically, the makers of proprietary software have generally not made source code available.) Open source software is usually developed as a public collaboration and made freely available. <p> 2) Open Source is a certification mark owned by the Open Source Initiative (OSI). Developers of software that is intended to be freely shared and possibly improved and redistributed by others can use the Open Source trademark if their distribution terms conform to the OSI's Open Source Definition. To summarize, the Definition model of distribution terms require that: <br> -The software being distributed must be redistributed to anyone else without any restriction <br> -The source code must be made available (so that the receiving party will be able to improve or modify it) <br> -The license can require improved versions of the software to carry a different name or version from the original software

Publications (133)

EDUCAUSE publications address a diverse range of professional challenges in higher education IT, from updates on current developments to explorations of important overarching issues. Listed below are the full range of research, reports and other publications that EDUCAUSE and its members have written about Open Source.

Item ID	Title	Resource Category	Pub Date	Views
CSD3591	Opening the Sources of Accountability Shay David Articles, Papers, and Reports	Community Recommendation	01/01/2004	2,614
CSD3670	An Uncommon Commons Philip H. Albert Articles, Papers, and Reports	Community Recommendation	01/01/2005	2,421
CSD3727	Patents, Open Standards and Open Source Wilbert Kraan Articles, Papers, and Reports	Community Recommendation	01/01/2005	2,663
CSD3729	Using ICT to Share the Tools of the Teaching Trade Gillian Thomas and Matthew Horne Articles, Papers, and Reports		01/01/2004	1,739
CSD3736	Open Source Portfolio Initiative (OSPI) Programs and Projects	Community Recommendation	01/01/2005	2,652
CSD3898	Free Software and Open Source: The Freedom Debate and its Consequences Mathias Klang Articles, Papers, and Reports	Community Recommendation	01/01/2005	2,777
CSD3948	IBM Opens Research to Academia Martin LaMonica Articles, Papers, and Reports	Community Recommendation	01/01/2005	2,447
CSD4003	Intrinsic vs. Extrinsic Incentives in Profit–Oriented Firms Supplying Open Source Products and Services Cristina Rossi and Andrea Bonaccorsi Articles, Papers, and Reports	Community Recommendation	01/01/2005	2,632
CSD2702	iVia Open Source Virtual Library System Steve Mitchell, Margaret Mooney, Julie Mason, Gordon Paynter, Johannes Ruscheinski, Artur Kedzierski, and Keith Humphreys Articles, Papers, and Reports	Community Recommendation	01/01/2003	4,133
CSD2908	Sharing the Code: More Colleges and Universities See Open-source Software as an Alternative to Commercial Products Florence Olsen Articles, Papers, and Reports	Community Recommendation	01/01/2003	4,074
CSD2938	Course Management Systems in Perspective: A Conversation with Carl Berger Judith V. Boettcher and Carl Berger Interviews/Podcasts/Videos	Community Recommendation	01/01/2003	3,573
CSD2972	Security experts find open-source flaws Ina Fried Articles, Papers, and Reports	Community Recommendation	01/01/2003	3,368
CSD3015	A Guide to Institutional Repository Software Articles, Papers, and Reports	Community Recommendation	01/01/2003	3,505
CSD3075	Altruistic individuals, selfish firms? The structure of motivation in Open Source software Andrea Bonaccorsi and Cristina Rossi Articles, Papers, and Reports	Community Recommendation	01/01/2004	3,249
CSD3242	Evolution of the Linux Credits File: Methodological Challenges and Reference Data for Open Source Research Ilkka Tuomi Articles, Papers, and Reports	Community Recommendation	01/01/2004	3,081
CSD3384	The Fedora™ Project Tools	Community Recommendation	01/01/2004	2,765
CSD3385	An Open Mind on Open Source Karla Hignite Articles, Papers, and Reports	Community Recommendation	01/01/2004	2,754
CSD3386	The Kuali Project Programs and Projects	Community Recommendation	01/01/2004	2,939
CSD3393	Federal Policy and Open Source Software CSIS Articles, Papers, and Reports	Community Recommendation	01/01/2004	2,638
CSD3394	Is the Open Source Software Process Sui Generis to Software, or a More General Way of Organizing the Production of Complex Knowledge Products? Steven Weber Articles, Papers, and Reports	Community Recommendation	01/01/2004	2,703
CSD3395	Open Source and Standards Steven Weber and David Lancashire Articles, Papers, and Reports	Community Recommendation	01/01/2004	3,193
CSD3397	Free And Open Source Software Licensing Primer Articles, Papers, and Reports	Community Recommendation	01/01/2004	2,790
CSD3402	Risk Perception and Trusted Computer Systems: Is Open Source Software Really More Secure than Proprietary Software? David L. Wilson Articles, Papers, and Reports	Community Recommendation	01/01/2004	3,251
CSD3417	The Economics of Open Source Hijacking and the Declining Quality of Digital Information Resources: A Case for Copyleft Andrea Ciffolilli Articles, Papers, and Reports	Community Recommendation	01/01/2004	2,585
CSD3440	Free and Open Source Software: Policy and Development Implications Commission on Enterprise, Business Facilitation and Development Articles, Papers, and Reports	Community Recommendation	01/01/2004	2,910

