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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…
