Education On Linux

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ABOUT THE PROJECT

EduconLinux is going to investigate the possibilities offered by distance learning in different learning groups, such as secondary education pupils, university students, adult learners and workers in enterprises.
To achieve this aim, the project will be developed in parallel in two actions. Technically, with the development of a Free and Open Source Server based on Linux, which is going to offer a lot of advantages (user friendly environment, flexibility, free and open source, possibility of extension or modification) and pedagogically with the creation of the necessary didactical approaches for the implementation, taking into account the special needs of these learning groups.
The partnership which includes a wide range of institutions such as, secondary, higher and adult education, training and consultant centres for SMEs, training association will facilitate the application of the activities in the above mentioned learning groups.

The main activities of this project are:

1. Design of strategies. Improve of institutions infrastructure in order to face the needs of the work. Training of the participating staff.
2. Development of tools, by the leading global provider of free Linux software (Canonical) and the pedagogical approaches by the higher education institutions.
3. Implementation for different learning groups and based on many didactical methods. A) Synchronous B) Asynchronous C) Project work
4. Evaluation of all aspects (design-technical-pedagogical-implementation) internally by the partners and externally by experts in the mentioned areas and by participants in dissemination actions (beta testers)
5. Dissemination and sustainability via the Website – Articles – Publications – Papers in conferences – Workshops during the project meetings
6. Review of the whole scheme.

Expected outputs of the project are:

1. Survey on current situation and a needs analysis in Distance Learning
2. Teacher’s guide (Technical – Pedagogical)
3. Examples of good practice
4. Evaluation report
5. Website, Presentations, Papers
6. Workshops and a Free Open Source Server to everyone