Fwd: [ofset] FTA Announcement #11: Register Now, Guest Lectures, DocBook and New FTA Materials

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----- "Franco Iacomella" <yaco AT gnu.org> a écrit :

> Permanent link: http://ftacademy.org/announce/11
> 
> FTA Announcement #11: Register Now, Guest Lectures, DocBook and New
> FTA 
> Materials
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> 1. Last chance to register for the first term of 2011!
> 2. Rey Juan Carlos University joins the FTA Associate Network
> 3. Upcoming Guest Lectures at the FTA Campus
> 4. FTA books in DocBook format
> 5. New FTA materials published
> 6. About the Free Technology Academy
> 
> 
> == 1. Last chance to register for the first term of 2011! ==
> 
> Registrations for the 2011 programme are growing at a very good pace.
> 
> Remember that you can register for any course of the programme until
> one 
> week before the term starts. This means that you have time until
> January 
> 3rd to register for these courses:
> 
>      * The concepts of Free Software and Open Standards
>      * Basic GNU/Linux
>      * Free Software Utilities
>      * Network Technologies
>      * Web applications development
>      * Software development
>      * Deployment of Free Software and Case Studies
> 
> Don't leave it for the last minute! Register now at 
> https://ftacademy.org/registration-form
> 
> Having trouble choosing only a couple of courses? Keep in mind that
> many 
> of them are also offered later in the year: 
> http://ftacademy.org/courses/programme
> 
> If you're still in doubt, contact us at registrations AT ftacademy.org
> and 
> we'll help you create your own programme!
> 
> == 2. Rey Juan Carlos University joins the FTA Associate Network ==
> 
> The FTA is proud to announce the incorporation of the University Rey 
> Juan Carlos (Spain) to its Associate Partner Network, through the 
> participation of the LibreSoft research group.
> 
> LibreSoft offers a programme on Free Software that leads to an
> official 
> Master Degree by the URJC. The LibreSoft group will contribute courses
> 
> such as Quality Assessment of Free Software, one of its main research
> 
> topics, to the FTA programme. Apart from that, the LibreSoft group is
> 
> involved in the taskforce for an International Master Programme in
> Free 
> Software since the start, where FTA partners cooperate to design a 
> common curriculum.
> 
> Read the official announcement here:
> http://ftacademy.org/announce/URJC
> 
> == 3. Upcoming Guest Lectures at the FTA Campus ==
> 
> FTA Guest Lectures are open to all: the videos will be published
> online 
> and a forum will be available for those who want to discuss it with
> the 
> lecturer. The FTA will welcome the new year with two first-class guest
> 
> lecturers: Richard M. Stallman and Benjamin Mako Hill.
> 
> Richard M. Stallman is a Free Software developer and activist. He is
> the 
> founder of the Free Software Foundation and the GNU Project. He
> started 
> the Free Software movement and is arguably one of the most influential
> 
> advocates of Free Software worldwide. In his lecture, Stallman will 
> focus on the most recent attacks to users' freedoms, such as ACTA and
> 
> DRM. This Guest Lecture will take place in February.
> 
> Benjamin Mako Hill is a Debian hacker, intellectual property
> researcher, 
> activist and author. He is a free software developer and contributes
> to 
> the Debian and Ubuntu projects. He's also the author of two
> best-selling 
> technical books on the subject. He currently serves as a member of the
> 
> Free Software Foundation board of directors and of Wikimedia 
> Foundation's board. Hill has a Masters degree from the MIT Media Lab
> and 
> is currently a Senior Researcher at the MIT Sloan School of Management
> 
> where he studies free software communities and business models. His 
> lecture, entitled, "Antifeatures", will take place in January 2011,
> stay 
> tuned for the concrete dates!
> 
> == 4. FTA books in DocBook format ==
> 
> Until now, FTA coursebooks have been available in PDF format only.
> This 
> allows everyone to easily read and print them, but it has not been
> easy 
> to edit or remix the materials. Now FTA coursebooks are also available
> 
> in the DocBook format: a semantic markup language for technical 
> documentation. DocBook enables users to create documents in a 
> presentation-neutral form that captures the logical structure of the 
> content, which can then be published in a variety of formats,
> including 
> HTML, XHTML, EPUB, PDF, man pages, and others - without requiring
> users 
> to make any changes to the source.
