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Since its kick-off in July 2006 several important parts towards the realisation of the Platform have been researched and put into practice. This SELF News Edition outlines the progress in each area.
For information about the official launch of the first version of the Platform on September 5, 2007, please go to http://selfproject.eu/launch !
An important element of the SELF Project is research on available materials and detection of potential gaps. During the search of educational materials on Free Software and Open Standards, hundreds of freely available materials were inspected and classified into different categories and subcategories. This work had a primary value, detecting resources suitable for their inclusion in the SELF Platform after the necessary modifications. As a side effect and added value, the results of the search allowed the identification of dark spots, areas where the coverage of materials published under free licenses is poor or clearly insufficient. Those areas are the main gaps that will be considered for further research of available materials and eventually for the production of new materials inside the SELF Project. In all cases, reported gaps are accompanied with recommendations and guidelines to be considered later during a further search of available materials and the development of new materials inside the SELF Platform.
The official launch of the first version of the SELF Platform will take place on September 5th, 2007, initially from The Netherlands. The Platform will be launched in an early stage to involve early users and allow for their input. The launch will take place during a conference on Free Software in education and the day will consist of keynote speakers and panel discussions. Simultaneously several satellite events to the launch in The Netherlands are planned in Sweden, Bulgaria, Argentina and Mexico with workshops and conferences. India will follow on September 7th, 2007, and Spain on October 6th, 2007.
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Issue 10, 13 July 2007
ISOC – Bulgaria will organise a half day pre-launch of the SELF Platform. Dessi Pefeva will talk about the main goals of the project and will present the progress and developments during the first year. There will be a short introduction of the aTutor tool and the principles of atomisation of the learning materials. One of the aims of the presentation will be to interest the community to contribute and support in testing the SELF Platform, specifically regarding the reusability of Learning Materials (LOs); organisation of LOs; editing of LOs, etc.
This week the development version of the SELF Platform has been demonstrated by Wouter Tebbens, project coordinator of SELF. He and David Jacovkis gave a brief demonstration during the General Meeting of ISOC.nl. More demonstrations in other countries will follow!
The SELF Legal Policy outlines the definitions used in the SELF project as well as the policies for decisions regarding important legal matters, how to come to terms with potential contradictions and how to assure the legal maintainability of the project after the funding period from the European Commission.
SELF organises events related to the development of the Platform and related to education and Free Software in general. Every six months an international conference is organised. In addition members of the Consortium give presentations and organise hands-on workshops for specific target groups.
SELF organises events related to the development of the Platform and related to education and Free Software in general. Here you can find information on the events that have already been organised by SELF:
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