[p2p-research] FTA Announcement #11: Register Now, Guest Lectures, DocBook and New FTA Materials
Michel Bauwens
michelsub2004 at gmail.com
Tue Jan 11 05:19:49 CET 2011
Hi Wouter, concerning this:
<We are currently talking to a prof from a university in Tokyo, the Meiji
university. They seem to be interested in some form of collaboration. I
understand they already work together with a uni in Malaysia, so maybe
there's an option. If you like I can put you in contact with them.>
yes, I would appreciate,
I also met a Chiang Mai developer, who is interested in pursuing the free
school idea,
Michel
On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 10:42 PM, Wouter Tebbens <wouter at freeknowledge.eu>wrote:
> Hi Michel,
>
>
> On 01/08/2011 09:20 AM, Michel Bauwens wrote:
>
>> :Dear Wouter,
>>
>> thanks for this, VERY useful reply,
>>
>> actually, for here in Chiang Mai, I was thinking more of mentoring than
>> full f2f teaching, so what you see is right on the mark,
>>
> that would be really good, to offer mentoring options combined with online
> (group) activities.
>
>
>> credits is a little more difficult issue, since I think students in east
>> asia are still much more sensitive to this issue, you just don't get
>> hired here without the right papers (plus introductions <g>). For
>> example, I can teach post-graduate in Belgium based on my experience,
>> but there, I am confined to teaching 18 year olds, because they only
>> want to see the PhD
>>
> Yes I understand. Even in Europe, with Bologna being applied, things get
> harder.
>
>
>> additional request, do you know of any university in your network, who
>> might be interested in a physical extension in SE Asia, and thereby
>> offer 'real credits' to potential students here?
>>
> We are currently talking to a prof from a university in Tokyo, the Meiji
> university. They seem to be interested in some form of collaboration. I
> understand they already work together with a uni in Malaysia, so maybe
> there's an option. If you like I can put you in contact with them.
>
> best,
>
> Wouter
>
>>
>> Michel
>>
>> On Thu, Jan 6, 2011 at 7:29 PM, Wouter Tebbens <wouter at freeknowledge.eu
>> <mailto:wouter at freeknowledge.eu>> wrote:
>>
>> Dear Michel,
>>
>> sorry for the belated reply; some traditional festivities and
>> delayed work came in between. But: I wish you and all peers a good
>> new year where freedom and solidarity get together again.
>>
>> Regarding your idea to run an educational curriculum based on the
>> FTA, let me comment a few things. The FTA courses are designed for a
>> online / distance education methodology mainly with course books and
>> a series of group and individual activities under guidance of a
>> university mentor. That said, the courses can be taught face2face as
>> well, and some universities are doing that: they just download or
>> link to the FTA course book(s) and work through them in a physical
>> class room. Even with traditional lectures and slideshows if you
>> want ;-)
>>
>> If you start running these courses f2f, it might be of interest for
>> the global community to record and stream the lectures you might
>> organise. We could then stream them through the FTA site as well.
>>
>> We'd also encourage you to make use of the FTA virtual campus:
>> enrolled and free learners share case studies, bibliography, study
>> projects etc etc through the various systems we have set up. Our
>> idea is to facilitate the learning community as much as we can.
>>
>> Regarding credits: you can issue your own certificate and credits,
>> but it will depend on their recognition to value how much these are
>> worth to the participants. With the FTA we have choosen to work with
>> universities who recognise FTA Certificates and the ECTS credits as
>> used in Europe. That way learners can continue their education and
>> obtain official degrees at those universities.
>>
>> Other forms of credits issued by peers might be very interesting and
>> promising indeed. At Drumbeat Barcelona there was the badges
>> project, see https://wiki.mozilla.org/Badges
>>
>> I think ultimately we will work towards a combination of both formal
>> and informal credit systems (and feed the peer credit system into
>> the formal instutions). But there is still some work to do.
>>
>> Looking forward to see how this fits best in your plans. We'll be
>> happy to help you out as much as we can.
>>
>> best,
>>
>> Wouter
>>
>>
>>
>> On 12/26/2010 02:14 PM, Michel Bauwens wrote:
>>
>> Dear Wouter, Franco:
>>
>> this is something I have been contemplating lately i.e. the
>> possibility
>> of a curriculum based on the FTA, given or mentored through the
>> chiang
>> mai commons initiative, which would give credits to thai
>> students ...
>>
>> what would it take to pull this off?
