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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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A New Solution for Creating Versatile Learning Environments: MyUOC (Learning Technology): January 21, 2010 | A session at the ELI Annual Meeting 2010
MyUOC is the new open-source online learning environment from the Open University of Catalonia (UOC) that has been designed to allow users to build their own learning environment according to their…
Video47: The Design and Implementation of an Open-Source Video-on-Demand System at Pomona College (Learning Technology): January 20, 2010 | A session at the ELI Annual Meeting 2010
For a number of years Pomona College used a proprietary video-on-demand product to deliver academic video content over the web. After some evaluation, Pomona came to the conclusion that it could do…
Opencast Matterhorn Project: Collaborating to Develop an Open-Source Platform for the Delivery of Rich Media for Teaching and Learning: February 1, 2010

The Opencast Community is a collaboration of higher education institutions working together to explore, define, and document podcasting best practices and technologies. The Opencast Matterhorn …
The World Is Open: Now, WE ALL LEARN with Web Technology: January 21, 2010 | A session at the ELI Annual Meeting 2010
In his book, The World is Open: How Web Technology is Revolutionizing Education , Curt Bonk offers an intriguing look at 10 technology trends that he calls educational openers. When combined, th…
The Meaning of Open: December 21, 2009

A blog entry from Google executive, Jonathan Rosenberg, Senior Vice President of Product Management on the meaning on "Open". A b…
In Potential Blow to Open-Source Software, Mellon Foundation Closes Grant Program: January 6, 2010

The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation is eliminating a grant program that financed a series of high-profile university software projects and merging it into another program. …
F-LECCS: A Virtual University Environment for Learning Communities (Innovative Practice): January 20, 2010 | A session at the ELI Annual Meeting 2010
F-LECCS is the leading project supported by Japanese government. Fukui's six higher educational institutions started to cooperate with each other in order to build a virtual university environ…
Open Source Learning Management Systems: December 15, 2009

The evolving technologies committee is charged with identifying and monitoring evolving technologies and their impact on higher education institutions. This submission is on Open Source Learning …
Just Asking. . .: December 22, 2009

I was talking with a favorite colleague recently about cloud computing, or, as he calls it, "cloud confusing." At some point our geeky conversation drifted to pondering the topic relati…
New Directions in Federation: November 16, 2009

Federation technology has become a very important connective technology that enables efficient distributed identity management (IdM) and enhanced convenience for users. The trend toward outsource…

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