Our education system is outdated and in crisis. But with participation and support from Red Hat, educational institutions are achieving transformative, positive results by integrating open source values, tools, and processes to innovate education for the 21st century.For example, with more than 4,000 student laptops running Linux and open source software exclusively, Penn Manor School District supports the largest public school program of its kind on the east coast of the United States.At Duke University, Open Source Pedagogy, Research + Innovation (OSPRI)00a0is integrating open source principles like open knowledge, transparency, meritocracy, and collaboration into an open source curricular pathway and a humanitarian, free,00a0open source innovation grant program.And Rochester Institute of Technology houses the nation2019s first academic minor in free and open source software (FOSS)00a0and culture, as well as00a0the LibreCorps initiative, which partners with humanitarian and civic organizations to place students in FOSS co-op positions.During this session, you will learn00a0how open source has led to impactful, student-centered learning at the three institutions mentioned above; how a more expansive vision for the intersection of open source and education innovation will better prepare students for a world that is becoming more open and collaborative; and what specific steps you as an educator or open source community member can take to contribute to making this vision a reality.
Tom Callaway
University Outreach Lead Red Hat
Tom is the University Outreach team lead at Red Hat, overseeing Red Hat's involvement and partnerships with higher education. He has been at Red Hat since 2001, and is an active participant in the Fedora comunity.
Stephen Jacobs
Professor in the School of Interactive Games and Media Rochester Institute of Technology
Stephen Jacobs is a Professor in the School of Interactive Games and Media at RIT. He is a faculty affiliate with the Center for Media, Art, Games, Interaction and Creativity (MAGIC) and the Digital Humanities and Social Sciences Program. He became involved in the Open Source community when he had his students make educational games for the One Laptop per Child/Sugar platform. His work there led to a collaboration with other professors to create the first academic minor in open source and free culture and LibreCorps an initiative of the FOSS@MAGIC program that brings experienced, proven open source students together with humanitarian and civic organizations for full-time, paid co-ops and part-time student that support humanitarian organizations.
Aria Chernik
Director of OSPRI Duke University
Aria Chernik, JD, PhD, is a Lecturing Fellow in the Social Science Research Institute at Duke University and Director of OSPRI (Open Source Pedagogy, Research + Innovation), which integrates open source principles and methodologies into modes of teaching and learning, communicating, and creating within and beyond educational institutions. Aria has over 15 years of experience teaching at the K-12, undergraduate, graduate, and professional levels. Her research focuses on the intersection of access to information, open learning, and education innovation, networked communication and democratic form, and open collaboration. She has presented and written extensively about open education. She is @ariachernik on Twitter.
Room 156AB
Wednesday, 3rd May, 10:15 - 11:00
