xlocal.com (2002 - 2009)

Job title: Owner-Managing Director

Description

Service company providing services based on Free Software applications to SMEs.

ISOC.nl Special Interest Group "Free/Libre/Open Source Software" (2004 - 2007)

Job title: chair person

Description

With the Free Software working group we gave advice to policymakers, organised seminars and debates about the future of the information society in The Netherlands. In 2005 the group set up a popular petition to introduce Open Standards and Free Software in public administrations. The petition was offered to the Dutch Parliament with representatives from all major parties. See: http://opensource.petities.nl/

SELF ( project (2006 - 2008)

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SELF project (2006 - 2008)

Job title: Initiator and project coordinator

Description

The SELF - Science, Education and Learning in Freedom - project was a researd and development project to develop an online platform for the collaborative construction of educational materials. It's requirements include a) it should be a user-centric online platform; b) directed at educators; c) that encourages participation and collaboration; d) which allows for parallel versioning; e) which protects the freedoms of the users by the use of free licenses and f) which enables interoperability by using open standard file formats. SELF was envisioned as a unique community platform for its advanced versioning (to express plural views), an innovative quality assessment framework and is built up as a peer-to-peer system. Its materials can be imported and exported in open standard formats as to enable a seamless exchange with e-learning platforms and other applications.

SELF has been started with funding from the European Commission, under the Sixth Framework Programme, from July 2006 till July 2008, and has been continued by various partners and active users as a community project.

The main results of the project include a blue print of such platform together with a prototype, the necessary policies for licensing, the use of free software and open standards and an initial set of educational materials. All these results have been reused by other projects and is evolving further.

Free Technology Academy (2008 - )

Job title: Director

Description

The Free Technology Academy (FTA) is a joint initiative from several educational institutes 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. Learners can choose to enrol in an individual course or register for the whole programme. Tuition takes place online in the FTA virtual campus and is performed by teaching staff from the partner universities. Credits obtained in the FTA programme are recognised by these universities. The full master programme can be concluded at one of the universities.

Free Knowledge Institute (2007 - )

Job title: President

Description

The Free Knowledge Institute (FKI) is a non-profit organisation that fosters the free exchange of knowledge in all areas of society. It starts from the conviction that knowledge should be accessible and reusable without restrictions. Inspired by the Free Software movement, the FKI promotes freedom of use, modification, copying and distribution of knowledge.

The FKI develops projects in four different but highly related fields: education, information technology, culture and science. Its multidisciplinary nature enables the seamless flow of information and expertise between different fields through global and transversal actions