results for: open source
9 pages tagged with open source
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Space Signpost: Welcome to the Neighbourhood
Space Signpost: Welcome to the Neighbourhood is a new approach to the public understanding of science that allows people to explore the solar system while standing in a city street.
Type: Project
Tagged with: digital inclusion, informal learning, learning spaces, lifelong learning, open source -
Making History: Embedding the use of a learning platform in classroom teaching
Making History: Embedding the use of a learning platform in classroom teaching
Type: Web Article
Tagged with: collaboration, innovative teaching, open source -
Mind the gap – open source is a player
Don’t believe the hype – open source is bringing major savings and quality support for teaching and learning. Talk to the schools, writes Merlin John.
Type: Web Article
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Why Don't You...?
A bank of tools and approaches aimed at helping teachers to develop new practices and try out innovative ways of teaching and learning.
Type: Project
Tagged with: 14-19, assessment, collaboration, creativity, games, informal learning, innovative teaching, learner voice, open source, personalisation, primary, secondary, skills, social software, thinking skills -
SIMPLE
The SIMPLE project has been established to create an open source, open standards transactional learning environment for professional and undergraduate learning in legal education, architecture, management sciences and social work.
Type: Project
Tagged with: assessment, lifelong learning, open source, personalisation -
The potential of open source approaches for education
Open source is an example of peer-production driven by collaborative modes of interaction and knowledge exchange. This paper discusses some of the ways in which these approaches might be applied in educational contexts.
Type: Opening Education Report
Tagged with: learner voice, open source -
Open source: a chance for technology in education?
You know where you are when buying computer hardware. You pay out some cash, and you get a little box of tricks. Software, though, is entirely different. Usually, you're not even buying a thing, merely the right to use that thing.
Type: VISION Article
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FLOSS away
In December 2004, Futurelab held a one-day internal workshop which aimed to provide us with a more in-depth understanding of the implications of Free and Libre Open Source Software (FLOSS) for education.
Type: Web Article
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Teachers as Innovators
This project investigates the capacity of teachers as innovators in teaching and learning with digital resources.
Type: Project
Tagged with: 14-19, assessment, collaboration, creativity, curriculum, games, innovative teaching, learner voice, mobile/handheld, open source, personalisation, primary, secondary, social software