Events/EduCamp@FOSDEM2009

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EduCamp is a pre-FOSDEM event for people making the link the learning potential of free and open source development and colleges, universities and higher education. It will include short presentations on existing projects, informal chats and feedback on project ideas, and a chance to network with people trying to do open source edu-stuff. Mozilla will buy lunch.

Event Details

  • When: February 6, 2009
  • Where: somewhere in Brussels, we still need a venue
  • Networking begins at 930am
  • Program will last from 1030am to 430pm
  • In planning mode - looking for your input!
  • email mark -- at -- mozillafoundation.org if your are interested in helping to organize. Sign up below if you want to participate.

What will we talk about?

Contributing to free and open source software projects helps people learn incredibly useful skills: how to code; how to collaborate; how to lead in a global community. Despite this, formal links between higher education and open source projects are rare. College and university students who want to take advantage of the resources and mentorship that come with open source development have to do so on their own time.

It's time to change this. It's time to build systematic links between free and open source software project and the world of higher education. That's what we want to talk about.

Can you give me some examples?

Slowly, a number of projects are emerging to link formal school work with the immersive, participatory learning experience of open source contribution. Some examples are:

  • Seneca College in Toronto works with the Mozilla, Fedora and Open Office communities to provide a real world computer studies laboratory.
  • Universidad Rey Juan Carlos in Madrid studies and is starting to offer courses in libre software.
  • Mozilla is in the early stages of experimenting with an education program to encourage more professors and universities
  • OSS Watch are developing a open education curriculum and mentoring programme embedding open source mentoring into computer science and work based learning.
  • <get RedHat / Fedora to add something>
  • <what else?>

If you have an active project -- or even an idea -- that fits this description, write it down above. And consider attending.

Proposed Agenda

This will be a BarCamp-style open space event. People can propose sessions on this wiki, or at the event. The idea is to be very informal and see what happens.

  • 9:30 Networking and free coffee
  • 10:15 Introduction and session proposals
  • 10:45 Sessions programmed by participants
  • 13:00 Lunch and networking
    • Maybe do a round of lightning talks over lunch?
  • 14:30 Sessions programmed by participants
  • 16:30 Reflections and closing
  • 17:00 Find beer and food together

If a really small number of people show up, we'll probably make it shorter ... which just means going to the pub sooner, and continuing conversations there.

Proposed Sessions

If you know you want to run a session, propose it here:

  • Using a mentor scheme as part of a formal education programme (Ross Gardler)
  • y
  • z

Topics I would like to hear about

If you want someone else to cover a topic, post here:

  • existing courses in education instituions
  • scaling existing resources to more institutions
  • creating useful materials for educators

Planners

  • Mark Surman, Mozilla
  • anyone want to help?

Volunteers

Participants (aka Campers)

  • Philipp Schmidt, University of Western Cape (?)
  • Leslie Hawthorn, Google Inc.
  • Gregorio Robles, GSyC/LibreSoft, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos

Other

Mainly people attending the FOSDEM, but unfortunaly arriving after the Camp, and willing to meet the Campers, on saturday or whenever possible

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