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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.
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<a href="http://www.educause.edu/groups/openness">EDUCAUSE Openness Constituent Group</a>
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Other activities of direct interest to higher ed includes:
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The UK <a href="http://www.jisc.ac.uk/">JISC</a> has also created, <a href="http://www.oss-watch.ac.uk/">OSS Watch</a>. The United Nations has created the<a href="http://www.iosn.net/">International Open Source Network</a> (who are looking for contributors for their section on education) and the <a href="http://portal.unesco.org/ci/ev.php?URL_ID=12034&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201">UNESCO Free Software Portal</a>. Both house information regarding education. <a href="http://www.apc.org/english/capacity/training/opensource.shtml">APC.org</a> has complied a nice list of open source resources as well.
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<a href="http://www.ossite.org/about_sigossee/">http://www.ossite.org/about_sigossee/</a>
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<a href="http://www.oss4lib.org/">http://www.oss4lib.org/</a>
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Kuali Open Library Environment: A Look at the 0.6 Release and a Roadmap to OLE 1.0: June 1, 2012 | A session at the Southeast Regional Conference
Kuali OLE is in the second year (2011̫12) of building a community-source library management system that takes advantage of existing Kuali Foundation software for middleware (RICE) and finance (KFS…
Kuali Open Library Environment: Reflections on Our First Year of Collaborative Software Development: January 18, 2012

The Kuali Open Library Environment (OLE) has just completed its first year of building a community-source library management system. Supported by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and part of …
Opening Up the Academy: The "Open" Agenda, Technology, and Universities: January 23, 2012

Stephen Pinfield ( Stephen.Pinfield@nottingham.ac.uk ) is Chief Information Officer at the University of Nottingham, United Kingdom, and Director of the Nottingham Centre for Research …
Harnessing the Power of Technology, Openness, and Collaboration: December 15, 2011

Key Takeaways Supporting students at risk of not completing a course and ultimately, perhaps, of not completing college requires targeted data , guided intervention , and …
The Student Success Plan: Case Management and Intervention Software: December 15, 2011

Key Takeaways Faced with student retention and college completion challenges , Sinclair Community College began a years-long plan to improve both . The Student Success Pl…
The Kansas State University Human Nutrition (HN 400) Flexbook: December 15, 2011

Key Takeaways Flexbooks are "a free and open-source textbook platform " that allows users to " build and edit collaborative textbooks ." Respons…
Learner Engagement with Lecture Capture: February 24, 2012 | A session at the EDUCAUSE West/Southwest Regional Conference 2012
With an increasing availability of campus-wide lecture capture systems, understanding how and providing ways for students to engage with academic video for learning is an emerging area of focus. Op…
7 Things You Should Know About WordPress: September 2, 2011

WordPress is an open-source web application that is fundamentally a tool for publishing content , and a broad array of colleges and universities have made use of WordPress and encouraged its …
Got Open Textbook?: September 15, 2011 | A session at the ELI 2011 Online Fall Focus Session
This session will focus on my journey of finding, adopting, and using open-source educational resources in physics and astronomy classes over the past three years. Enrollment in classes is up, st…
Expertiza: Scalable Reviewing for Student-Authored Content: September 14, 2011 | A session at the ELI 2011 Online Fall Focus Session
When multiple authors-especially student authors-collaborate to write a single work, quality control is very important. The instructor/editor rarely has time enough to review each contribution mu…

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