[p2p-research] Fwd: FlossedBk, "Free/Libre and Open Source Solutions for Education" this weekend in Bangkok

Mon Oct 26 16:13:25 CET 2009

Hi Ryan,

is this something, along with your comment below ... that you could cover
for our blog?

see
http://andysblackhole.blogspot.com/2008/03/facebook-collaboration-is-it-cheating.html
and
also
http://www.wikinomics.com/blog/index.php/2008/03/12/the-ryerson-facebook-dilemma/

covers p2p moral dilemma's ...:

 First-year student Chris Avenir is fighting charges of academic misconduct
for helping run an online chemistry study group via Facebook last term,
where 146 classmates swapped tips on homework questions that counted for 10
per cent of their mark.

On Mon, Oct 26, 2009 at 10:08 PM, Ryan Lanham <rlanham1963 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Interestingly, in the face of change, higher ed appears to be hunkering
> down and fighting any and all changes...
>
>
> http://chronicle.com/article/In-a-Time-of-Uncertainty/48911/?sid=at&utm_source=at&utm_medium=en
>
> This suggests to me that the organizations are brittle and endangered if
> government and business experiences are any prior indicators.  In states
> where money cannot be forked over to higher education from government,
> expect institutions to start shattering fairly soon.  The UK in Europe comes
> to mind where there is tremendous reliance on state funding and little
> cushion without it.  In the US, systems like the University of California
> and states schools in Florida, Arizona, Nevada and other cash-strapped
> states will be stretched to the breaking point.
>
> In the US, at least, rapid raises in tuition simply aren't an option.  The
> UK has a bit more room on tuition, but not much.  Borrowing there to pay for
> school is far less standard than in the US.  I don't know about the
> continent or Asia.  I assume Asia is a cash business with little government
> support, but the Chronicle lately has suggested huge cash flows in China and
> India to some of their institutions (in comparative terms).
>
> My guess is this will contribute to a rapid rise in open source tools, open
> source methods and low cost research strategies--particularly in areas like
> the social sciences where funding is always a challenge.
>
> When universities start to change, I'll know the crisis is fully ripe.
> That seems to be 3 or 4 years off.
>
> Ryan
>
>   On Mon, Oct 26, 2009 at 2:05 AM, Michel Bauwens <michelsub2004 at gmail.com
> > wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> From: Chris Smith <csmith at csmith.info>
>> Date: Mon, Oct 26, 2009 at 10:54 AM
>> Subject: FlossedBk, "Free/Libre and Open Source Solutions for Education"
>> this weekend in Bangkok
>> To: WOICT at googlegroups.com
>>
>>
>>
>> FlossedBk
>> Free & Open Source Solutions for Education -- KIS, Bangkok Oct 31-Nov 1,
>> 2009
>> http://flossedbk.flossed.org/
>>
>> Here is the information quoted from the website ....
>>
>> FlossedBk, "Free/Libre and Open Source Solutions for Education" is a
>> two-day
>> gathering of both new and experienced users of FLOSS, Free/Libre, Open
>> Source Software, for education.
>>
>> During the two days, there will workshops on everything from why schools
>> should consider using FLOSS, to what the options are, and how best to make
>> the transition, partial and/or full.
>>
>> This is our first conference, but we are calling for representatives of as
>> wide a range of needs as possible: teachers and principals, secretaries
>> and
>> technicians are invited to share and learn, as well as computing teachers,
>> system administrators and programmers
>>
>> All workshops are presented in both Thai and English (with the help of
>> translators). Thus each workshop is listed twice, once in English and once
>> in Thai. Sign up for the one in your language to help us plan for
>> translation help.
>>
>> http://flossedbk.flossed.org/
>>
>> Hope of interest .... please pass on to any education colleagues who may
>> be
>> interested.
>>
>> Chris
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