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From: Görkem Çetin (gorkem@gorkemcetin.com)
Date: Mon 20 Jun 2005 - 19:33:20 EEST


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Görkem

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Subject: [Tossad] Conference on open Source in education
Date: Mon, 20 Jun 2005 16:16:03 +0200
From: Graham Attwell <graham10@mac.com>
Reply-To: tossad@lists.xlab.si
To: tossad@lists.xlab.si

*Conference on Open Source for education in Europe – Research and practice*

Conference web site http://www.openconference.net/index.php?cf=3

The conference is jointly sponsored by SIGOSSEE, JOIN and the Open
University of the Netherlands.

The conference will be held at the Open University of the Netherlands
Educational Technology Expertise Centre, Heerlen, The Netherlands on
November 14 - 15, 2005

*Introduction*

Open Source Software (OSS) is of increasing interest in education. It
can provide better quality software, increased pedagogic choice,
enhanced flexibility and new business and social models. Furthermore,
the idea of Open Source is being extended into other areas including the
production of e-learning materials.

This conference is organised by two European sponsored projects,
SIGOSSEE and JOIN, which have been investigating the potential of Open
Source and providing services for educational institutions wishing to
implement Open Source products, together with the Open University of the
Netherlands (OUNL) which has a long track record of innovation in
e-learning.

The conference focuses on a number of major issues in Open Source in
education in Europe including:

• Learning with Open Source

• Open standards for e-learning

• Sustainability strategies – managing open source

• Open content, issues and implications

The conference is open to all interested in Open Source in education
including researchers, managers, teacher and trainers, policy makers and
developers.

*Conference Themes*

*Learning with open source*

This strand will include the following issues:

• Personal learning environments

• Social software and learning

• Collaborative development strategies

• Informal learning and its implications for future e-Learning applications

*Open Standards for e-learning*

This strand will include the following issues:

• Developing and adopting open standards and specifications

• Tools and toolkits to support open standards

• Systems and frameworks for quality assurance

*Sustainability strategies – managing open source*

This strand will include the following issues:

• Maintenance and support for open source software

• Migrating to open source software

• Developing institutional, local and regional strategies for open source

• Professional development for open source

• Models for supporting and maintaining Open source software

*Open content – issues and implications*

This strand will include the following issues:

• Legal issues - IPR and licensing

• Technical issues - Repositories and peer to peer applications

• Social issues – can teachers and trainers collaborate, what are the
barriers to sharing

Call for papers

Abstract Deadline: July 31, 2005

Paper Deadline: October 15, 2005

Abstracts can be submitted online at
www.openconference.net/submit.php?cf=3
<http://www.openconference.net/submit.php?cf=3>.

Presentations can include:

• Single papers (abstract max 150 words)

• Multiple paper sessions (overview max 500 words)

• Practice Cases (abstract max 150 words)

• Product Demonstrations (abstract max 150 words)

• Hands-on Labs (abstract max 250 words)

*Conference Fee*

The conference fee is € 100 with early bird registrations being € 80.
This price includes tea and coffee, lunches and a reception.

For more information see the conference web site -
http://www.openconference.net/index.php?cf=3
<http://www.openconference.net/index.php?cf=3or> or email
marina.pongraz@ou.nl <mailto:marina.pongraz@ou.nl>

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