>>
>> MICHEL
>>
>> On Thu, Dec 23, 2010 at 9:47 PM, Franco Iacomella <yaco at gnu.org
>> <mailto:yaco at gnu.org>
>> <mailto:yaco at gnu.org <mailto:yaco at gnu.org>>> wrote:
>>
>> Permanent link: http://ftacademy.org/announce/11
>>
>> FTA Announcement #11: Register Now, Guest Lectures, DocBook
>> and New
>> FTA Materials
>>
>>
>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>> 1. Last chance to register for the first term of 2011!
>> 2. Rey Juan Carlos University joins the FTA Associate Network
>> 3. Upcoming Guest Lectures at the FTA Campus
>> 4. FTA books in DocBook format
>> 5. New FTA materials published
>> 6. About the Free Technology Academy
>>
>>
>> == 1. Last chance to register for the first term of 2011! ==
>>
>> Registrations for the 2011 programme are growing at a very good
>> pace. Remember that you can register for any course of the
>> programme
>> until one week before the term starts. This means that you
>> have time
>> until January 3rd to register for these courses:
>>
>> * The concepts of Free Software and Open Standards
>> * Basic GNU/Linux
>> * Free Software Utilities
>> * Network Technologies
>> * Web applications development
>> * Software development
>> * Deployment of Free Software and Case Studies
>>
>> Don't leave it for the last minute! Register now at
>> https://ftacademy.org/registration-form
>>
>> Having trouble choosing only a couple of courses? Keep in
>> mind that
>> many of them are also offered later in the year:
>> http://ftacademy.org/courses/programme
>>
>> If you're still in doubt, contact us at
>> registrations at ftacademy.org <mailto:registrations at ftacademy.org>
>> <mailto:registrations at ftacademy.org
>>
>> <mailto:registrations at ftacademy.org>> and we'll help you create
>> your
>>
>> own programme!
>>
>> == 2. Rey Juan Carlos University joins the FTA Associate
>> Network ==
>>
>> The FTA is proud to announce the incorporation of the
>> University Rey
>> Juan Carlos (Spain) to its Associate Partner Network,
>> through the
>> participation of the LibreSoft research group.
>>
>> LibreSoft offers a programme on Free Software that leads to an
>> official Master Degree by the URJC. The LibreSoft group will
>> contribute courses such as Quality Assessment of Free
>> Software, one
>> of its main research topics, to the FTA programme. Apart
>> from that,
>> the LibreSoft group is involved in the taskforce for an
>> International Master Programme in Free Software since the
>> start,
>> where FTA partners cooperate to design a common curriculum.
>>
>> Read the official announcement here:
>> http://ftacademy.org/announce/URJC
>>
>> == 3. Upcoming Guest Lectures at the FTA Campus ==
>>
>> FTA Guest Lectures are open to all: the videos will be
>> published
>> online and a forum will be available for those who want to
>> discuss
>> it with the lecturer. The FTA will welcome the new year with
>> two
>> first-class guest lecturers: Richard M. Stallman and
>> Benjamin Mako Hill.
>>
>> Richard M. Stallman is a Free Software developer and
>> activist. He is
>> the founder of the Free Software Foundation and the GNU
>> Project. He
>> started the Free Software movement and is arguably one of
>> the most
>> influential advocates of Free Software worldwide. In his
>> lecture,
>> Stallman will focus on the most recent attacks to users'
>> freedoms,
>> such as ACTA and DRM. This Guest Lecture will take place in
>> February.
>>
>> Benjamin Mako Hill is a Debian hacker, intellectual property
>> researcher, activist and author. He is a free software
>> developer and
>> contributes to the Debian and Ubuntu projects. He's also the
>> author
>> of two best-selling technical books on the subject. He
>> currently
>> serves as a member of the Free Software Foundation board of
>> directors and of Wikimedia Foundation's board. Hill has a
>> Masters
>> degree from the MIT Media Lab and is currently a Senior
>> Researcher
>> at the MIT Sloan School of Management where he studies free
>> software
>> communities and business models. His lecture, entitled,
>> "Antifeatures", will take place in January 2011, stay tuned for the
>> concrete dates!
>>
>> == 4. FTA books in DocBook format ==
>>
>> Until now, FTA coursebooks have been available in PDF format
>> only.
>> This allows everyone to easily read and print them, but it
>> has not
>> been easy to edit or remix the materials. Now FTA
>> coursebooks are
>> also available in the DocBook format: a semantic markup
>> language for
>> technical documentation. DocBook enables users to create
>> documents
>> in a presentation-neutral form that captures the logical
>> structure
>> of the content, which can then be published in a variety of
>> formats,
>> including HTML, XHTML, EPUB, PDF, man pages, and others -
>> without
>> requiring users to make any changes to the source.
