chapter 4 (opener #3) its a free software world after all

Chapter 4 (Opener #3)It’s a Free Software World After All

Produced By:Fathimath Mumthaz

HMID 6303: Current Trends & Issues in Instructional Technology

Content Acknowledgement Open Source What is FOSS? Hackers And Hacker Culture Free Software Revolution The Free & Open Software The Sakai Moodle Benefits of Moodle And Sakai Drupal And Ning Creative Commons Tools at Creative Commons Open and Free Software for All Reference

Free Software &Open Source For All

Acknowledgment

This presentation will take you through the

findings, ideas, thoughts and suggestions

Dr. Curtis J Bonk displayed as the Opener

#3, Chapter 4- “It’s a Free Software World

After All”, in his book, The World is Open.


Is it new?

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Philosophy- Openness of computing code created in distributed or peer to peer collaborative development.

Founder- Mitch Kapor Open Sources -millions in the Web. Tools - openly related to teaching and learning

processes.Eg: Podcasting, Wiki and Blogs

Mitch Kapor

Open Source


What is FOSS?Free Open Source Software

Two Movements

Free Software Open Source

Concerned with philosophical freedom

Concerned with economies of peer to peer collaboration

Evolved from Hacker Culture


Hackers & Hacker Culture

Hackers - Computer programing hobbyists and enthusiasts who enjoy designing software and building programs.

Hacker Culture - A subculture that originated from MIT’s computer culture. It had a strong belief in knowledge sharing and helping as many as possible with openness and collaboration.


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Free Software RevolutionThe first Open Source Software Program is GNU (GNU is Not Unix) founded byin 1985 with his hacker colleagues from Free

Software Foundation.GNU came up with FOUR Freedoms which greatly hub on “sharing”.

Further Information http://www.gnu.org/

Richard Stallman


Free Software Revolution

Search: http://www.linuxfoundation.org/


Free Software in Education

Saves Money

Can be installed and used in any

appliance

Share resources, documentations and

other supports free of charge

No discrim

ination regardless of

ethnic, cultural or economic

background


The Free & Open Software Open Source has been referred to any software program

whose source code is free to use, modify and redistribute. Educational Institutes make use of the Open Source

Software to create opportunities for innovation, creativity and commercial dealers.

The Open Source Software has created opportunities for expertise in similar areas to share their fields of knowledge with controlled structures or financial compensations


The Sakai• Is a courseware platform that enables

individuals or institutions to place their course on the Web.

• Could upload and download documents, reports, assignments, PowerPoint slides …etc.

• Discussion forums, teaching & Learning materials and online discussion for student- teacher interaction


Moodle

Martin Dougiamas released Moodle1.0 in August 2002 as the first Open Source Learning Management System.

Moodle enables constructivist principles of Teaching and Learning through collaborative experiences within the system.

Chats, Forums, Learner profiles, blogs, Instant messaging, quizzes…etchttp://moodle.org/


Benefits of Sakai & Moodle

Moodle and Sakai make way for global education as they allow:


Drupal & Ning

Similar to Moodle and Sakai, Drupal is another user focused open source that allow to blog, share resources, social networking with many add-on modules.

Ning (not an open source) is one of the fast growing Learning Management Platforms which enhance

higher level of social interaction and knowledge being Shared.

Ning for Educators and

Ning for Business

Enhance its user growth as well as income in billions .


Creative Commons (CC)

CC was created in 2001 by Larry Lessig Creative Commons assure the rights of open education in a

systematic manner. CC licensing vary based on the type of copyright from all

rights reserved to some rights to free distribution.

“The Creative Commons community is creating new global connections and opening up worlds of knowledge, research,

art and culture to everyone on the planet”.

(Cathy Casserly,CEO,CC)

Larry Lessig


Read More- http://creativecommons.org/

Tools at Creative Commons

We all can learn when individual creativity reproduce within the CC licensing boundaries.

Free tools at CC permit

MixingLicensing

Translating

Plug-ins

Add-on


Surf this site-http://wiki.creativecommons.org/Tools

Open Source & Free Software for All

WE-ALL LEARN model would not have existed without the free software and open source. A person located at any point of the globe with computer programming design skills, money, resources or networks could spare time and upgrade learner standard without physical migration from the location through the free software and open source movements.


Reference Bonk, C,. (2009). The World is Open: How Web Technology Is

Revolutionizing Education, Hoboken,NJ,USA:Jossey-Bass, http://site.ebrary.com/lib/unitemlibrary/Doc

Casserly, C,. (2011). Creative Commons, Retrieved on 30th October 2011 from: http://creativecommons.org

http://wiki.creativecommons.org/Tools http://creativecommons.org/ http://thepiratebay.org/ http://www.google.mv/ http://moodle.org/ http://www.gnu.org/ http://www.linuxfoundation.org/


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