Advocating Openness

As part of Apereo strategic development work, the foundation is increasing the effort it applies to advocacy. There are three core elements to this work – advocacy for open source software, and openness in general; advocacy for open source software in the specific context of education; and advocacy for Apereo itself. Early efforts can be found on apereo.org in The Value of Open Source Software http://bit.ly/ValueOSS, The Value of Open Source Software for Education http://bit.ly/ValueOSSedu, and Why You Should Join Apereo http://bit.ly/joinapereo.

Give us your feedback via the Apereo open list (learn how to join at http://bit.ly/apereolists), and let us know what topics you would like to see covered. Better still, do you have a take on open source advocacy you could contribute? Every contribution will be valued!

2019 ATLAS Award Winners Announced

The Apereo Foundation is pleased to announce the winners of the Apereo Teaching and Learning Awards (ATLAS) for 2019.

Winning Entry:
Sébastien Ruffo, The University of Western Ontario, Faculty of Arts & Humanities
Course: French 3906 - Speaking Texts

Honorable Mention:
Gaia Cantelli, Duke University
Course: Writing in Science and Medicine (Writing 101, Thompson Writing Program)

Each of the winners will be recognized for their use of the Sakai, Karuta, Xerte, OAE, ELMS, and/or Opencast, for teaching and learning, at the Open Apereo Conference being held on 2-6 June 2019, in Los Angeles, California. Details of their winning entries will be shared at the conference. For information about the conference, go to http://conference.apereo.org/.

Save the date: Open Apereo 2019 

Los Angeles, CA | June 2-6, 2019

Open Apereo 2019 is a practitioners event. Learn how higher education is using open-source software to help deliver the academic mission, control costs, and retain the capacity to innovate. Share your own experience. Join us at Open Apereo 2019 at the Omni Los Angeles Hotel at California Plaza, Los Angeles, California, USA (Sunday, June 2nd to Thursday, June 6th 2019).

Conference Website - https://www.apereo.org/conferences/open-apereo-2019

Opencast News

Opencast Summit 2020: Save the date

The next international Opencast summit will be on Feb 5-7, 2020 at Ghent University, Belgium.

Opencast 7 Feature Freeze

Opencast 7 contains a number of new features.  The major changes are an overhaul of the permissions management system, updated ElasticSearch compatibility, and significant storage and performance improvements.

Opencast 6.4 and 5.5 Released

Opencast 6.4 and 5.5 are part of Opencast’s ongoing maintenance schedule.  These releases also resolve some security issues for their respective branches.