[Fsf-friends] SELF Platform Launch - Sept. 7

[Nagarjuna G.]

Hi all,

Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education (TIFR) is participating in an
international project "SELF: Science, Education and Learning in
Freedom", wherein we are developing an E-learning Platform. It has
been planned  by all the partners that the SELF Platform will be
launched simultaneously all over the world for the community. In India
we have scheduled the official launch of the SELF Platform on
September 7, 2007 (3-6 pm), in some countries it is happening on 5th and
6th.

On this occassion, we cordially invite you to participate in the
official launch of an E-learning Platform developed by Homi Bhabha
Centre for Science Education (TIFR).

Program Schedule :

3:00 - 3:30 Welcome Address
            Prof. Arvind Kumar
            Centre Director
            Homi Bhabha Centre For Science Education

3:30 - 4:00 SELF Platform Launch
            Prof. Shobo Bhattacharya
            Director
            Tata Institute Of Fundamental Research

4:00 - 4:30 Keynote Address on FOSS & Collaborative Culture
            Prof. D. B. Phatak
            Subharao M. Nilekani Chiar Professor
            Kanwal Rekhi Institute of Information Technology
            Indian Institute of Technology Bombay

4:30 - 5:00 Special lecture on Semantic Web and Collaborative E-learning
            Prof. G. Sivakumar
            Professor and Head, Computer Science and Engineering Department
            Indian Institute of Technology Bombay

5:00 -5:30  Live Demonstration of the SELF Platform
            SELF Platform Development Team
            Homi Bhabha Centre For Science Education

5:30 - 6:00 Vote of Thanks & High Tea

Venue:

Shri V. G. Kulkarni Auditorium
Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education
V. N. Purav Marg, Mankhurd,  Mumbai 88

RSVP:
self at hbcse.tifr.res.in
hbcse at selfproject.eu
25555242/25554712
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About the SELF Project: http://www.selfproject.eu

SELF: Science, Education and Learning in Freedom

Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education (HBCSE), TIFR is
participating in an European Commission funded project on Science,
Education and Learning in Freedom (SELF) from July 1, 2006 to July
2008. The SELF platform is initiated by an international consortium of
seven partners --- three universities: Universitat Oberta de Catalunya
(Spain), University of Gothenburg (Sweden) and Homi Bhabha Centre for
Science Education (India); and four non-profit organisations active as
Free Software advocates: Internet Society (Netherlands), Free Software
Foundation Europe (in all European countries), Internet Society
(Bulgaria) and Fundación Via Libre (Argentina). The SELF project aims
to provide a platform for the collaborative sharing and creation of
open educational and training materials about Free Software and Open
Standards.

About the SELF Platform: http://www.slefplatform.eu

Homi Bhabha Centre's gnowledge lab developed the SELF Platform, a graphical
web based multi-lingual platform for collaborative authoring of
courses and lessons, to organize them and distribute them widely to
various educational institutes all over the world. The SELF Platform
comprises mainly of a knowledge management application for authors,
and instructors.  During the course of time, it will also have course
delivery system for learners.  The SELF Platform conforms with the
e-learning standards such as LOM, SCORM. The SELF Platform comprises
of modules for authors, instructors, students. The SELF Platform will
provide information, educational and training materials in the form of
course material, e-books, instructional and educational videos,
manuals, etc. The platform caters to the target groups such
as---universities and schools, training organisations, publishers,
industrial manufacturers, free software communities, government
bodies, public and non-profit organisations, private
organisations. The SELF Platform would serve as providing a central
access for educational materials alongwith a community participation
in a multilingual environment.

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You all are welcome.

Thank you.

Nagarjuna G.
http://www.gnowledge.org/