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==Building a Common Master Curriculum on Free Technologies==
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Building a Common Master Curriculum on Free
               Technologies

                       Wouter Tebbens, David Jacovkis

                           Free Knowledge Institute
                          wouter@freeknowledge.eu,
                          http://freeknowledge.eu



1   Content
While the need for skilled specialists in the area of Free Technologies is rising
considerably in recent years, this fact is not very much reflected in most academic
programmes in the domains of Computer Science, Software Engineering and
Information Systems.
    A few full master programmes exist, but extending the current programmes
requires investment and collaboration. This workshop proposes to discuss about
the foundations and particularities such common curriculum could entail. Build-
ing this in common promises several advantages, such as the reduction of costs
by sharing its burden, connection to specialists in the field and real needs from
learners. It also promises to facilitate the possibilities for mutual recognition,
double or even joint degrees.
    The Free Knowledge Institute will host this workshop and expects several
participants to advance the discussion together and define concrete actions for re-
alising missing bits. The full workshop proposal can be found at the FTA Campus
Wiki: http://campus.ftacademy.org/wiki/index.php/FTM Workshop Proposal OKCon2011


2   About the Author
Wouter Tebbens is co-founder and serves currently as president of the Free
Knowledge Institute and is director of the Free Technology Academy. Between
2006 and 2008 he was coordinator of the European Commission’s FP6-funded
SELF Project (Science, Education & Learning in Freedom) to design a platform
for the collaborative construction of educational materials. He achieved a Mas-
ter of Science in Production and Operations Management at the University of
Twente (Netherlands). He has worked in various functions in Europe, Argentina
and Spain. In 2002 he founded the company xlocal.com offering services based on
free software to SME companies. Between 2004 and 2007 he presided the working
group on Free/Libre/Open Source Software at Internet Society Netherlands.
    David Jacovkis is co-founder of the Free Knowledge Institute and respon-
sible for its IT infrastructure. He studied Physics in the Universitat Autnoma
de Barcelona (UAB), and achieved Master degrees in Materials Science (UAB)
and in Free Software in the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC). He has
over ten years experience in systems engineering using Free Software, working
as IT manager and freelance consultant for several organisations. He is also a
lecturer at the UOC’s Master Degree on Free Software. He has worked in sev-
eral international projects related to the use of Free Software in education. He
currently coordinates the technical aspects of the Free Technology Academy and
collaborates with several other teams.

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