Science, Education and Learning in Freedom
Encyclopedia
SELF is an international project financed by the European Commission
which has developed a platform to encourage creative cooperation and the sharing of educational materials and continuous training, paying special attention to free software
and open standard
s. Inspired by the Wikipedia
model, the SELF Platform is open to the contributions of all those who would like to bring their knowledge to it, and share this knowledge without restrictions.
of seven partners in Europe
, Asia
and Latin America
. Three universities and four non-profit organizations work closely together to facilitate communities as well as to raise awareness and to contribute to the building of critical mass for the use of free software and open standards.
The SELF is a repository with free educational and training materials on free software and open standards and also an environment for the collaborative creation of new materials.
European Commission
The European Commission is the executive body of the European Union. The body is responsible for proposing legislation, implementing decisions, upholding the Union's treaties and the general day-to-day running of the Union....
which has developed a platform to encourage creative cooperation and the sharing of educational materials and continuous training, paying special attention to free software
Free software
Free software, software libre or libre software is software that can be used, studied, and modified without restriction, and which can be copied and redistributed in modified or unmodified form either without restriction, or with restrictions that only ensure that further recipients can also do...
and open standard
Open standard
An open standard is a standard that is publicly available and has various rights to use associated with it, and may also have various properties of how it was designed . There is no single definition and interpretations vary with usage....
s. Inspired by the Wikipedia
Wikipedia
Wikipedia is a free, web-based, collaborative, multilingual encyclopedia project supported by the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation. Its 20 million articles have been written collaboratively by volunteers around the world. Almost all of its articles can be edited by anyone with access to the site,...
model, the SELF Platform is open to the contributions of all those who would like to bring their knowledge to it, and share this knowledge without restrictions.
Structure of SELF platform
The SELF Platform was initiated by an international consortiumConsortium
A consortium is an association of two or more individuals, companies, organizations or governments with the objective of participating in a common activity or pooling their resources for achieving a common goal....
of seven partners in Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
, Asia
Asia
Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent, located primarily in the eastern and northern hemispheres. It covers 8.7% of the Earth's total surface area and with approximately 3.879 billion people, it hosts 60% of the world's current human population...
and Latin America
Latin America
Latin America is a region of the Americas where Romance languages – particularly Spanish and Portuguese, and variably French – are primarily spoken. Latin America has an area of approximately 21,069,500 km² , almost 3.9% of the Earth's surface or 14.1% of its land surface area...
. Three universities and four non-profit organizations work closely together to facilitate communities as well as to raise awareness and to contribute to the building of critical mass for the use of free software and open standards.
The SELF is a repository with free educational and training materials on free software and open standards and also an environment for the collaborative creation of new materials.