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Despite all of this buzz about 'open' and 'education', there have been few projects that have focused on the fact that '''participating in open source development is itself a rich, participatory learning experience'''. The exceptions are: | Despite all of this buzz about 'open' and 'education', there have been few projects that have focused on the fact that '''participating in open source development is itself a rich, participatory learning experience'''. The exceptions are: | ||
* [http://zenit.senecac.on.ca/wiki/index.php/Main_Page Seneca College] in Toronto has integrated participation in Mozilla, Fedora and OpenOffice into its computer studies programs. | * [http://zenit.senecac.on.ca/wiki/index.php/Main_Page Seneca College] in Toronto has integrated participation in Mozilla, Fedora and OpenOffice into its computer studies programs. | ||
* The [http://www.nus.sg/ National University of Singapore] has taught a [http://special.comp.nus.edu.sg/mozilla/index.php Mozilla class] on the Seneca model. | |||
* Smaller, university-based software projects like [http://www.idrc.ca/en/ev-87736-201-1-DO_TOPIC.html AVOIR] have grown up with significant participation from students. | * Smaller, university-based software projects like [http://www.idrc.ca/en/ev-87736-201-1-DO_TOPIC.html AVOIR] have grown up with significant participation from students. | ||
* A [http://www.hfoss.org/ group] of small liberal arts institutions in the US are exploring [http://www.hfoss.org/symposium09/ integrating FOSS into the undergraduate curriculum], with support from the [http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=500025 NSF]. | * A [http://www.hfoss.org/ group] of small liberal arts institutions in the US are exploring [http://www.hfoss.org/symposium09/ integrating FOSS into the undergraduate curriculum], with support from the [http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=500025 NSF]. | ||