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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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Second Life Is Dead, Long Live Second Life?: April 7, 2011

Daniel Livingstone ( daniel.livingstone@uws.ac.uk ) lectures on computer game technology and researches the educational applications of virtual worlds at the University of the West of …
Reconsidering the Learning Management System - Furniture provided by Herman Miller, An EDUCAUSE Silver Partner: February 15, 2011 | A session at the ELI Annual Meeting 2011
From Community Source to Open Data: Leveraging the Sakai Community to Make Better Decisions Steven Lonn, Research Fellow, University of Michigan Mathieu Plourde, Project Leader, LMS, Universi…
F-LECCS: Open Platform for Virtual Learning Environments (Institutional Scope): February 15, 2011 | A session at the ELI Annual Meeting 2011
F-LECCS is a project supported by Japanese government. Fukui's seven higher educational institutions began cooperating with each other in order to build "one virtual university environmen…
Open Governance in Higher Education: Extending the Past to the Future: February 7, 2011

Patrick Masson ( pmasson@umassonline.net ) is Chief Technology Officer of UMassOnline, the online consortium of the University of Massachusetts. Comments on this article can be posted to…
LLEK Koha: One Year After the Launch of an Open-Source Integrated Library System: March 30, 2011 | A session at the NERCOMP Annual Conference 2011
In August 2009, following a two-year development process, Mercy College went live with LLEK Koha, an open-source integrated library system. Mercy is one of 13 colleges that participated in this eff…
Open-Source Lecture Capture with Video Management and Distribution: March 16, 2011 | A session at the EDUCAUSE Midwest Regional Conference 2011
The University of Nebraska–Lincoln, as part of the Opencast community project, has deployed the Matterhorn system of lecture capture devices and media services. This flexible, affordable approach…
Managing a Network with Open-Source Tools: March 16, 2011 | A session at the EDUCAUSE Midwest Regional Conference 2011
Open-source network tools allow organizations to effectively manage networks within cost and time constraints. Davenport University has developed a methodology that allows for the successful applic…
The Evolving LMS Market, Part I and Part II: December 21, 2010

In this post,the author discusses what the data are telling us so far about the recent shifts in the market, describe how colleges and universities come to decide that they need to go to market f…
How to Implement Technology: Houston Community College's Learning Web: February 23, 2011 | A session at the EDUCAUSE West/Southwest Regional Conference 2011
In August 2010, Houston Community College began implementation of a completely new version of its public-facing content management system. This system was developed in conjunction with a contractor…
7 Things You Should Know About Android: December 8, 2010

Android is a Linux-based, open-source operating system designed for use on cell phones, e-readers, tablet PCs, and other mobile devices. Android has been selected by many hardware manufacturers…

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