#edtechchat — Public Fediverse posts

I do note that the #DfE have not clarified their position on #BYOD provision for 6th form / "reasonable adjustments" mobile phones, which I raised with them last year.

Both the new and previous guidance *appear* to prohibit #schools from providing BYOD networks in those cases, which I don't think is the intent, but the DfE gave a rather wordy non-reply when I questioned it. :(

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Have you seen Gov.uk's "Call for views on the Code of Practice for Software Vendors"?

Please feel free to share any references, insights, and questions you might have.

https://www.gov.uk/government/calls-for-evidence/a-code-of-practice-for-software-vendors-call-for-views/call-for-views-on-the-code-of-practice-for-software-vendors#annex-c-call-for-views-survey-questionnaire

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As part of its commitment to open scholarship and building a community for public knowledge, #UMass Amherst #Libraries has migrated 11 active journals and conference proceedings to Janeway, an online #OpenSource scholarly platform that covers the entire publishing process from submission to review and final publication.

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https://www.umass.edu/news/article/umass-amherst-libraries-transitions-new-open-source-scholarly-publishing-platform

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Iowa State University Department of #Aerospace #Engineering research in microstructural materials has been recognized by the National Science Foundation with the #NSF CAREER Award. The #research results will be publicly available as #OpenSource software to the broader community, with comprehensive documentation on the design and usage to help users from all domains.

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https://news.engineering.iastate.edu/2024/01/22/nsf-career-award-will-support-sheidaei-microstructural-research-for-many-applications/

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Researchers from #MIT and #Purdue developed a new #OpenSource system called Speranza, aimed at reassuring software consumers that the product they are getting has not been tampered with and is coming directly from a source they trust.

https://news.mit.edu/2023/speranza-boosting-faith-authenticity-open-source-software-1211

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"Citing 'recognized benefits to open source, including the reusability and robustness of code, the enhancement of digital services and federal programs, and the ability for government to develop collaborative approaches with the private sector,' Policy Experts from Stanford Law underscored the need for an #OpenSource approach to developing AI policy."

https://law.stanford.edu/stanford-lawyer/articles/policy-experts-from-slss-reglab-provide-input-to-congress-and-omb-on-proposed-artificial-intelligence-policies/

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Your regular reminder...

"Replacing expensive textbooks [software] with free educational resources could reduce high college costs..."

All the same opportunities, benefits, and value of #OpenTextbooks and other #OER are all also available to #students and #education through #OpenSource software.

https://www.insidernj.com/press-release/student-research-shows-free-materials-could-replace-expensive-textbooks/

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Honors German and engineering student completed a highly competitive international fellowship with Research Internships in Science and Engineering (RISE).

The University of Arkansas student had the opportunity to use and learn OpenFoam, #OpenSource software used in computational fluid dynamics, to simulate and analyze specific benchmark cases in multiphase flow.

https://news.uark.edu/articles/66297/honors-student-completes-competitive-international-fellowship

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Assistant professor of computer science at the University of Richmond, receives a $75,000 National Endowment for the Humanities grant to support her research on AI-assisted music analysis.

When complete, the prototype will be offered online as an #OpenSource tool for public use.

https://news.richmond.edu/releases/article/-/23640/university-of-richmond-computer-science-professor-yucong-jiang-awarded-nearly-75k-neh-grant-for-ai-assisted-music-research.html

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With synchronous video from a pair of smartphones, engineers at #Stanford have created an #OpenSource motion-capture app that democratizes the once-exclusive science of human movement – at 1% of the cost.

https://news.stanford.edu/2023/10/19/sophisticated-human-biomechanics-smartphone-video/

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Rice University’s #OpenSource VegSense app for the Microsoft HoloLens headset allows researchers to record data about vegetation they see as they walk through a field site and create downloadable files for later analysis.

https://news.rice.edu/news/2023/rice-researcher-scans-tropical-forest-mixed-reality-device

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Europe’s Cyber Resilience Act, is designed to prevent security intrusions but includes enough restrictions on #OpenSource to provide #FOSS technologists with much to consider (and worry about).

(FYI @educause)

https://thenewstack.io/open-source-development-threatened-in-europe/

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Indiana University researchers are working to protect #OpenSource software that institutions worldwide use to collaborate and share research findings.

https://news.iu.edu/live/news/31976-project-will-protect-researchers-open-source
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