IOSN Releases Primer on Free/Open Source Software and Education

Subject: [unitescommunity] IOSN Releases Primer on Free/Open Source Software and Education
Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2005 16:02:55 +0000
From: J Cravens <jayne.cravens@unvolunteers.org>
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IOSN has produced a primer on Free/Open Source Software and Education
and a publication copy of the primer is now available for download.

International Open Source Network (IOSN) is an initiative of the
United Nations Development Programme's (UNDP) Asia Pacific
Development Information Programme (APDIP).

This primer covers the use of FOSS from schools to universities. It
provides a brief overview of how it can help in setting up the IT
infrastructure and administration of educational institutions and
considers software (mainly proprietary) which is now used as the
basis for IT curricula and alternative FOSS which is available.

This primer is intended to help policy-makers and decision-makers
understand the potential use of FOSS in Education - where and how it
can be used, why it should be used, and what issues are involved. In
particular, officials in ministries of education, school and
university administrators, academic staff and researchers should find
this primer useful.

FOSS: Education primer can be downloaded from the IOSN site at:

http://www.iosn.net/education/foss-education-primer

The primer is intended to be a living document, constantly updated to
reflect the latest information and available to all. It is released
under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 license and should always
be available from the IOSN website.

This primer is part of a series of primers on Free/Open Source
Software brought to you by IOSN. These are available online at
http://www.iosn.net/foss-primers

To facilitate co-ordination regarding the introduction of OSS SW in Vietnam

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