[P2P-F] [OHANDA] Building a Shared Free Technology Master Curriculum

[Michel Bauwens]

thanks Bryan,

I'm the one working, with Franco Iacomella, on the peer production course,

Michel

On Tue, Jan 25, 2011 at 11:49 PM, Bryan Bishop <kanzure at gmail.com> wrote:

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>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Wouter Tebbens <wouter at freeknowledge.eu>
> Date: Tue, Jan 25, 2011 at 10:12 AM
> Subject: [OHANDA] Building a Shared Free Technology Master Curriculum
> To: ohanda at piksel.no, j.neumann at junes.eu
>
>
> Dear all,
>
> first of all, I follow with great interest the activities going on in
> Ohanda. This is really exciting! I write to you about developing a
> master programme including courses on Copyleft Hardware. Maybe some of
> you know of existing courses and educational materials that may be of
> interest, or case studies about interesting projects. Let me first
> explain it briefly.
>
> With a network of universities and specialised groups we are working on
> the development of a shared master curriculum on Free Technologies (FT).
> We understand FT to include Free Software (OSS / Libre Software), Open
> Standards, Free Hardware. And with specialised tracks on Free Culture
> and Peer Production.
>
> Our aim is to help the adoption of these technologies and production
> methodologies through helping universities and higher educational
> institutes to participate and incorporate (parts of) the shared
> curriculum in their study programmes.
>
> One of the things we are looking for is people and organisations willing
> to contribute to the curriculum. A large part is already there, but
> especially in the areas such as Free Hardware we could use more people
> who are in the frontline of developments. If you're interested, read on!
>
> This work builds further on what several universities and specialist
> groups have started years ago and that we are now continuing together
> under the umbrella of the Free Technology Academy (FTA).
>
> Let me summarise then a few  main aspects that hopefully helps to
> clarify our pursuit:
> * we are building a common framework for a shared master curriculum with
> shared norms, rules and procedures as well as copyleft educational
> materials
> * this facilitates the autonomy of each university interested in
> adopting parts of it, while assuring compatibility between programmes
> and courses
> * we like distance learning through the Internet, while also having
> face2face options at concrete locations
> * the developed educational methodology is based in full course books,
> that are openly published under free licenses
> * we are opening up the development process and feedback through
> web-based tools, open standards and team work
> * the books are generally worked through in (online) class rooms and
> continuous assessment activities are done by the participants, guided by
> a mentor from one of the universities
> * did I say that we practice what we preach? Indeed, the technologies
> used are free as in freedom.
> * we strive for recognition of the course certificates by universities
> * we strive for double degrees and ultimately for a joint degree
> * we build the curriculum with all interested parties willing to use and
> contribute to it. Only as a wider community or ecosystem can we develop
> this in a sustainable way.
>
> A draft for the shared curriculum we are developing in the FTA Campus
> Wiki: http://campus.ftacademy.org/wiki/index.php/Master-Curriculum
>
> Many of the courses are already active, here you can find the course
> books: http://ftacademy.org/materials and courses are conducted for
> example at the FTA: http://ftacademy.org/courses/programme and
> recognised by the partner universities.
>
> If you would like to contribute, even by just adding some useful
> pointers, please do so in the course pages in the Master-Curriculum
> wiki-page.
>
> There are more people interested in working on this with us. And even
> more willing to take the courses. I look forward to hearing from you
> through this list, personal email or directly in the wiki. Your inputs
> are more than welcome and very much needed.
>
> best regards,
> --
> Wouter Tebbens
> --
> Free Knowledge Institute /Unlocking the knowledge society/
> http://freeknowledge.eu/
> Free Technology Academy /Online education about Free Software/
> http://ftacademy.org/
>
>
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>
> --
> - Bryan
> http://heybryan.org/
> 1 512 203 0507
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