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The nonprofit Alfred P. Sloan Foundation has awarded George Washington University a grant of $685,000 to establish an Open Source Program Office (#OSPO) on campus.
“What we want to do with GW’s OSPO is coordinate and support #OpenSource software across campus and to help researchers discover and embrace #OSS and contribute to creating a culture of open collaboration and knowledge sharing.”
https://gwtoday.gwu.edu/sloan-foundation-awards-gw-grant-encourage-open-source-software
#HigherEd #HigherEducation #EdTech #OpenEducation #EdTechChat #OpenEdTech
The Sloan Foundation Awards GW a Grant to Encourage Open-Source Software
The funds from a Sloan Foundation Grant will be used to create an Open Source Program Office.GW Today
(Hat-tip to the On the Reg podcast with @thesiswhisperer for the pointer.)
#academicchatter #highered
GTD for Academics
Academic work is hard. But sometimes we academics make it harder by entering into it without a clear plan for engagement and productivity.Robert Talbert (Robert Talbert, Ph.D.)
-Python Software Foundation
(@ThePSF)
Apereo adds voice to #CyberResilienceAct: https://www.apereo.org/content/open-letter-apereo-foundation-ed-impending-eu-regulatory-requirements
#OpenSource #HigherEd #EdTech
- US Federal Source Code Policy
- US Executive Order on Cybersecurity
- US Security of Open Source Software Act
- US Software Bill of Materials
- EU ICT Road Map
- EU Innovation and Digital Sovereignty
- EU Cybersecurity Resilience Act.
Look for our upcoming MicroConference on Public Policy impacting #OpenSource software and communities from @mmilinkov of @EclipseFdn.
#HigherEd
https://www.securitymagazine.com/articles/99279-over-half-of-maintainers-unaware-of-new-security-standards-initiatives
Over half of maintainers unaware of new security standards initiatives
A report found that open source maintainers are being asked to take on additional work to meet government and industry standards despite little pay.Security Staff (Security Magazine)
The University of Washington School of Medicine, #Columbia, and #MIT researchers released RF Diffusion, an #OpenSource artificial intelligence (#AI) program, through #ColabFold, part of #Google's Colaboratory. The code is also available from #GitHub.
#EdTech #HigherEducation #EdTechChat
https://www.ipd.uw.edu/2023/03/rf-diffusion-now-free-and-open-source/
You're not providing #students an #education, your providing companies customers.
We never taught Smith-Corona, or Turbo TS40, or Ford Tempo. We taught, respectively, typing, wood shop, and student driving. We should teach word processing, computer technology, and communications.
#K12 #Teaching #HigherEd #EdTech
#ScreemingInTheDark
