via @joinup_eu@bird.makeup & @EU_Commission...

"Mancomún is an initiative of the Galician Government, launched in 2006, to encourage and facilitate the use of free and #OpenSource software (#FOSS) in Galicia."

"Its core mission is to assist the public administration, but it is designed to also be useful for the #education [#HigherEducation] and private sectors."

#EdTech #OpenEdTech #EdTechChat #OpenEdu #JoinUp

https://joinup.ec.europa.eu/collection/open-source-observatory-osor/document/free-open-source-software-galicia-spain-mancomun-project

#OSS in #HigherEd

#WVU Libraries will offer a three-part series of workshops for graduate students and faculty who are interested in learning how to use R and RStudio.

RStudio is #OpenSource software that allows users to perform data analysis and visualization functions just like proprietary software programs, such as SPSS and STATA, on your personal computer for free.

#EdTech #EdTechChat #HigherEducation #OpenEdTech #OpenEducation #OpenEdu

https://enews.wvu.edu/articles/2023/09/06/learn-how-to-use-r-and-rstudio-for-research

#OSS in #HigherEd

The National Science Foundation awards $2.6M to Thomas Gilray, assistant professor at Alabama Birmingham, to develop a unified, full-stack foundation for highly expressive rules-based programming to be used across various disciplines.

“We’re very excited to receive this award,” Gilray said. “The award will enable us to develop #OpenSource tools, programming languages, and frameworks..."

#HigherEducation #EdTech #EdTechChat #OpenEdu #OpenEdTech

https://www.uab.edu/news/people/item/13727-nsf-awards-2-6-million-grant-to-uab-computer-science-expert-for-furthering-research-on-scalable-declarative-ai-languages

#OSS in #HigherEd

At Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden, a team of researchers has developed #OpenSource software called #SuperConga, which is freely available to accelerate quantum research and unlock new breakthroughs.

#EdTech #OpenEdu #OpenEdTech #HigherEducation #EdTechChat

https://studyfinds.org/superconga-quantum-research/

#OSS in #HigherEd

Berlin University Medicine, estimates around 30,000 people use OpenAPS, an #OpenSource technology, for automated insulin delivery.

Two randomized controlled trials have shown the safety and effectiveness of #OpenSource systems. Last January, the US Food and Drug Administration granted regulatory clearance to an AID system based on an open-source algorithm for the first time.

#EdTech #OpenEdu #OpenEdTech #EdTechChat #HigherEducation

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-02648-9

#OSS in #HigherEd

Faculty development program on #OpenSource #eLearning tools, offered by Mount Everest College, Senapati, and sponsored by the Directorate of University & Higher Education, concludes.

The FDP benefitted teachers involved with adaptive and customized learning through open source software for tasks such as file upload, assignments, quizzes, notifications, plugins, attendance, reminders, etc.

#EdTech #OpenEdTech #HigherEducation #EdTechChat #OpenEdu

http://e-pao.net/GP.asp?src=33..310823.aug23

#OSS in #HigherEd

New partnership integrates #FloridaPoly's expertise in #AV validation and verification with #TalTech's ability to run AV technology on a shuttle built on #OpenSource software, allowing access to the software's internal workings. #PolyVerif, provides new tools for testing and validating AV technology.

#EdTech #HigherEd #OpenEdTech #OpenEdu #EdTechChat

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/florida-poly-taltech-advance-av-184500347.html

#OSS in #HigherEd

#MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center (PSFC) will receive DoE support to improve access to fusion data and increase workforce diversity.

The platform will be built using an upgraded version of #OpenSource software developed by PSFC researchers in the 1980s to catalog results.

#EdTech #HigherEducation #OpenEdu #OpenEdTech #EdTechChat

https://news.mit.edu/2023/fast-tracking-fusion-energy-with-ai-and-accessibility-0901

Good morning, our support team are on hand to help with #BackToSchool.

Remember, significant changes to UK #School #OnlineSafety requirements came into force last Friday: A comprehensive guide is available here: https://www.opendium.com/sites/www.opendium.com/files/documents/blogs/2023-07/UK%20Online%20Safety%20Guidance%20in%202023%20-%20A%20Comprehensive%20Overview.pdf?ref_source=fedi&ref_lang=en

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Good morning, our support team are on hand to help with #BackToSchool.

Remember, significant changes to UK #School #OnlineSafety requirements came into force last Friday: A comprehensive guide is available here: https://opendium.com/files/documents/blogs/2023-07/UK%20Online%20Safety%20Guidance%20in%202023%20-%20A%20Comprehensive%20Overview.pdf?ref_source=fedi&ref_lang=en

#SaferInternetDay #EdTech #EdtechChat #KCSiE #Safeguarding

#OSS in #HigherEd

Oklahoma State University brought in attendees from 17 institutions to promote the value of using #OpenSource tools to interpret and manipulate data in any discipline.

