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Open University Campaign
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| An open university is one in which
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| 1. The research the university produces is open access.
| 2. The course materials are open educational resources.
| 3. The university embraces free software and open standards.
| 4. If the university holds patents, it readily licenses them for free
| software, essential medicines, and the public good.
| 5. The university network reflects the open nature of the internet.
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| where "university" includes all parts of the community: students, faculty,
| administration.
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http://wiki.freeculture.org/Open_University_Campaign
Recent:
IT: University starts Open Source master course
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| The University of Perugia is offering a master course on Open
| Source. "Software developers and IT policy makers need to understand the
| importance and potential of this type of software and how to combine it with
| proprietary IT systems."
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| The 'Master di I° Livello in Sistemi e Tecnologie Free Libre Open Source per
| la Società dell'Informazione e della Comunicazione' (First level master in
| Open Source systems and technology for the Information Society) was presented
| during a seminar on Open Source in the city of Orvieto, on 13 September.
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http://www.osor.eu/news/it-university-starts-open-source-master-course
KU Launches Linux Online Noncredit Certificate Program
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| University of Kansas Continuing Education is launching an online noncredit
| certificate program for the popular Linux server platform.
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http://www.infozine.com/news/stories/op/storiesView/sid/27191/
UC Irvine Extension Hosts Online Course on Linux Software Programming
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| “Linux Driver Primer” will explain how to develop and write code for Linux
| device drivers. Additionally, participants will gain knowledge of how to
| build and grow Linux device frameworks from scratch. This course offers
| foundational information about software programming and is a critical part of
| the new Device Software Engineering Program.
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http://www.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20080226005384&newsLang=en
Related:
Universities Worldwide Offer Free Open Courseware
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| More than 100 universities worldwide - including Johns Hopkins, Tufts and
| Notre Dame - have joined the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in a
| consortium of schools promoting open courseware.
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http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7009575178
Setting Learning Free
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| That refocus led MIT to a radical new proposition. In the words
| of Anne Margulies, now executive director of MIT OpenCourseWare (OCW),
| "They decided that the best way the Internet could be used to
| fulfill that mission would be to give the materials away."
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http://www.linuxinsider.com/rsstory/57775.html
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