.LRN
is an open source application suite for
learning and research communities. Originally
developed at MIT, and now part of MIT's Intellectual Commons, .LRN today is
used by a quarter million users in more
than eighteen countries worldwide. With
a powerful underlying development framework
that promotes scalable innovation for
collaborative education, .LRN is used
by higher education institutions, as well
as K-12, government, and non-profit organizations.
.LRN also provides a total cost of ownership
significantly lower than custom or commercial
solutions.
Two workshops related
to .LRN will be organized in Madrid from 9 to
11 May 2005:
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.LRN Users' Group Meeting 2005 (9-10 May
2005)
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After Copenhagen in 2003
and Heidelberg in 2004, the .LRN Users'
Group Meeting will come to Madrid in 2005.
Proposals for talks and registration will
be handled through the
.LRN website. Workshop language is
English.
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Foro
hispano de .LRN y software libre educativo
(10-11 May 2005)
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This is the first workshop
on .LRN and educational open software
to be held in Spanish for the Spanish-speaking
community around the world. Invited speakers
will include
- Cesar Brea (ESM Associates, USA),
- Rafael Calvo (U. Sydney, Australia), and
- Rocael Hernández (U. Galileo, Guatemala),
among others. Presentations
are not restricted to .LRN. Deadline for
paper
submission
is 28 February 2005. Registration will be handled through the
.LRN website. This event is associated
to Online Educa
Madrid 2005, to take place in
Madrid, 11-13 May 2005. Registration is
independent, but those
registering at Online Educa
Madrid and the .LRN workshops will
get a 10% discount on both
registration fees.
Both events will be held at
Telefónica I+D
premises in Madrid, in the C/Emilio
Vargas, 6 building. There is one single
registration fee for both events. The presentations
for both events will be available through the
web. Suggestions for accommodation will be made
available through the UNED
website.
Two other
events are relevant in this
context: a bug bash and the
special issue.
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.LRN
Bug Bash (11 May
2005)
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A bug bash
session will be organized at
UNED premises on 11 May 2005. Registration will
be handled through the
.LRN website.
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IJCEELL
Special Issue
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A special issue
of the International
Journal of Continuing Engineering Education
and Lifelong Learning will be devoted to Educational Open Source Software.
Submissions are accepted for this special issue until 30 April 2005.
Author guidelines are
available. It is also possible to submit a paper for presentation at one of the workshops and
for publicaction in the journal.
