[Solar-general] [OT] [FTA-announce] FTA Announce #6: Three new books available and more

[Nicolás Reynolds]

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> Date: Thu, 25 Mar 2010 10:45:43 +0100
> From: Announcements about the Free Technology Academy <fta-announce en freeknowledge.eu>
> To: fta-announce en freeknowledge.eu
> Subject: [FTA-announce] FTA Announce #6: Three new books available and more
> 
> Dear all,
> 
> Below a new announcement from the FTA on the avilability of new books,
> information on the upcoming courses and some first impressions.
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> 	Hinde ten Berge
> 	Free Knowledge Institute
> 
> 1. New course books available!
> 
> The Free Technology Academy is proud to announce the online publication
> of a new set of course books that correspond to the upcoming modules of
> the FTA programme starting in April: "Web applications development",
> "Economic aspects of Free Software" and "Software development".
> 
> One of these new books is called "Introduction to Web applications
> development" and was written by Carles Mateu and coordinated by Jordi
> Mas Hernández. This book is a translation and updated version of the
> Spanish "Introducción al desarrollo de aplicaciones web" of the UOC's
> Master on Free Software. This is the main learning material for the FTA
> Module 4: "Web applications development". You can collect a copy from:
> http://ftacademy.org/materials/fsm/4#1
> 
> We have also published "Economic aspects and business models of Free
> Software". It was written by Amadeu Albós Raya, Lluís Bru Martínez and
> Irene Fernández Monsalve and coordinated by David Megías. This book is
> the main learning material for the FTA Module 5: "Economic aspects of
> Free Software". You can collect a copy from:
> http://ftacademy.org/materials/fsm/5#1
> 
> Finally, we have made available the book "Introduction to Software
> development". This text, with nearly 400 pages, was written by J. Pérez
> López and L. Ribas i Xirgo with Jordi Mas Hernández and David Megías
> Jiménez as coordinators. This is the main learning material for the FTA
> Module 7: "Software development". You can collect a copy from:
> http://ftacademy.org/materials/fsm/7#1
> 
> These books are published under a free, copyleft license. You are
> encouraged to use, translate, adapt and redistribute these materials.
> Please let us know if you plan to do so!
> 
> 2. Registration for new courses is open!
> 
> The registration process for the new round of courses has already
> started. The courses currently open are "Web applications development",
> "Economic aspects of Free Software" and "Software development". These
> courses will start on April 26th, 2010 and you have time until April
> 20th, 2010 to register. Take a look at this page to know about fees and
> important dates: http://ftacademy.org/courses/programme
> 
> The following sections will introduce you to each of these modules.
> 
> * Web applications development
> 
> This course starts with an introduction to the Internet, including a
> brief history of the TCT/IP protocol and the World Wide Web. It defines
> the basic concepts for web servers and studies the case of Apache, the
> most used web server, while other Free Software web servers are not
> forgotten. The course continues with web page design, focussing on HTML
> and JavaScript. XML Schemas, their validation and transformation are
> covered as well as dynamic web pages built with CGI, PHP or JSP and
> database access.
> 
> Learn more here: http://ftacademy.org/courses/modules/4
> 
> * Economic aspects of Free Software
> 
> The module is focussed on the study of Free Software in relation to the
> private sector and related economic aspects. We analyse the software
> industry from an economic perspective: how it was affected by software
> published under free licenses and what is its potential for the future.
> On the other hand, we study how to use Free Software in the private
> sector, from a development point of view but also in implementation and
> migration.
> 
> Learn more here: http://ftacademy.org/courses/modules/5
> 
> * Software development
> 
> This module is designed for IT specialists and developers who are
> starting their way in the Free Software development universe. Free
> Software is developed with specific collaboration techniques and tools
> that engage and enable world-wide communities. Professionals need to
> handle different programming techniques, languages and develop specific
> skills to work in a collaborative environment. The programming languages
> used in this module are C, C++ or Java. We will also introduces contents
> about collaborative and distributed work commonly known as "the bazaar
> model".
> 
> Learn more here: http://ftacademy.org/courses/modules/7
> 
> 3. First impressions of the FTA
> 
> Two months ago the first FTA courses started: "The concepts of Free
> Software and Open Standards" and "The GNU/Linux Operating System". We
> can now share some partial results and general impressions about theses
> educative experiences.
> 
> The two initial modules have over 60 learners, most of them from
> European countries. The QA team will analyse the results of these
> courses once they have finished, but we can already see that the degree
> of satisfaction of learners is high. As an indication of this, many of
> the learners who are following these modules have already enrolled for
> additional courses later this year.
> 
> 4. About the Free Technology Academy
> 
> A Consortium formed by the Open University of Catalonia (Spain), the
> Open University of the Netherlands and 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 en ftacademy.org
>     * Digital version: http://ftacademy.eu/announce/6
> 
> Free Technology Academy Newsletter
> http://www.ftacademy.eu

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