Presentations (105)

Stepping away from the distractions of normal routine to meet with peers, share experiences, and learn together can be invaluable. EDUCAUSE places great emphasis on the face-to-face meeting experience, offering you numerous opportunities throughout the year to gather with colleagues - from small regional events and special topic meetings to large, national conferences covering the full spectrum of roles and issues important to higher education. For more information on EDUCAUSE conferences and seminars, please see our Frequently Asked Questions page. Listed below is the full range of presentations EDUCAUSE and its members tagged with Open Source

Item ID	Title	Resource Category	Pub Date	Views
CSD3344	Open Source: Open Minds James LaRue Presentations/Speeches	Community Recommendation	01/01/2004	2,523
CSD3354	Open Source, The Way Ahead Jean-Claude Guédon Presentations/Speeches	Community Recommendation	01/01/2004	2,598
CSD3359	Open Source and Free Software: Concepts, Controversies and Solutions Knowledge Media Design Institute Presentations/Speeches	Community Recommendation	01/01/2004	2,802
CSD3364	alt-i-lab 2004:Advancing Learning Technology Interoperability Various Authors Presentations/Speeches	Community Recommendation	01/01/2004	3,029
EDU0371	Creating Open Source: Issues, Processes, and Promises from Stanford's CourseWork CMS David Futey, Charles Kerns and Olivia C. Williamson Presentations/Speeches	EDUCAUSE Annual	01/01/2003	4,091

Podcasts (47)

Name	Views	Post date
E08 Podcast: An Interview with Allan Williams - Head of Systems and Desktop Services at Australian National University Play \| Show Notes \| Download (13.04 MB audio/mpeg)	141	06/15/2009
Podcast: John Maeda - Open Source Administration Play \| Show Notes \| Download (47.24 MB audio/mpeg)	448	03/20/2009
CNI Podcast: An Interview with Martin Ramsey on Open Source Collaboration Play \| Show Notes \| Download (11.59 MB audio/mpeg)	442	02/03/2009
CNI Podcast: Pliny - A Tool for the Digital Humanities Play \| Show Notes \| Download (16.45 MB audio/mpeg)	368	01/13/2009
CNI Podcast: WebAnywhere - A Screen Reader On-the-Go Play \| Show Notes \| Download (13.69 MB audio/mpeg)	491	01/12/2009
CNI Podcast: Archon - The Simple Archival Information System - An Interview with Chris Prom Play \| Show Notes \| Download (9.09 MB audio/mpeg)	589	12/19/2008
EDUCAUSE Now - Show #10 - Vint Cerf Interview, Washington Policy Update, Year-End Review Play \| Show Notes \| Download (30.86 MB audio/mpeg)	723	12/11/2008
E08 Podcast: The Community Source Model: Promise or Peril for Higher Ed? Play \| Show Notes \| Download (32.21 MB audio/mpeg)	502	11/17/2008
Podcast: Community Source Software: The Beginning of the End, or the End of the Beginning? Play \| Show Notes \| Download (35.4 MB audio/mpeg)	1,237	06/05/2008
CNI Podcast: An Interview with Julian Lombardi, Executive Director of the Open Croquet Consortium Play \| Show Notes \| Download (13.98 MB audio/mpeg)	852	01/10/2008
CNI Podcast: An Interview with Alex Chapin, Principal Curricular Technologist at Middlebury College Play \| Show Notes \| Download (8.92 MB audio/mpeg)	371	01/07/2008
E07 Podcast: An Interview with Mara Hancock, ETS Associate Director of Learning Systems at UC Berkely. Play \| Show Notes \| Download (15.82 MB audio/mpeg)	503	01/07/2008
E07 Podcast: An Interview with Mark Notess, Development Manager & Usability Specialist at Indiana University Play \| Show Notes \| Download (10.79 MB audio/mpeg)	524	12/18/2007
E07 Podcast: An Interview with Ulrich Rauch, Director of Arts Instructional Support & IT at The University of British Columbia Play \| Show Notes \| Download (19.28 MB audio/mpeg)	1,199	12/18/2007
E07 Podcast: The e-Framework for Education and Research Play \| Show Notes \| Download (28.43 MB audio/mpeg)	426	11/27/2007
E07 Podcast: The 2007 Campus Computing Survey Play \| Show Notes \| Download (24.92 MB audio/mpeg)	770	11/27/2007
E07 Podcast: An Interview with Per Wising Play \| Show Notes \| Download (5.45 MB audio/mpeg)	585	11/12/2007
E07 Podcast: An Interview with Martin Ringle, Chief Technology Office for Reed College Play \| Show Notes \| Download (24.36 MB audio/mpeg)	689	11/07/2007
Podcast: Service Oriented Architecture Play \| Show Notes \| Download (39.95 MB audio/mpeg)	4,224	08/29/2007
An Interview with Georgetown's Marjory Blumenthal Play \| Show Notes \| Download (12.16 MB audio/mpeg)	4,915	04/27/2006
An interview with Penn State's Nancy Eaton Play \| Show Notes \| Download (10.1 MB audio/mpeg)	5,209	04/27/2006
An Interview with the University of California's Terry Ryan and Luc Declerck Play \| Show Notes \| Download (17.66 MB audio/mpeg)	4,683	04/14/2006
An Interview with the Mellon Foundation's Ira Fuchs Play \| Show Notes \| Download (21.51 MB audio/mpeg)	4,741	04/14/2006
An Interview with Indiana's Brad Wheeler Play \| Show Notes \| Download (6.03 MB audio/mpeg)	4,547	04/14/2006
An Interview with Cornell's Paul Ginsparg Play \| Show Notes \| Download (46.96 MB audio/mpeg)	4,996	04/14/2006

