::fc-announce:: Forum: Learning from Free Software, Sydney June 2
Chris Chesher
chris.chesher at arts.usyd.edu.au
Tue May 24 10:48:43 EST 2005
=A5=A5=A5 LEARNING FROM FREE SOFTWARE =A5=A5=A5
teaching the net generation
A forum on free software in secondary and tertiary education
hosted by the University of Sydney=D5s Arts Informatics program
=A5=A5 EVENT DETAILS
6pm-8pm Thursday June 2, 2005
Rogers Room John Woolley Building
University of Sydney
RSVP by May 30 essential: 9351 2226
or patricia.ricketts at arts.usyd.edu.au
=A5=A5 Chair
Dr Chris Chesher
Director of Arts Informatics
=A5=A5 Panel
Dr Elizabeth Gordon-Werner
NSW Department of Commerce
Roger Buck
Studio of Arts And Sciences
John Tonkin
Arts Informatics, University of Sydney
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=D4Free=D5 and =D4open source=D5 software are increasingly viable in =20
educational contexts as alternatives and supplements to commercial =20
software. Beyond its price, free software is attractive for the open =20
and participatory models it offers for making and sharing knowledge. =20
However, there remain significant practical and institutional obstacles =20=
to their widespread adoption.
This seminar is the =DErst in a series on =D2Teaching the Net =
Generation=D3 =20
organised by the Arts Informatics program at the University of Sydney. =20=
This series aims to bring together educators from secondary and =20
tertiary institutions to discuss practical and policy issues around =20
using information and communication technologies in teaching and =20
administration. The panel will discuss examples of free software being =20=
used in education, as well as the implications of creative commons =20
licences and systems for collaborative authorship such as wikipedia.
=D4Free=D5 software is most famously successful in Internet technologies =
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such as the Apache web server, and the GNU/Linux operating system. =20
=CAMore recently, though, educators have taken up open source learning =20=
management systems like Moodle or LAMS, as well as blogs, wikis and web =20=
content management systems in teaching and administration.
The panelists will present brief talks that will be followed with an =20
open discussion of the role of free software in teaching network =20
literacy and fostering cultures of collaboration.
Free software needs to offer better user experience, more comprehensive =20=
documentation and more effective models for supporting users. Therefore =20=
open source and free software communities increasingly need involvement =20=
of people beyond the traditional information technology sectors, =20
including educators and those in the humanities.
The =D4Learning from free software=D5 seminar is presented by the Arts =20=
Informatics program, which co-ordinates the Bachelor of Arts =20
Informatics, an undergraduate degree based on a cross-Faculty =20
collaboration between the Faculty of Arts and the School of Information =20=
Technologies in the Faculty of Science. Arts Informatics is also home =20=
to a growing research program concentrating on the intersections =20
between information technologies and the humanities.=CA=CA
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Refreshments and light snacks will be served.
Entry is free, but RSVP is essential.
For further information, see the Arts Informatics website:
http://www.arts.usyd.edu.au/departs/informatics
Event info (including a link to a PDF brochure and map):
<http://www.arts.usyd.edu.au/departs/informatics/?=20
page=3Devents&id=3Dinfosem2005>
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Dr Chris Chesher Woolley Building S314
Director (02) 9036 6173
Arts Informatics Program mob 0404095480
University of Sydney
chris.chesher at arts.usyd.edu.au
http://www.arts.usyd.edu.au/departs/informatics/=
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