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A community of educators and practitioners involving students in open source
The next Professors' Open Source Software Experience (POSSE) workshop will be in June, 2026. Contact Greg Hislop (hislop at drexel.edu) if you are interested in attending
Our thanks to the speakers and participants at our recent SIGCSE TS Affiliated Event on student teamwork in software projects. For information see SIGCSE Affiliated Event
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SFC signs open letter to Keep Android Open
Today Software Freedom Conservancy joins many other organizations in signing an open letter to Google asking that Android continue to a...
- 2026-02-24 19:44:04
FOSSY 2026 track proposals are open!
FOSSY 2026 (August 6th – 9th 2026 at University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada) has opened our call for
Help Shape the Research Agenda for Open Technology
Open technologies are increasingly central to digital infrastructure and public policy, but research in the field remains fragmented. The Open Technology Research Network is launching a global c...
- — Nick Vidal 2026-03-09 19:45:03
OSI Joins Apereo Foundation in Calling on Higher Education to Reclaim Its Digital Future
The Open Source Initiative (OSI) has signed the Open Letter to the Higher Education Community, joining a growing coalition of educators, technologists, nonprofit leaders, and institutions callin...
- — Nick Vidal 2026-03-05 12:12:28
- I am looking forward to the SIGCSE Affiliated event on HFOSS Education. COVID set back many academic communities for a couple of years as we focused on both caring for and educating students in cha...
- — Heidi Ellis 2025-02-20 16:54:17
Podcast on Mentoring in Open Source
- A week or so ago I had the opportunity to connect with my good friend Emily Lovell who is an OSPO Incubator Fellow at UC Santa Cruz and talk about Mentoring in Open Source. The podcast was led by J...
- — Heidi Ellis 2024-06-30 23:48:03
