[P2P-F] [p2p-research] FTA Announcement #11: Register Now, Guest Lectures, DocBook and New FTA Materials
Michel Bauwens
michelsub2004 at gmail.com
Sat Jan 8 11:14:05 CET 2011
thanks mathieu, a slip!
On Sat, Jan 8, 2011 at 4:37 PM, Mathieu ONeil <mathieu.oneil at anu.edu.au>wrote:
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Michel Bauwens <michelsub2004 at gmail.com>
> Date: Saturday, January 8, 2011 9:21 am
> Subject: Re: [p2p-research] FTA Announcement #11: Register Now, Guest
> Lectures, DocBook and New FTA Materials
> To: Wouter Tebbens <wouter at freeknowledge.eu>
> Cc: p2p research network <p2presearch at listcultures.org>
>
> > :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,
> >
> > 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
> >
> > 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?
> >
> > Michel
> >
> > On Thu, Jan 6, 2011 at 7:29 PM, Wouter Tebbens <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>> 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> 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>
>>>
>>> > * Digital version: http://ftacademy.eu/announce/10
>>> >
>>> >
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>>> > http://www.ftacademy.eu
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