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#OpenEduDay

Open Education Day Mit einer breiten Palette von Referaten und Workshops vermittelt die Tagung Wissen und Erfahrung zu Open Source Technologien, Open Education, OER und Open Content sowie Medienbildung und digitalen Kompetenzen in Schule und Hochschule. Die Tagung bietet zudem eine grossartige Plattform für den Austausch untereinander. News Learning together #OpenEduDay 2026 (DE/EN/FR) Der Open Education…

Why open standards are extremely beneficial to end users - TDF Community Blog

Whenever I talk to other technology users — including CTOs, CSOs and ICT managers, who in theory should have a certain level of expertise — I realise that most of them never consider standards when using applications, devices or websites. Users just want everything to work, but they don’t realise the fundamental role that standards, especially open standards, play in making this happen. Open standards actually offer users a significant advantage over the proprietary solutions they use every day. An open standard is a publicly available set of rules that govern how technology works. Anyone can use, develop or improve them. Examples include HTML for websites, USB for devices and PDF for documents. (And of course, the Open Document Format – ODF – as used by LibreOffice.) These are not owned by any company, and therefore benefit end users. That’s why they’re important to you. 1. You are not tied in Open standards reduce vendor lock-in. This means that users are not forced to use a single product or ecosystem from a single company to have control over their data and tools. For example, documents saved in an open format can be managed with multiple applications. If you change your

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Lottery before peer review is associated with increased female representation and reduced estimated economic cost in a German funding line - Nature Communications

The authors show evidence from a German funding line that a lottery-first approach followed by peer review is accompanied by increased female representation both at the submission stage and among funded projects as well as by lower estimated costs.