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Development by Davis: “Success of GNU Health goes beyond free software” plus 2 more

Development by Davis: “Success of GNU Health goes beyond free software” plus 2 more


Success of GNU Health goes beyond free software

Posted: 12 Mar 2013 02:00 AM PDT

open heartbeat

In 2006, Luis Falcón founded GNU Health, a free health information system that recently recieved the the "Best Project of Social Benefit" award given by the Free Software Foundation.

GNU Health, and in Latin countries, GNU Solidario, started as a free software project for Primary Care facilities in rural areas and developing countries. Since then, it has evolved into a full Hospital and Health Information System used by the United Nations, public hospitals and Ministries of Health (such as in Entre Rios, Argentina), and private institutions around the globe.

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OER university practices go well beyond open enrollment

Posted: 12 Mar 2013 12:00 AM PDT

open source your university

While mainstream attention has been focused on MOOCs, the Open Educational Resource university (OERu) has been developing a parallel education offering which is distinctively open.

The OERu aims to provide free learning to all students worldwide using OER learning materials with pathways to gain credible qualifications from recognized education institutions.

Like MOOCs, the OERu will have free open enrollment. But OERu's open practices go well beyond open enrollment.

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How to organize an education hackathon

Posted: 11 Mar 2013 03:00 AM PDT

open education resources

On February 23, I participated in my first hackathon event; not a coding event as typical of computer programmers, but an education hackathon—a "Course Sprint" where a group of 14 individuals (educators, open science advocates, community members, and students) collaborated to design and build an open, online course, An Introduction to Open Science and Data, for the School of Open on P2PU.

Creative Commons hosted the event at their office in Mountain View, CA and invited both face-to-face and remote participants, of which I was one of four remote. The event was held in support of Open Data Day to raise awareness and involve communities worldwide in exploring how to liberate, promote, and publish open data.

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