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GNU, Copy Left and Creative Commons
Copyleft is a general method for making a program (or other work) free, and requiring all modified and extended versions of the program to be free as well. The GNU project, our aim is to give all users the freedom to redistribute and change GNU software. If middlemen could strip off the freedom, we might have many users, but those…
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Open Educational resources (OER)
Here are some Open Educational Resources recommended on the OER Commons site. You can use these resources to inspire you, in addition to your own lesson plans or to add variety and explore different approaches. Created by educators for educators you can contribute and share your own knowledge or those you come across. Common Core…
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Who is using open source and why it’s important
Open source and its popularity is increasing and this article ‘I didn’t know they used Open Source’ is aimed at businesses, but is quite a good insight into the widespread phenomena that is Open Source and its increasing popularity within mainstresm arenas. So what’s the potential of Open Source for Education? OERs are teaching, learning and research…
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Wiki guide to Hackathons
This wiki outlines the rising phenomena of the Hackathon – ( Hacking and Marathon). Once the preserve of computer geeks / hackers more and more attendance is becoming more diverse as people’s insatiable desire to fix, adapt, modify is made more accessible with the open source movement and peer 2 peer learning. Such hackathons can bring the…
