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Joseph is a husband, start-up junkie/entrepreneur, open source software user, blogger and online course manager/developer for www.StraighterLine.com. His goal is to advance open source software, open educational resources, educational opportunities and to make education more efficient. He writes about Moodle (at www.MoodleNews.com) and a host of other interests wherever he can get published.
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I think open sourcing health would leave people to a better understanding of nutrition and fitness. The issue is that there are all sorts of commercial interests in what we eat and what we do (just walk your local cookie or cracker aisle at the grocery). Everything claims it's healthy but if people had a better way of seeing what actually was healthy (and what wasn't) perhaps the community would provide better nutritional guidelines than even our government (which is swayed by the agriculture and food manufacturers lobby).
I'm curious what type of student is attracted to this extracurricular activity? Are the students generally in school for software development or similar fields, are there software novices and just students that want to be involved? Any info on the above questions would be appreciated.
Great article!