>>
>> We expect that this new possibility will be exploited by the
>> FTA
>> community. We hope that new creations take place, thereby
>> materializing the opportunities offered by the copyleft
>> licenses
>> applied to the original course books. We invite you to
>> discuss all
>> the possibilities in our community space:
>> http://campus.ftacademy.org/community/
>>
>> == 5. New FTA materials published ==
>>
>> The FTA is proud to announce the availability of three new
>> coursebooks, all under a free Copyleft license: GNU/Linux
>> Basic,
>> Implementation of Free Software Systems and the coursebook
>> for Free
>> Software Tools and Utilities.
>>
>> "GNU/Linux Basic" will be taught in all three terms of 2011. The
>> aim
>> of this book is to initiate you into the world of GNU/Linux. It
>> covers the basics of the free software, how to use and modify
>> GNU/Linux to suit your needs, and how to find your way in
>> this new
>> world more easily. The book is not based on any particular
>> distribution, but we need to specify certain actions for
>> most of the
>> examples and activities, for which we will use Debian
>> GNU/Linux.
>> Although this distribution is not as intuitive and
>> user-friendly as
>> others, it will serve to explain all the characteristics of a
>> GNU/Linux-based operating system, step by step.
>>
>> You can get a copy of the course book, written by Joaquín López
>> Sánchez-Montañés, Sofia Belles Ramos, Roger Baig Viñas and
>> Francesc
>> Aulí Llinàs, here: http://ftacademy.org/materials/fsm/13#1
>>
>> "Implementation of Free Software Systems" was written by Amadeu
>> Albós Raya and Óscar David Sánchez Jiménez. This course book
>> examines the deployment of Free Software systems. The reader
>> will
>> become familiar with agencies and projects related to the
>> deployment
>> of Free Software in the public and private sectors, and will
>> learn
>> to identify and understand the consequences of the use and
>> exploitation of Free Software in different areas. Several case
>> studies will be released soon as complementary materials.
>> The FTA
>> course "Deployment of Free Software Systems" is scheduled
>> for the
>> first and third terms of 2011.
>>
>> You can get a copy of the course book here:
>> http://ftacademy.org/materials/fsm/8#1
>>
>> The course book "Tools and utilities in free software",
>> written by
>> Jesús Corrius i Llavina, is part of the course "Free
>> Software Tools
>> and Utilities". The students are introduced to some of the
>> programs
>> designed for desktop environments of end users. These
>> programs allow
>> users to browse the Internet securely (Mozilla), manage
>> e-mail and
>> work in groups (Evolution) and create text documents,
>> spreadsheets
>> and presentations (OpenOffice.org). In this course, students
>> will
>> also discover how to work with these free tools in different
>> environments. "Free Software Tools and Utilities" will also be
>> taught in all three terms of 2011.
>>
>> Download a copy here: http://ftacademy.org/materials/fsm/10#1
>>
>> Register for these courses here:
>> http://ftacademy.org/courses/programme/2011
>>
>> == 6. About the Free Technology Academy ==
>>
>> A Consortium formed by the Open University of Catalonia
>> (Spain), the
>> Open University of the Netherlands and the University of Agder
>> (Norway) and led by the Free Knowledge Institute (FKI), the
>> FTA has
>> received the support from the EC's Lifelong Learning
>> Programme to
>> set up an international educational programme on Free
>> Software. The
>> courses are taught completely online in a virtual campus
>> based on
>> the Campus Project interoperability framework.
>>
>> Following the Open Educational Resources movement, all learning
>> materials are freely available through the Internet. The use
>> of Free
>> Software (also referred to as Open Source software or Libre
>> Software) is rapidly expanding in governmental and private
>> organisations. However, still only a limited number of ICT
>> professionals, teachers and decision makers have sufficient
>> knowledge and expertise in these new fields. The Free
>> Technology
>> Academy aims to address this gap by providing high level
>> courses
>> that fit into larger Master Programmes at the participating
>> universities.
>>
>> * More information: http://www.ftacademy.org
>> * Contact information: contact[at]ftacademy.org
>> <http://ftacademy.org> <http://ftacademy.org>
>>
>>
>> * Digital version: http://ftacademy.eu/announce/10
>>
>>
>> Free Technology Academy Newsletter
>> http://www.ftacademy.eu
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