OSU’s High Performance Computing Center allows attendees to bypass the limits of personal computers by leveraging faster, more powerful computing resources, which host the open-source software used in workshops.

https://news.okstate.edu/articles/library/2023/osu-carpentries-marks-eighth-year-leading-data-literacy.html
#HigherEd #HigherEd #EdTech #EdTechChat

#OSS in #HigherEd

Clark University, #IBM, and #NASA release new #OpenSource models to aid researchers and policymakers in addressing climate impacts.

The effort is tied to NASA’s goal to make data, code, and AI models available to everyone through its Open-Source Science Initiative.

“By open-sourcing such models and making them available to the world, we hope to multiply their impact.”

https://clarknow.clarku.edu/2023/08/29/clark-geospatial-team-partners-with-nasa-ibm-to-harness-ai-technology/
#EdTech #EdTechChat #HigherEd #HigherEducation

#OSS in #HigherEd

The UW–Madison Data Science Institute will establish an #OpenSource Program Office (#OSPO) in partnership with Madison College, the Data Science Hub, the UW–Madison Libraries, and UW–Madison Extension.

#HigherEducation #EdTech #EdTechChat

https://madisoncollege.edu/about/news/madison-college-partners-uw-madison-establish-open-source-program-office

This year sees some major updates to the #OnlineSafety guidance for UK #schools. Here is a summary of what has changed, and what your responsibilities will look like from September:
https://www.opendium.com/sites/www.opendium.com/files/documents/blogs/2023-07/UK%20Online%20Safety%20Guidance%20in%202023%20-%20A%20Comprehensive%20Overview.pdf?ref_source=fedi&ref_lang=en

#SaferInternetDay #EdTech #EdTechChat #KCSiE

#OSS in #HigherEd

Virginia Tech receives 5-year, $600K National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development award to explore new ways to stabilize and update the #Linux kernel.

Team will experiment with building a new #opensource extension framework to spur more broad interest and experimentation.

#EdTech #EdTechChat #HigherEducation #OpenEdTech #OpenEdu

https://news.vt.edu/articles/2023/06/eng-cs-nsf-career-award-invests-in-the-future-of-stable-computing.html

#OSS in #HigherEd

Computational social scientist and postdoc research associate in the University of Central Florida’s Cognitive Sciences Lab presented award-winning dissertation, “Modeling the Effects of Diversity and Corporations on Participation in Free/Libre and #OpenSource Software Ecosystems,” to companies like #Google and #Meta at the International Conference of Software Engineering — winning Best Paper.

#EdTech #HigherEducation #EdTechChat #OpenEdTech #OpenEdu

https://www.ucf.edu/news/latina-alumna-postdoctoral-researcher-inspiring-underrepresented-youth-to-excel-in-tech-world/

#OSS in #HigherEd

A team of researchers in the #PennState School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science aims to enable health care and extended reality — which encompasses virtual, augmented and mixed reality — with their #OpenSource smart sensing ring called "OmniRing."

#HigherEducation #EdTech #EdTechChat #OpenEdu #OpenEdTech

https://www.psu.edu/news/invent-penn-state/story/researchers-developing-smart-ring-health-care-and-extended-reality/

#OSS in #HigherEd

#Purdue University professors in digital innovation and computer engineering, with a donation from #Google totaling $200,000, are working to better understand the way the software supply chains are structured to develop solutions for combating cybersecurity attacks that emerge from the use of #OpenSource software.

#HigherEducation #EdTech #EdTechChat @OpenEdu #OpenEdTech

https://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2023/Q2/software-supply-chain-security-risks-are-here-are-we-equipped-to-act-accordingly-purdue-tandem-tackles-thorny-cybersecurity-issue.html

#OSS in #HigherEd

University Corporation for Atmospheric Research and The National Center for Atmospheric Research have successfully developed an advanced #OpenSource solar energy forecasting system for New York, called NYSolarCast, that offers the potential to help the state achieve its renewable energy goals while saving millions of dollars for ratepayers.

#HigherEducation #EdTech #EdTechChat #OpenEdu #OpenEdTech

https://news.ucar.edu/132897/ncar-develops-advanced-solar-energy-forecasting-system

#OSS in #HigherEd

Edmonds College’s #STEM department will launch an AI Incubator Lab in the fall of 2023, including workstations and #OpenSource AI software tools.

#HIgherEducation #EdTech #EdTechChat #OpenEdu #OpenEdTech

https://myedmondsnews.com/2023/05/edmonds-colleges-ai-incubator-lab-launching-in-fall-2023/