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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
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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.
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Is it new?
Free Software....? Membership
Renewable?
Can it be use
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by anybody?
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free
trial?
What %
is
free?
Is it free of Charge?
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Can it b
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share
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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
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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
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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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Eric
Rey
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Torv
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Well known
hackers of FOSS
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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
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Free Software Revolution
Search: http://www.linuxfoundation.org/
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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
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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
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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
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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/
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Benefits of Sakai & Moodle
Moodle and Sakai make way for global education as they allow:
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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 .
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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
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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
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Surf this site-http://wiki.creativecommons.org/Tools
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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.
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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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