What is the java education learning community JELC

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Java Education and Learning Community (JELC)
What is the
Java Education &
Learning Community
(JELC)
?
Rob Stephenson
Wayne State University
on the Web at: tinyurl.com/2ag47
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Java Education and Learning Community (JELC)
Open Source Community
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Java Education and Learning Community (JELC)
A Special Endorsement from Steve
Ballmer
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Java Education and Learning Community (JELC)
What Is Java.net?
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A collaboration platform
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A source of Java-based FOSS

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A software foundry
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An implementation of ProjectFactory design
pattern
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A community of communities
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14 communities
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931 projects
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52,079 members
(statistics as of 5/31/04)
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Java Education and Learning Community (JELC)
Who Runs Java.net?
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Communities are largely self-governed
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Elected (in future) Community Leaders
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Management Board (the community leaders)
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Community Manager & Executive Board
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Advisory Board and Fairness Board
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Sun Microsystems pays the rent

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Java Education and Learning Community (JELC)
What Are the Rules?
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Play nice: no abusive language or behavior
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Share: projects and code must be open
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Java rules!: projects must be Java-based or Java-
related
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Java Education and Learning Community (JELC)
The JELC Community on
Java.net
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The academic community on
Java.net
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Java projects for academic
research
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Java projects for education
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Education projects for Java
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…, etc.
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Java Education and Learning Community (JELC)
JELC Project Groups
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Java Education and Learning Community (JELC)
A Snapshot of the
JELC Community
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62 projects
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284+ members:
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78 project leaders
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117 developers
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89 observers
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… and growing every day
(statistics as of 5/1/04)
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Java Education and Learning Community (JELC)
JELC Community Leaders
Daniel Brookshire
Board Member:
President:
Author: JXTA: Java P2P Programming
Rob Stephenson
Assoc. Professor:

Founder and PI:
Chief Architect:
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JELC Advisory Board
Ira Fuchs
Vice President for Research in Information Technology, Andrew Mellon Foundation
John Gage
Chief Researcher, Sun Microsystems, Inc.
Kim Jones
Vice President Global Education and Research, Sun Microsystems, Inc.
Mike Keller
University Librarian and Director of Academic Information Resources, Stanford University
Vijay Kumar
Assistant Provost and Director of Academic Computing, IS&T MIT
Scott McNealy
Chairman and CEO, Sun Microsystems, Inc.
Alessandro Musumeci
Information Technology General Manager, Ministry of Education, Italy
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Join Us!
Check out Java.net at:

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To submit a new project, go to:

To cross-link an existing site with
Java.net: