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Camplese has recently worked to integrate several new emerging technologies into curricular activities at Penn State to support digital expression. He and his team have lead the creation of the Blogs at Penn State , Podcasts at Penn State , and the Digital Commons . Camplese oversees the annual Symposium for Teaching and Learning with Technology , several community development events, and numerous other initiatives designed to support the adoption of technology for teaching and learning.

James dalziel

James Dalziel
James Dalziel
James Dalziel is Professor of Learning Technology and Director of the Macquarie E-Learning Centre Of Excellence (MELCOE) at Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia. Prior to his current roles, James helped lead the COLIS (Collaborative Online Learning and Information Services) project, was a Director of WebMCQ Pty Ltd, an e-learning and assessment company, and was a Lecturer in Psychology at the University of Sydney. James currently leads a number of projects including:

  • LAMS
  • MAMS (Meta Access Management System) - a national identity and access infrastructure project for the Australian higher education sector
  • RAMP(Research Activityflow and Middleware Priorities) - a project investigating open standards authorization and e-Research workflows
  • ASK-OSS (the Australian Service for Knowledge of Open Source Software) - a national advisory service on open source issues for the Australia higher education and research sector

Jean-claude dauphin

Jean-Claude Dauphin
Jean_Claude Dauphin
Jean-Claude Dauphin works at UNESCO HQ, Paris, in the Information Society Division. He has a software developer background and contributes to the development and dissemination of UNESCO information processing tools such as the Open Source Greenstone Digital Library system. He is also in charge of the UNESCO Free and Open Source portal and a member of the team in charge of UNESCO “ICT in Education, Sciences and Culture” activities. He is involved in activities related to Openness, and has a strong interest in FOSS Education solutions and open educational resources.

Michael feldstein

Michael Feldstein
Michael Feldstein

Michael Feldstein is the author of the e-Literate weblog. He is a lifelong educator who has been involved in online learning for eleven years. Michael has been a member of eLearn Magazine’ s Editorial Advisory Board and is a current participant in the IMS . He is a frequent invited speaker on a range of e-learning-related topics. Most recently, he has been invited to speak on topics including e-learning usability, LMS evaluation methods, ePortfolios, and edupatents for organizations ranging from the eLearning Guild to the Postsecondary Electronic Standards Council, and has been interviewed as an e-learning expert by a variety of media outlets, including The Chronicle of Higher Education, the Associated Press, and U.S. News and World Report.

Steve foerster

Steve Foerster
Steve Foerster
Steve currently serves as the Director of E-Learning at Marymount University in Arlington, Virginia, where he oversees distance learning, instructional technology, and technical training. He is also on the Advisory Board of WikiEducator , a Commonwealth of Learning funded project to develop a complete set of open educational resources for all disciplines at the primary, secondary, and tertiary level by 2015. He migrated to the open education movement from having been an open source software enthusiast, and prefers dedicating content to the public domain rather than licensing it.

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Source:  OpenStax, The impact of open source software on education. OpenStax CNX. Mar 30, 2009 Download for free at http://cnx.org/content/col10431/1.7
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