1. (c) 2006 Wouter Tebbens, SELFproject.eu http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ sharing knowledge about free software SELF

2. Sharing Knowledge about Free Software What is the SELF platform? ● knowledge base about: – Free Software – Open Standards ● collaborative production facility

3. Sharing Knowledge about Free Software Why are we not using it? Factors holding back the adoption of Free Software: ● lack of awareness ● perceived lack of (internal) technical support ● lack of qualified teachers ● lack of educational and training materials (fragmentation)

4. Sharing Knowledge about Free Software Why the SELF platform? ● material: fragmented ● usability ● non-technical ● no single platform suited – Wikipedia/Wikiversity? – Linupedia? – TLDP? – EdukaLibre?

5. Sharing Knowledge about Free Software Who is the SELF Consortium?

6. Sharing Knowledge about Free Software Who is the SELF Community? SELF pu bli she rs tea ch ers gov. ins tit uti ons tra ine rs de vel op ers

7. Sharing Knowledge about Free Software How is SELF organised?

8. Sharing Knowledge about Free Software How will SELF be realised?

9. Sharing Knowledge about Free Software What's the project's timeline? Kick-off Analysis & definitions Launch of Platform QA mechanisms + QA checks Dissemination Campaign Launch of 1 st materials mid- 2006 200 6 200 7 Pilot platform in English SELF int'l conference mid- 2008 200 7 200 8

10. Sharing Knowledge about Free Software What is the final goal? ● to become THE central knowledge base on Free Software and Open Standards ● to facilitate people in learning and sharing knowledge about FS + OS ● to build a community of interested users and become SELF-sustainable

11. Sharing Knowledge about Free Software ● give us feedback ● be part of SELF ● http://SELFproject.eu http://SELFproject.eu ● enjoy!