Three Open Source Trends Impacting Higher Education
Three open source trends impacting higher education.
Emergence of campus-based Open Source Program Offices (OSPO)
Institutions–Johns Hopkins, Rochester Institute of Technology, University of Vermont, UC Santa Cruz, Saint Louis University, Carnegie Mellon, and more are launching OSPOs, providing “long-term institutional support ecosystems for open source software and the faculty, students, researchers, and staff who build and maintain it.”
New open source regulation in, and requirements for, research and academic initiatives
NIST Guidance on Securing the Software Supply Chain, NIST Secure Software Development Framework, Software Supply Chain Security Executive Order, OMB Enhancing the Security of the Software Supply Chain Through Secure Software Development Practices, EU Cyber Resilience Act, White House National Cybersecurity Strategy, National Cyber Director Open Source Software Security, White House National Cyber Security Implementation Plan, CISA Open Source Software Security Roadmap.
Post COVID impacts–cost realignment, digital transformation, extended services…
“Sustaining the gains and building on the good outcomes associated with higher ed's response to COVID-19 can enhance the quality and distribution of online teaching and learning, build up resources and infrastructure, and ultimately save institutions valuable time and money.” (Beyond COVID-19, What’s Next for Online Teaching and Learning in Higher Education? Educause)
We must reinvent education as a software enterprise, employing platform strategies and harnessing software industry practices like open source, modular, and agile development. Doing so will unleash rapid innovation, allowing universities to deliver on the promise of higher education. (Will COVID-19 Save Higher Education? Forbes)
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