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Education Expo (http://www.edexpo.info/)
Linux Australia and SLUG had a stand (http://www.slug.org.au/node/99) at the Education Expo on Sat 14 to Sun 15 June 2008.
- Pre-expo announcement for participants (http://www.dhanapalan.com/blog/2008/06/11/education-expo-this-weekend/)
- Post-expo report (http://www.dhanapalan.com/blog/2008/06/29/education-expo-report/)
The Education Show (http://www.educationshow.com.au/)
Linux Australia had a stand at the Education Show on Tuesday 14 to Wednesday 15 August 2007.
linux.conf.au Australia's annual linux conference
- Education mini-conf call for papers Hobart, Tasmania 19-24 January 2009 (http://marchsouth.org/)
Past conferences
- Education mini-conf program (http://www.fossed.org/lca08/program.html) Melbourne 2008 (http://www.mel8ourne.org/). Some further links and audio here (http://miniconf.mel8ourne.org/wiki/index.php?title=Education).
- Education mini-conf program (http://www.fossed.org/lca07/program.html) Sydney 2007 (http://lca2007.linux.org.au)
- Education mini-conf program (http://www.fossed.org/lca06/program.html) Dunedin 2006 (http://www.linux.org.au/conf/2006/)
- Education mini-conf program (http://www.fossed.org/lca07/2005EdMini.html) Canberra 2005 (http://www.linux.org.auconf/2005/) Speakers list
- Education mini-conf program (http://educationalinux.adam.com.au/) Adelaide 2004 (http://www.linux.org.au/conf/2004/)
- Education mini-conf program (http://www.linux.org.au/%7Eleonb/el2003/) Perth 2003 (http://www.linux.org.au/conf/2003/)
Linux for Teachers---A Two Day Tour
An in service course for teachers is being prepared. This will be a first course for Computer Studies teachers and others using Computers in schools. It is envisaged that this may be the first of a series on a variety of FOSS topics. Read on... Linux for Teachers---A Two Day Tour
Linux Certification and Accreditation
The 2005 Linux Australia and LPI Initiative
LA and LPI have been affiliated since late 2003. At LCA2005 Pia Waugh, James Hamilton and Geoffrey Robertson have formed an ad hoc LA Educational sub-committee with a view to furthering the teaching of OSS and Linux in schools, TAFEs and universities. See the External Links for LPI and LA links.--Geoffrey 02:38, 1 May 2005 (EST)
- LPI in Australia
- LPI Down Under (http://www.lpi.org.au)
INGOTs Linux Desktop Training Certification
About the INGOTs
The INGOTs are high quality and progressive certificates designed to promote assessment of the technical skills needed to operate popular office software.
The goal of the INGOTs is to provide an equivalent in ICT of the high expectations that we take for granted in written communication, and to enable students to learn about global ICT developments from first hand experience, giving them the potential to make useful contributions back to the community.
- INGOTs International Grades in Office Technology (http://www.theingots.org/)
Groups using INGOTs
South Australia
INGOTs assessors South Australia:
- Kylie Willison and Robyn Manning are accredited Gold INGOT's assessors and are able to provide instructor accreditation to other Linux Desktop Trainers.
- Robyn has written materials for completing a Bronze Ingot using Open Office on Linux materials.--robbie 18:24, 16 Apr 2006 (EST)
- Penny Dadleh, Silver INGOT Assessor, Marree Rural Transaction Centre.
- Janet Hawtin, Bronze INGOT Assessor, Bettong.org, Adelaide.
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Accredited INGOT's Academies in South Australia: These groups can award INGOT's certificates once a participant has passed a course.
Teen Challenge SA Inc-Murray Bridge (http://www.lm.net.au/~tcmb)
- Kylie Willison offers INGOT's training at Teen Challenge in Murray Bridge.
- Kylie is also able to deliver training on a contract basis for other groups.
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Bettong.org (http://www.bettong.org)
- Is a group of people running linux based community projects. This includes INGOTs training as well as other training and community computing projects.
- INGOTs Linux Desktop Certificate Courses at the Aldgate Hut Community Centre. Robyn Manning
- Case Study: Marree Rural Transaction Centre May 1 2006, Robyn Manning, Karl Goetz, Janet Hawtin
- Bettongs are aiming to run more courses in Adelaide and regional South Australia. Peter Gossner
New South Wales
INGOTs assessors New South Wales:
- Stuart Rushton, Teacher at Lorien Novalis School
- Jonathon Coombes, Training4Linux
Accredited INGOT's Academies in New South Wales:
These groups can award INGOT's certificates once a participant has passed a course.
