Free Technology Academy : a Joint Venture of Free Software and OER

Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: http://hdl.handle.net/10609/4850

Title:	Free Technology Academy : a Joint Venture of Free Software and OER
Author:	Tebbens, Wouter Megías Jiménez, David David, Jacovkis Lex, Bijlsma
Others:	Open Ed (7th : 2010 : Barcelona)
Keywords:	Free Software Open Source OER business models education
Issue Date:	15-Sep-2010
Publisher:	Universitat Oberta de Catalunya Open University of the Netherlands Brigham Young University
Citation:	Tebbens, Wouter; Mejías, David; Jacovkis, David et al. (2010). Free Technology Academy: a Joint Venture of Free Software and OER. In Open Ed 2010 Proceedings. Barcelona: UOC, OU, BYU. [Accessed: dd/mm/yy]. <http://hdl.handle.net/10609/4850>
Abstract:	The decision to publish educational materials openly and under free licenses brings up the challenge of doing it in a sustainable way. Some lessons can be learned from the business models for production, maintenance and distribution of Free and Open Source Software. The Free Technology Academy (FTA) has taken on these challenges and has implemented some of these models. We briefly review the FTA educational programme, methodologies and organisation, and see to which extent these models are proving successful in the case of the FTA.
Language:
URI:	http://hdl.handle.net/10609/4850
Appears in Collections:	Open Ed Conference 2010 (Barcelona, 2-4 novembre 2010)