Hello world,
I'm working around education on open models <https://open-models.org/>
(open science, open education, open [source] software, open data, open
standard, etc...), and for it a few years ago I had the strange idea of
trying to understand « open source » in order to be able to explain it.
I found myself a bit confused by the concept to be honest.
After giving it a fair bit of thought and doing some research, I've come
to some rather curious conclusions which I have just begun to summarize
in a research paper that I wanted to share with you.
A few hours ago I finished the first draft of my first research paper
ever titled « Open Source 2.0 : From Open Source Software to Open Source
Resources? » : https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20237079
<https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20237079>
I hope that, as people involved in "open source education", you will
find some of these thoughts interesting. I am also looking for feedback
and (open) peer review, if you have interest and time to give one:
https://prereview.org/preprints/doi-10.5281-zenodo.20237079
<https://prereview.org/preprints/doi-10.5281-zenodo.20237079>
I haven’t aimed for perfection straight away; just a little week of
writing and it’s obviously a document that needs improving. This is also
a form of citizen science; I have no academic background and my main
research partner has been my cat so the methodology is far from flawless
(his advice was too advanced to be understood...). However, it is a
piece of work that has been put together with some heart and passion in
an attempt to bring change, I hope this document will be of some value
to you.
I’m keen to read some of your writings; as the meaning of open source is
political I apologize in advance if I happen to offend anyone’s beliefs.
Simon
« Education has an emancipatory purpose; presenting open source through
the prism of the Open Source Definition could, in reality, constitute
the transmission of a dogma. »
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