The 1st Pan-Hellenic Conference for Free and Open Source Software in Education with international participation will be held in Chania, Crete from 16 to 18 April 2010.

The Conference is organized by:

  • The Secondary Education Counsellors’ Office, and
  • The Chania Prefecture Secondary Education Administration

Co-organizers:

  • Technical University of Crete
  • Prefectural Administration of Chania Crete
  • Greek Free / Open Source Software Society (GFOSS)

With the participation of the Chania Linux Users’ Group.

The Conference aims at promoting the deployment of FOSS in education and the Greek scientific community, towards its critical and creative employment in all education levels.

The main thematic axes are:

  • Theoretical framework for the utilization of FOSS in education
  • The FOSS international education community
  • Design and implementation of educational applications using FOSS
  • Models and practices for incorporating FOSS in the educational process
  • Teaching Informatics in Primary Education using FOSS
  • Teaching Informatics in Secondary Education using FOSS
  • Teaching Informatics in Higher Education using FOSS
  • FOSS supported school unit administration (Timetable creation, school portal design and deployment, etc.)
  • FOSS supported school activities (school clubs, Vocational orientation courses, etc.)
  • FOSS Informatics school laboratory
  • FOSS and Technical Support
  • Training and support of Educators for the utilization of FOSS
  • FOSS and Education Policy
It is our great pleasure to invite you to Chania and the Conference activities.