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Terminology and Abbreviations

Content, (Educational)

There is the risk that one might associates only the learning and instructional materials with content that are known within traditional education. In FLOSS however content seems to consist – to a large degree – also of written communication that arises around the problem solving processes

Educational settings

This refers to any type of education that is offered in a structured way and might include formal, non formal or informal education; or - using the traditional classification – school education (K12), Vocational Education and Training (VET), Higher Education (HE), Further Education and Training (FET), and LifeLong Learning (LLL)

FLOSS, Free Software, Open Source Software, Open Software, FOSS, FOSSD, OSS

This refers to software that is produced in an open source approach and might stand for: Free / Libre Open Source Software (FLOSS), Free Open Source Software (FOSS), Free Open Source Software Development (FOSSD), or Open Source Software (OSS)

FLOSSCom

FLOSSCom is an EU funded research project aimed at understanding innovation related to technology enhanced education and learning.

FLOSS principles

The principles relevant to education, FLOSS principles include FLOSS type learning

FLOSS type learning

The way people learn in FLOSS, sub-group of FLOSS principles

ICT

Information and Communication Technology (see also ‘TEL’)

Launchpad

Launchpad is a FLOSS developing environment taking a new approach to free software project management and hosting. It aims at helping people to work more effectively with other communities to solve common problems, such as shared bugs.

Learner

The person who learns – within the FLOSS context this might be also referred to as ‘user’ or ‘member’ (See also: ‘User’)

Member, (FLOSS), (Community)

Person that regularly visits a (FLOSS) community meeting point (website, mailing list, forum, etc.) and that has subscribed to an account (See also: ‘User’)

TEL

Technology Enhanced Learning, during the past years also known by the general term eLearning. TEL can be any type of education that makes use of technology, including Information and Communication Technology (ICT)

User, (Community) Member, Learner

This in general refers to the individual that uses a service or product, the individual(s) most benefiting from a provided service. For the purpose of this work user and member are also seen to be the learner.

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