Aristotle University of Thessaloniki joins the FTA
Web version: http://ftacademy.org/announce/auth
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The Free Technology Academy is pleased to announce the inclusion of
the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTH) in the FTA Partner
network.
The Aristotle University will participate through its Programming
Language and Software Engineering Lab and will contribute to the FTA
curriculum by co-developing new courses in the fields of Mobile
Development, Data Analysis, Intelligent Systems, Reuse Methods and
others.
AUTH's Software Engineering group (http://sweng.csd.auth.gr/) is known
for its research in the area of Free and Open Source Software and
participates in many national and international research projects.
They will make their expertise available to the international
educational community through course materials that will be used at
the FTA.
About this new alliance, Prof. Ioannis Stamelos from Aristotle
University explains:
"The Software Engineering Group at the AUTH Department of Informatics
researches and publishes on Free Software and Open Source since the
year 2000. The Group supports actively the use of F/OSS both in the
public and private sector in Greece and abroad, and has extensively
introduced F/OSS in their education process. Accordingly, the Group
supports the idea of free knowledge, and therefore joining FTA partner
network comes as a natural development. We look forward to a
prosperous collaboration with FTA."
Wouter Tebbens, Director of the Free Technology Academy, says:
"Aristotle's participation will strengthen the international
collaboration to provide high level course modules on the latest
developments in Software Engineering. This is in particular of
interest for our common effort to work towards a complete master
curriculum on Free Technologies."
Professor Stamelos and his team are actively involved in the design of
a common master curriculum, driven by a cluster of universities and
FTA partners. The core idea of this initiative is that collaboration
within specialised groups is the only way to sustainably develop such
master programme and keep it up-to-date.
== About the Free Technology Academy ==
The Free Technology Academy (FTA) is a joint initiative from several
educational institutions in various countries. It aims to contribute
to a society that permits all users to study, participate and build
upon existing knowledge without restrictions. The FTA offers an online
master level programme with course modules about Free Technologies.
These courses are taught completely online in a virtual campus based
on the Campus Project interoperability framework.
The FTA is a collaboration between the Free Knowledge Institute, the
Open University of Catalonia (Spain) and the Open University of the
Netherlands. A larger group of Associate Partners adds to the founding
base with a network of organisations that share a common interest in
offering courses in the area of Free Technology. The FTA is extending
the current network of partners and collaborations continuously and
encourages both individuals and organisations to contribute to the
community.
* More information: http://www.ftacademy.org
* Contact information: contact[AT]ftacademy.org
* About FTA Associate Network:
http://ftacademy.org/about/associate-network
* FTA Study Programme 2011: http://ftacademy.org/courses/programme/2011
* Common Master Curriculum "FTM": http://freeknowledge.eu/FTM
* Mapping common expertise, materials and interests for the FTM:
http://campus.ftacademy.org/wiki/index.php/Master-Curriculum
== About Aristotle University of Thessaloniki ==
The Aristotle University of Thessaloniki is the largest university in
Greece. The University Campus covers some 23 hectares close to the
centre of Thessaloniki. It comprises 7 Faculties organised into 33
Schools, 5 faculties with only 1 school each, as well as 4 independent
Schools.
* Main website: http://www.auth.gr/
* The PLASE Lab website: http://plase.csd.auth.gr/
* The Software Engineering Group: http://sweng.csd.auth.gr/
* AUTH Free Software publications:
http://sweng.csd.auth.gr/wb/pages/publications/freeopen-source-software-engineering.php
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