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SIGOSSEE presentation at European education conference
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A proposal for a symposium from the Open Source SIGOSSEE project has been accepted for The European Conference on Educational Research in Crete in September. TH ECER conference is the largest educational conference in Europe, usually attracting in excess of 1000 delegates.
The sysmposium is part of teh Vocational Education and Training (VET) strand of the ocnference but it is planned to hold the session jointly with the ECER Network 16 which deals with ICT in education. The proposed presentations are given below.
Changing modes of organization, technology and learning: open source software and content in education and training Paper 1 What is the significance of Open Source Software for the education and training community? Author: Graham Attwell, Knownet In this paper Graham Attwell will provide an introduction to the issues involved in the development of OSS and consider their overall implication for the education and training community. Paper 2 Open Content: a new model for curriculum and content development in education and training? Author: Mikhel Pilv, MIKSIKE The paper will examine the issues involved in the change to network based education and will consider the potentials and barriers to open content development. Paper 3 Assessing the quality of Open Source Software – issues and analysis. Author: Alexandra Toedt, University of Koeln The paper will provide an overview of the first eight months of the work and will advance recommendations for universities, vocational schools, public administration and SMEs involved in education and training. Paper 4 - Organisation and Management Issues, Sustainability and Support and Infrastructural needs for OSS. Author: Raymond Elfink, Raycom In the creation of Open Source Software, the role of the software development company tends to be to facilitate a development platform and to work with education and training providers to steer the open development of the software, rather than being solely responsible for the whole product. This paper will look at the implications of changing forms of organisation. |
