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Announcing the 2023 Dolphin Awardees and Fellows

Each year, the Apereo Foundation celebrates the many volunteer efforts, innovations, and success stories of our open source communities. The 2023 Apereo Dolphin Awards and Fellowships will be recognized during a ceremony at Open Apereo events at FOSSY 2023 in Portland, OR. We will continue to celebrate the incredible efforts of our award winners and fellows throughout the year. Join us in congratulating and thanking our recipients for their service to the Foundation!

Apereo Foundation Fast - Interview with Jim Helwig

2022 IAN Award Winner Jim Helwig joined Apereo Foundation Fast to share his Apereo story and thoughts on the value of open source.

Negative Impacts of the Cyber Resilience Act on Open Source in Higher Education

Apereo's recent MicroConfernece, Public Policy Impacting Open Source Projects and Communities, introduced widespread concern and worry across the open source ecosystem (OSS) that, despite the longstanding support for and focus on OSS from the European Commission, the proposed Cyber Resilience Act misunderstands OSS development and consequently there could be severe unintended impacts to Institutions of Higher Education.

Apereo Foundation Fast Interview with Alan Regan

2022 Dolphin Apereo Fellow, Alan Regan, joined Apereo Foundation Fast to discuss his years of involvement in the Open Apereo planning committee and Sakai community. Alan is the Senior Director of IT Client Services at Pepperdine University and a second-time Apereo Fellow.

Apereo Board Candidates 2023

The Apereo Foundation holds annual elections for open positions on its Board of Directors. The duties and responsibilities of board members, together with rules governing their election are set out in Article 5 of the Apereo by-laws. Apereo elections occur online via Helios Voting. The voting period opens June 5th, 2023.

Now Open - 2023 Apereo Board of Directors Nominations

The Apereo community is welcome to submit nominations to the Apereo Board of Directors until Friday, April 28th, 2023.

Open Apereo 2023 at FOSSY in Portland, OR

Open Apereo 2023 will take place in person as a part of the “FOSS for Education” track at FOSSY - July 13th-16th - Portland, Oregon, USA. Tickets for FOSSY 2023 are now available.

Apereo Foundation Board Chair, Anne-Marie Scott Elected Director at Open Source Initiative

Apereo Foundation's chair of the Board of Directors, Anne-Marie Scott was elected a Director at the Open Source Initiative. Anne-Marie was elected by the Affiliate organizations of OSI. 

Apereo Foundation Fast - Dolphin Awards Interview with Dr. Tobias Thelen

Apereo Foundation Fast was thrilled to have 2022's Teaching and Learning Dolphin Award winner Dr. Tobias Thelen join us for an interview in early 2023. Tobias shared details about his Open Source Software Development course at Osnabrück University; his favorite open source tools; and food for thought about the power and importance of open source in higher education and the world.

EdF Develops New Open Source Tool - JuezLTI

Apereo Foundation’s commercial affiliate Entornos de Formación (EdF) has co-developed a new open source tool, JuezLTI, using Apereo’s Tsugi.  JuezLTI is a cloud-based tool that allows the automatic assessment of computing studies exercises intended for use in higher education and vocational institutions. JuezLTI integrates with Apereo’s Sakai LMS and other LMS platforms.

Getting Out; Getting Together; Getting Things Done.

By: Patrick Masson, Interim General Manager of the Apereo Foundation Patrick shares photos and big takeaways from his trip to the AXIES ‘22 conference in Sendai, Japan. 

Nomination Period Now Open: 2023 Apereo Dolphin Awards and Fellowships

The Apereo Foundation is pleased to announce that the nomination and application period for the Apereo Dolphin Awards and Fellowships is now open and will remain open until April 30th, 2023. Please join us in celebrating the special contributions of our community members by submitting nominations for yourself and others in the community.