Hello OSPO Alliance/Zone community,
I wanted to introduce the Apereo Foundation as a new
member of the OSPO Alliance and myself as its
representative here. Apereo is a US-based non-profit that
promotes and facilitates open source software development,
adoption, and collaboration within higher education. The
Foundation hosts several "edtech" projects, including the
popular Learning Management System Sakai, a "standard"
single sign-on protocol Central Authentication System
(CAS), Opencast, a lecture capture, video editing, and
presentation platform, and many others.
Apereo member institutions (colleges and universities)
span five continents, with 300+ adopters and 1500+
contributors. Founded in 2012, our work has primarily
focused (perhaps to our detriment) on higher education,
and we are now extending our partnerships, interactions,
and engagement with the broader open source community.
The emergence of corporate-oriented OSPOs is
significantly influencing higher education. While this
trend is beneficial in advancing open source software
within colleges and universities, a corporate model and
value proposition may not be the best fit for higher ed.
Apereo's goal in working with OSPO Alliance and its
members is to understand better the potential of OSPOs to
support the breadth of an institution's initiatives, not
just in information technology, but also open educational
resources (open textbooks, open access journals, etc.),
open research and data, open courses and curriculum, and
other areas were collaboration and co-creation yield
greater innovation, broader access, and increased quality.
Quickly, I currently serve as E.D. at Apereo with 30+
years in and around higher education. Before Apereo, I was
with the OSI for just over ten years. Prior to that, I was
CTO at the University of Massachusetts and CIO for the
State University of New York. I started my career at UCLA
as a programmer analyst. I also taught at SUNY Albany and
served on my local school board.
Looking forward to the discussions,
Patrick
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Patrick Masson
Executive Director
Apereo Foundation
9450 SW Gemini Dr PMB 98572
Beaverton, OR 97008-7105
Mobile: +1 (970) 4-MASSON
Website:
www.apereo.org
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