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

[Michel Bauwens]

Thanks a lot  Wouter, I have also published this on Ning, and am helping
Franco with the diffusion of this appeal,

Michel

On Tue, Jan 25, 2011 at 11:40 PM, Wouter Tebbens <wouter at freeknowledge.eu>wrote:

> Dear all,
>
> first of all, I follow with great interest the activities going on in the
> P2P Foundation. And after some discussion with Michel, he suggested me to
> post here this small message, or better: an invitation. 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 areas such as Free Hardware we could use more people who are in the
> frontline of developments. Maybe some of you know of existing courses and
> educational materials that may be of interest, or case studies about
> interesting projects. 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 help 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
>
> A substantial part 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 are
> 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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