| UN project publishes free primer on open source software in education |
Jan. 19, 2005
 The International Open Source Network, an initiative of the United Nations Development Programme, has produced a 48-page primer on "Free/Open Source Software and Education," which is now available for free public download. The primer is intended to help policy-makers and decision-makers understand the potential use of free and open source software ("FOSS") in education.
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Topics covered include where and how FOSS can be used, why it should be used, and what issues are involved. Officials in ministries of education, school and university administrators, academic staff and researchers should find the primer particularly useful, according to the project.
The IOSN is an initiative of the United Nations Development Programme's Asia Pacific Development Information Programme, and is supported by the International Development Research Centre of Canada.
According to the project's website, "the primer is intended to be a living document, constantly updated to reflect the latest information and available to all." Additionally, it's released under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 license, "and should always be available from the IOSN website."
Download a PDF of the 48-page document here.
Last August, the United Nations-funded UNDP-APDIP International Open Source Network (IOSN) published the "User Guide to Using the Linux Desktop", a guide that introduces computer neophytes to Internet access and applications such as email and browsers, managing files and folders, and how to use the OpenOffice.org suite. In September, IOSN published a free preview of its upcoming LiveCD that will allow computer users to experience the Linux desktop without requiring installation of the open source OS their PCs.
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