- Lorien Novalis School for Rudolf Steiner Education, Glenhaven, NSW--Stuart 20:36, 20 Aug 2006 (EST)
Directory of Linux Courses and Training Materials
A directory of all linux and OSS related courses or training material in Australia. Submit details of any training materials or courses that you know about here, or email them to me at james.hamilton AT cit.act.edu.au --Jamesh 22:52, 21 Apr 2005 (EST)
Get involved!
Mailing Lists
- Linux Australia Lists educational mailing lists: allies@lists.linux.org.au, lias@lists.linux.org.au
Sign up at http://lists.linux.org.au/
Conferences
Australia has some great Linux conferences useful for education and collaborative sharing.
Check out the Conferences webpage for more information!
People
Register and put up some information about yourself. Let's create a directory of people involved in OSS and education. --203.113.234.158 15:22, 25 Apr 2005 (EST) People
Projects and Initiatives
Projects
- Integrating Linux Certifications into our (TAFE) Curricula
Establishing a project to map certifications --- James Hamilton
Initiatives
- Moodle in NZ (http://schools.elearning.ac.nz/moodle/) - This is an initiative to spread Moodle amongst teachers in NZ. There is also a link on the front page to the Open Source Courseware Initiative New Zealand [1] (http://www.elearning.ac.nz/). I don't know much about this but intend to find out more. --150.203.247.3 15:35, 22 Apr 2005 (EST)
Open Education Software
Open Source Software for using in education can be found in the Open Education Software!
Open Source Victoria (http://www.osv.org.au/) has created a FOSS catalog for education (http://www.cybersource.com.au/about/education_FOSS_catalog.pdf) (12.5 Mb PDF) or the Free Software for Schools Catalog variant here.
Open Access movement
Open Access movement (http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/fosblog.html) - this is an initiative to provide free and open peer-reviewed research content on the web to everyone. It is a movement designed to break the monopoly that large publishers have over access to research content and introduce freedom of access and competition into the research publishing paradigm. An extensive directory to these resources is available in the Open Access guide (http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/guide.htm#fos)
Case Studies and Best Practice
What are you doing to teach linux and OSS to your school or community? Let's share success stories and try and build a resource for educators across the country. Let's share curriculum and teaching and learning materials.. Open education is open content. Case studies
Moodle and LAMS Engagement Party
Martin Dougiamas the creator of Moodle (http://moodle.org) gave a presentation to James Dalziel and the LAMS (http://www.lamsinternational.com/) folk at Macquarie University today. Looks like the two most exciting pieces of software in the e-learning space will soon be working in partnership. Moodle has been on my servers and in my classrooms for a few years now---LAMS will be running there real soon. You need this software--more work for teachers at first (of course) but huge benefits to learners. --Geoffrey 03:13, 21 May 2005 (EST)
4 years of Linux Desktops at our School
We have been using Linux desktops for four years now for all of our core computer lessons. We are loving every day of it - including the challenges. Our FOSS education solution is as unique as every school is unique but there will be many common threads - check out this promo (http://www.lorien.com.au/LINUX/THELAB/LinuxSchoolWeb.pdf) (case study). --Stuart 22:21, 23 Jun 2006 (EST)
Resources, Readings and Research
Need to read up on why Open Source is appropriate to an educational context? Find out more in this list of resources discussing the use of Open Source in education - Resources Readings and Research.
External Links
- Educause (http://www.educause.edu/): Open Source (http://connect.educause.edu/term_view/Open%2BSource), Open Source Policy (http://connect.educause.edu/term_view/Open%2BSource%2BPolicy)
- Eduforge (http://eduforge.org/) - open source in education portal
- Linux Professional Institute (http://lpi.org/) (LPI)
- LPI Down Under (http://lpi.org.au/)
- Stallman, Richard (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Stallman) (2003). Why schools should use exclusively free software (http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/schools.html)
- NWREL, Portland Or. Making Decisions About Open Source Software for K-12 (http://www.netc.org/openoptions/index.html)
- South Australia eLearning on Open Source (http://www.e-learning.sa.edu.au/elearning/pages/home/opensource/)
- edge-op.org/grouch Why should open source software be used in schools? (http://edge-op.org/grouch/schools.html)
- OER Commons - network of open teaching and learning materials, with ratings and reviews (http://www.oercommons.org/)
