[ad_1] One year ago this month, I published my first article on Opensource.com. I talked about our Astro Pi program in Students compete for a chance to have their Raspberry Pi code run in space. We’ve come a long way in that last 12 months—in December, our two Astro Pi units were sent to the…

[ad_1] Meet Amber Matz, a Production Manager and Trainer at Drupalize.Me, a service of Lullabot Education. When she’s not tinkering around with Arduinos, Raspberry Pis, and electronic wearables, you can find her wrangling presenters for the Portland Drupal User Group. Coming up at DrupalCon NOLA, Amber will host a session about Drupal and IoT. If…

[ad_1] For many, open initiatives within higher education may have begun when The New York Times declared 2012 as “The Year of the MOOC.” According to the article, “Traditional online courses charge tuition, carry credit and limit enrollment to a few dozen to ensure interaction with instructors. The MOOC, on the other hand, is usually…

[ad_1] The twice-annual OpenStack Summit wrapped up last week in Austin, Texas, bringing together 7,500 developers, users, and others open source cloud enthusiasts from around the globe. Let’s take a quick look back at some of the highlights and news from the past week in this special post-Summit edition of our weekly OpenStack news. OpenStack around…