Blogs (232)

EDUCAUSE hosts a number of blogs for its members. To view a list of all our blogs, click here.

Title	Blogger	Posted	Views
Microsoft to "open" it's file formats	Stuart Yeates, University of Oxford	11/22/2005	5,207
MOST launches 5th December	Stuart Yeates, University of Oxford	11/19/2005	2,718
Developing University Policies That Engage With Open Source Software	Stuart Yeates, University of Oxford	11/17/2005	3,424
FLOSSE Posse gear up for a software patent fight	Stuart Yeates, University of Oxford	11/17/2005	3,551
The Italian "Open Source Network in the Public Administration"	Stuart Yeates, University of Oxford	11/17/2005	3,011
UKUUG Spring Conference 2006	Stuart Yeates, University of Oxford	11/17/2005	3,066
Open Source in Education Conference	Stuart Yeates, University of Oxford	11/14/2005	8,834
OSS Watch releases guide to the GPL	Stuart Yeates, University of Oxford	11/14/2005	3,372
Off to the Open Source for Education in Europe Conference	Stuart Yeates, University of Oxford	11/12/2005	3,752
OSS Watch has a new website	Stuart Yeates, University of Oxford	11/09/2005	3,451
Brazil keeps up the push for open source	Stuart Yeates, University of Oxford	11/08/2005	3,569
BBC on Open Source	Stuart Yeates, University of Oxford	11/06/2005	2,648
Open source and forking	Stuart Yeates, University of Oxford	11/01/2005	4,023
Pachyderm 2.0	Dale Pike, University of North Carolina Charlotte	10/20/2005	2,937
OpenOffice 2.0 Released	Stuart Yeates, University of Oxford	10/20/2005	2,900
Having just released three new software licences, Microsoft slams the number of open source licences	Stuart Yeates, University of Oxford	10/19/2005	3,647
Microsoft release a new range of "shared source" licences	Stuart Yeates, University of Oxford	10/19/2005	2,900
Open source in local government advocacy group launches	Stuart Yeates, University of Oxford	10/17/2005	2,815
UK educational IT funding agency releases Open Source Policy	Stuart Yeates, University of Oxford	10/17/2005	3,329
National Center for Open Source Policy and Research founded	Stuart Yeates, University of Oxford	10/15/2005	2,826
Progress at the WSIS	Stuart Yeates, University of Oxford	10/14/2005	2,880
The Mall School migrates to Linux Terminal Server Project	Stuart Yeates, University of Oxford	10/14/2005	3,004
Blackboard and WebCT merge	Stuart Yeates, University of Oxford	10/13/2005	5,614
Open Document Fellowship launches to put momentum behind the Open Document format	Stuart Yeates, University of Oxford	10/11/2005	4,532
LinuxWorld London 2005 Report	Stuart Yeates, University of Oxford	10/07/2005	2,899

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