FTA Community demands TradePub to correct inappropriate use of FTA course books
Submitted by wouter on Tue, 06/03/2012 - 12:01.On behalf of the FTA Community we have sent an open letter to an organisation called TradePub about their inappropriate use of our course books. As you may know the Free Technology Academy publishes all its educational materials, including the course books, under free licenses on the web. This has enabled the community to undertake several initiatives to translate some of the books into other languages, use them in other environments, such as the Tampere University of Technology.
open educational framework for computer science Software Engineering
Bringing together higher education institutions, free software projects and enterprises, as well as all type of learners, openSE (www.opense.net) has reached its final stage and full force by developing a platfo
Net Neutrality Resolution Adopted in EU Parliament
Submitted by wouter on Fri, 21/10/2011 - 08:54.From our friends at La Quadrature du Net:
Open standards in Dutch public education
Submitted by david on Tue, 04/10/2011 - 13:29.A couple of weeks ago Jan Stedehouder, a Dutch journalist, writer and Open Source advocate, published a blog post (english version here) about the use of Silverlight in the Dutch public education system.
FKI genomineerd voor Internationale Prijs
Op 12 september 2011 wordt de winnaar van de Internationale Prijs bekendgemaakt! (see English).
Het Free Knowledge Institute is een van de zes genomineerden.
FTA Community Portal opens its doors
The Free Technology Academy is happy to announce the new FTA Community Portal: an open space where anyone can participate in the Academy daily life and be a part of the FTA virtual community. (read in Dutch)
A vision for the FTA
Submitted by wouter on Mon, 02/05/2011 - 10:31.
Recently we came together with the partners of the Free Technology
Academy at the Open University Netherlands in Heerlen to discuss strategies and concrete plans to go forward. In this
post I will try to explain the main aspects of the vision we discussed in the session "Evolving Free Technology Education together. A vision for the Free Technology Academy."
Varna Free University from Bulgaria joins the FTA
The FTA Network is maturing. Today the Varna Free University from Bulgaria has joined the Free Technology Academy as Associate Partner. The VFU will start providing FTA courses in Bulgarian and furthermore is planning to set up its own master programme in collaboration with FTA partners.
Building a Shared Free Technology Master Curriculum
Submitted by wouter on Wed, 26/01/2011 - 08:29.As you may know the Free Knowledge Institute seeks to advance the sharing of knowledge and take away technical, social and legal impediments. One of our core activities lies in education and over the last years we have established a network of universities and specialised groups working together in offering master level courses online through the Free Technology Academy. Together we want to go further and develop a shared master curriculum on Free Technologies (FT). We understand FT to include Free Software (OSS / Libre Software), Open Standards, Free Hardware.
Free Technology Academy and Free Software Foundation Partner to Expand Access to Master's Program in Free Software
The Free Knowledge Institute is proud to welcome the Free Software Foundation in the Free Technology Academy Partner network.
