Open source has long been a cornerstone of higher education technology, powering learning management systems, repositories, research infrastructure, identity management, and countless other campus systems. Yet the environment in which these projects operate is changing rapidly.
Session Description
- What the OSPO@GT does in terms of engaging students – training and virtual student internship program
- How the VSIP led to the creation of LibreTech and SineJugem
- Full cycle – students mentoring other students on open source projects - Quibble
Special Outcomes & Objectives
"Do more with less." It's been the ask of higher education for the last 15 years (at least), and in the age of AI, that expectation has only grown. In 2017, my open-source authoring platform HAX (Headless Authoring Experience) employed four developers with formal responsibility for supporting online course development. By 2023, post-pandemic, we had one (me). Development of HAX should have slowed to a crawl, yet by 2024, we saw an explosion of output.
What changed? My teaching.
Join Apereo on April 8th at 11:00 AM ET for an engaging conversation with Evelien Renders, President of EUNIS and Advisor on the Internationalization of Education at SURF, as we explore the critical role of open standards and interoperability in shaping the future of higher education. As institutions navigate increasingly complex digital ecosystems, the ability to connect systems, share data, and maintain flexibility has never been more essential.
Open Source, Strategy, and the Future of Innovation in Higher Education
In this executive panel, CEOs from organizations deeply embedded in the open source ecosystem come together for a candid discussion on strategy, sustainability, and partnership.
In this upcoming Apereo Micro Conference, Olawale Fabiyi, HEMIS Technical Advisor at The Gambia’s Ministry of Higher Education, Research, Science & Technology, will explore how open source can serve as a powerful connector between education, industry, and communities—particularly in emerging ecosystems where resources may be limited but innovation thrives.
Educational technology, particularly Student Information Systems (SIS), can now leverage integration with all major AI models in every step of ECA (Events - Conditions - Actions) processes to provide dynamic functionality across the complete student life cycle, maximising both automation and adaptability.
As we close out Apereo's 2025 Microconference Series, we’re ending with a timely and foundational conversation—one that sits at the intersection of open infrastructure, academic missions, and the future of research.
On August 8, Ithaka S+R and the Apereo Foundation—supported by the National Science Foundation, the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, and the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative—hosted a national workshop exploring a critical question: