INFO2009 Group 1 -- Open Source Software Licensing Infographic

An infographic for open source software licensing. This resource can serve as a simple introduction to open source software licensing, and as a reference for future use.

Open Access: How the Case Has Been Made

How the argument for Open Access hasd been made to government and the research industry over the last ten years.

Open Data

Diverse attitudes to open data

Open Source Licenses in Academia

A Seminar about the advantages of using open source licenses as a complimentary strategy to the academic publish process.

Southampton Open Data Service - Talk to Digital Economy Group

This is a talk on the new University Open Data Service, some of the applications it's already being put to, and some of the things we hope to do next.

Practising Open Education (ART & DESIGN)

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Media. A collection of materials uploaded as part of the OER project.


INFO2009 resource: Infographic on the evolution of Open Source Software

Infographic providing a timeline of important events in the history of open source software since the fifties. Also includes stats for OSS licenses, usage in Business and reasons for participating in an OSS community.

Getting Started With Open Data

This lecture introduces an array of data sources that can be used to create new applications and visualisations, many examples of which are given. Additionally, there are a number of slides on open data standards, freedom of information requests and how to affect the future of open data.

Getting Started with Open Data II

Overview of Linked Data in presentation to Royal Academy of Engineering

An Open Letter to Educators. Dan Brown's Rant about Universities

An (ex) student says what he thinks about the education systems and universities.

Open Government Data

Linked Open data – a platform for modern science, engineering, education and business. In the more recent talk, Sir Nigel Shadbolt speaks about "The Value of Openess - The Open Data Institute and Publically Funded Open Data" during the Natural History Museum of London Informatics Horizons event.