> 
> We expect that this new possibility will be exploited by the FTA 
> community. We hope that new creations take place, thereby
> materializing 
> the opportunities offered by the copyleft licenses applied to the 
> original course books. We invite you to discuss all the possibilities
> in 
> our community space: http://campus.ftacademy.org/community/
> 
> == 5. New FTA materials published ==
> 
> The FTA is proud to announce the availability of three new
> coursebooks, 
> all under a free Copyleft license: GNU/Linux Basic, Implementation of
> 
> Free Software Systems and the coursebook for Free Software Tools and 
> Utilities.
> 
> "GNU/Linux Basic" will be taught in all three terms of 2011. The aim
> of 
> this book is to initiate you into the world of GNU/Linux. It covers
> the 
> basics of the free software, how to use and modify GNU/Linux to suit 
> your needs, and how to find your way in this new world more easily.
> The 
> book is not based on any particular distribution, but we need to
> specify 
> certain actions for most of the examples and activities, for which we
> 
> will use Debian GNU/Linux. Although this distribution is not as 
> intuitive and user-friendly as others, it will serve to explain all
> the 
> characteristics of a GNU/Linux-based operating system, step by step.
> 
> You can get a copy of the course book, written by Joaquín López 
> Sánchez-Montañés, Sofia Belles Ramos, Roger Baig Viñas and Francesc
> Aulí 
> Llinàs, here: http://ftacademy.org/materials/fsm/13#1
> 
> "Implementation of Free Software Systems" was written by Amadeu Albós
> 
> Raya and Óscar David Sánchez Jiménez. This course book examines the 
> deployment of Free Software systems. The reader will become familiar 
> with agencies and projects related to the deployment of Free Software
> in 
> the public and private sectors, and will learn to identify and 
> understand the consequences of the use and exploitation of Free
> Software 
> in different areas. Several case studies will be released soon as 
> complementary materials. The FTA course "Deployment of Free Software 
> Systems" is scheduled for the first and third terms of 2011.
> 
> You can get a copy of the course book here: 
> http://ftacademy.org/materials/fsm/8#1
> 
> The course book "Tools and utilities in free software", written by
> Jesús 
> Corrius i Llavina, is part of the course "Free Software Tools and 
> Utilities". The students are introduced to some of the programs
> designed 
> for desktop environments of end users. These programs allow users to 
> browse the Internet securely (Mozilla), manage e-mail and work in
> groups 
> (Evolution) and create text documents, spreadsheets and presentations
> 
> (OpenOffice.org). In this course, students will also discover how to 
> work with these free tools in different environments. "Free Software 
> Tools and Utilities" will also be taught in all three terms of 2011.
> 
> Download a copy here: http://ftacademy.org/materials/fsm/10#1
> 
> Register for these courses here:
> http://ftacademy.org/courses/programme/2011
> 
> == 6. About the Free Technology Academy ==
> 
> A Consortium formed by the Open University of Catalonia (Spain), the 
> Open University of the Netherlands and the University of Agder
> (Norway) 
> and led by the Free Knowledge Institute (FKI), the FTA has received
> the 
> support from the EC's Lifelong Learning Programme to set up an 
> international educational programme on Free Software. The courses are
> 
> taught completely online in a virtual campus based on the Campus
> Project 
> interoperability framework.
> 
> Following the Open Educational Resources movement, all learning 
> materials are freely available through the Internet. The use of Free 
> Software (also referred to as Open Source software or Libre Software)
> is 
> rapidly expanding in governmental and private organisations.  However,
> 
> still only a limited number of ICT professionals, teachers and
> decision 
> makers have sufficient knowledge and expertise in these new fields.
> The 
> Free Technology Academy aims to address this gap by providing high
> level 
> courses that fit into larger Master Programmes at the participating 
> universities.
> 
> * More information: http://www.ftacademy.org
> * Contact information: contact[at]ftacademy.org
> * Digital version: http://ftacademy.eu/announce/10
> 
> 
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