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Global Open Science Hardware Roadmap

18/05/2018

GOSH Roadmap: launching a revolution in access to scientific toolsOver 100 researchers, engineers, educators, entrepreneurs and community organizers from 30 countries have published a report describing the steps for providing global access to scientific hardware by 2025 through open source designs, collaborative research and new manufacturing techniques, including 3D-printing.__________________________________________________________________________________________The authors of the ‘...

Using DGroups to bring together a global community of purpose

17/05/2018

Download the case study (pdf) Using Dgroups to bring together a global community of purpose: Healthcare Information For All (HIFA)  “DGroups simply works. The software that DGroups runs on, works better than any other tool for communities of practice”, -  Neil Pakenham-Walsh, HIFA Coordinator and DGroups Chair The issues the ...

AfricaConnect2 : towards high-capacity internet networks for research and education across Africa

16/05/2018

Through the AfricaConnect 2 project, GÉANT is making great progress in bringing affordable Internet to African countries. By collaborating with AfricaConnect2, the pan-European GÉANT network strengthens Europe's links with the African continent and provides African research and education communities ​with a gateway for global ​collaborations – also a requirement for ...

DATA-DRIVEN AGRICULTURE (Recorded Webinars; GFAR / CTA / GODAN)

15/05/2018

As part of GFAR work on farmers’ rights to data and following up on the face-to-face course on Farmers’ Access to Data organized in Centurion in November 2017, GFAR  (together with GODAN and CTA ) has organized a series of webinars, - to make the content of the course available to everybody....

Towards Open Educational Resources (openly licensed & in open formats)

15/05/2018

In May 2018, a Working Group on Open Education Resources within the Ministry of Education of Brazil (MEC) published an ordinance that determines that all educational resources paid for by the ministry - which are to be used in basic education - must be openly licensed and use open format/standards ...