Collaborative Graduate Education to Develop Open Source Software Communities OPEN Opportunity Platform towards transformative higher Education and innovative research Network Prof. Dr. Rainer Herpers, Bonn-Rhein-Sieg University of Applied Scie, Sankt Augustin, Germany Prof. Salem Al-Agtash, German Jordanian University, Amman, Jordan Prof. Ismail Kassou, University Mohammad V, Rabat, Morocco

OSSCOM Partnership with Enterprises Towards Building Open Source Software Communities and Rejuvenation of Technical Education and Innovation

The Common General Project Ideas Why Open Source? Availability of sources Integration without barriers Reduction of costs Increasing diversity, devitalize monopolies Quick and flexible adaptation of software and services Legal usage of software Protest during a Bill Gates talk at Peking University in 2007, source: zedomax.com

OPEN – the General Project Ideas Transnational Network Innovation Life Long Learning Employability Digital Literacy Transformation in education and research Open Source Teaching Methods Training Infrastructure Transformation of curricula (not only IT) to provide skills in the usage of OSS tools and technologies Supporting innovative and open teaching methods and platforms (MOOCS, flipped classroom) Development of certification tracks for Open Source Technologies for the private sector Creating an innovative research network and a backbone for Arab-German /EU research communities

OSSCOM – the General Project Ideas Building links between HEIs and the private sector Developing Technical and Educational Resources Main goal: Building links between HEIs and private sector towards a wider spread of OSS Provide Infrastructure: OSS Servers in Lebanon and Jordan Facilitating Entrepreneurship

OPEN – Partner Institutions Moroccan Partners ENSIAS, Rabat (attached to Mohammad V University) École nationale supérieur d‘informatique et d‘analyse des sytèmes ENSA, Marrakesh (attached to Cadi Ayyad University) École nationale des sciences appliquées CNRST, Rabat Centre Nationale pour la Recherche Scientifique et Technique Source: Wikipedia

OPEN – Partner Institutions European Partners: H-BRS, Sankt Augustin Hochschule Bonn-Rhein-Sieg University of Applied Sciences ASREN, Düsseldorf Arab States Research and Education Network

OSSCOM – The Partnership Partner institutions Jordan: German Jordanian University in Amman Yarmouk University in Irbid Talal Abu-Ghazaleh Information Technology International in Amman Lebanon: The Lebanese University in Beirut Notre Dame University in Zouk Mosbeh Information Management Ltd. in Sin El Fil

OSSCOM – The Partnership European Partners: Germany: Bonn-Rhein-Sieg University of Applied Sciences in Sankt Augustin tarent AG in Bonn UK: Brunel University in Uxbridge/London Spain: University of Castilla-La Mancha in Albacete

OSSCOM – Activities and Outcomes Building Links between Higher Education Institutions and the Private Sector: Liaison Offices at HEIs University-Enterprise Partnership Model Capstone Projects Build Links Education Main Goal Entrepreneurship Infra-structure

OSSCOM – Activities and Outcomes Developing Technical and Educational Resources: Staff exchange / Capacity Building Revision of Curricula Online-Inventory of Learning Resources Executive Professional Diploma Program Education Build links Main Goal Entrepreneurship Entrepreneurship Server Infra-structure

OSSCOM – Activities and Outcomes Establishing OSS Technology Centers: Blueprint Procure and Install Hardware Training and Technology Workshops Build links Education Main Goal Infra-Structure Entrepreneurship Entrepreneurship

OSSCOM – Activities and Outcomes Promotion of Entrepreneurship at HEIs: Technology Parks Model of Incubator and Business Accelerator Workshops and Training Sample Start-up / Spin-off Build links Education Main Goal Entrepreneurship Entrepreneurship Bonn-Rhein-Sieg University of Applied Sciences: Business Campus in Sankt Augustin

OPEN – Activities April 2016 @ Rabat August 2016 @ Sankt Augustin Kickoff Meeting August 2016 @ Sankt Augustin Project Meeting visit of FrOSCon Conference @ H-BRS Workshop on KVM Hypervisor and OpenStack Workshop on Android Programming December 2016 @ Marrakesh April 2017 @ Rabat AECHE Conference @ UMV Consortium during kickoff Meeting in April `16 Planned Activities: August @ Sankt Augustin Project Meeting Workshop tba Visit of FrOSCon Conference @ H-BRS November @ Rabat Final Project Meeting

Thank you for your attention! Acknowledgements Thank you for your attention! Invitation to FrosCon 2017 in Sankt Augustin, Germany, August 19-20th, 2017 The OSSCOM project is kindly funded by the EC, the OPEN project is kindly funded by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) Contact: Prof. Dr. Rainer Herpers Graduate Institute and Institute of Visual Computing Bonn-Rhein-Sieg University of Applied Sciences 53757 Sankt Augustin, Germany rainer. herpers@h-brs.de