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19	19	== Purpose of the OSI-EDU-WG in Relation to the OSI Mission ==
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21		-The OSI has long played a role in community-building and education about how free/libre/open source licenses, and various related domains and business models, can provide a foundation for both socio-economic and business advantages. Through The FLOW Syllabus, the OSI Management Education Working Group (OSI-EDU-WG) helps managers of projects, portfolios, organizations and consortia to thoroughly understand and engage the free/libre/open way, encompassing ethics, methods, processes, governance, HR management, strategy, security, law or financing.
	21	+The OSI has long played a role in community-building and education about how free/libre/open source licenses, and various related domains and business models, can provide a foundation for both socio-economic and business advantages. The general purpose of the OSI Management Education Working Group (OSI-EDU-WG) is to help managers of projects, portfolios, organizations and consortia to thoroughly understand and engage the free/libre/open way, encompassing ethics, methods, processes, governance, HR management, strategy, security, law or financing.
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23		-The purpose of the OSI-EDU-WG is to coordinate the maintenance, extension and resourcing of a collectively curated guide to the concepts and methods underlying free/libre/open work.
	23	+The particular focus of the OSI-EDU-WG is to coordinate the maintenance, extension and resourcing of a collectively curated guide to the concepts and methods underlying free/libre/open work, named the Free/Libre/Open Works (FLOW) Syllabus.
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25		-The FLOW Syllabus is tailored to assist "educators" in their design of learning programs, and its structure anticipates the need to associate information, learning objectives and assessment (both [[formative and summative>>url:http://www.cmu.edu/teaching/assessment/basics/formative-summative.html]]).
	25	+The FLOW Syllabus is tailored to assist "educators" in their design of learning programs. Its structure anticipates the need to associate information, learning objectives and assessment (both [[formative and summative>>url:http://www.cmu.edu/teaching/assessment/basics/formative-summative.html]]), but it also supports unstructured// ad hoc// learning.
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27		-Our target educators are academic and business instructors, advisers (including legal counsel), as well as project and operations managers who need to effectively relate and discuss these topics with team members, executives, business partners, customers or constituents, and who therefore also function as educators. The guide is intended to be useful towards the development of on-site seminars or workshops, and online tutorials or webinars, in both formal or informal venues, including autonomous learning. It is adaptable to any venue or delivery methodology.
	27	+Our target educators are academic and business instructors, advisers (including legal counsel), as well as project and operations managers who need to effectively relate and discuss these topics with team members, executives, business partners, customers or constituents, and who therefore also function as educators.
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	29	+The FLOW Syllabus is intended to be useful towards the development of on-site seminars or workshops, and online tutorials or webinars, in both formal or informal venues, including autonomous learning. It is adaptable to any venue or delivery methodology.
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29	29	,,Anything in this charter that conflicts with requirements of the [[Bylaws of the Open Source Initiative>>url:http://opensource.org/bylaws||rel="__blank" title="Bylaws of the Open Source Initiative"]] shall be considered void. Anything in this charter that conflicts with the parameters of the [[OSI's Working Group Characteristics and Process>>doc:Characteristics of OSI Working Groups||title="OSI's Working Group Characteristics and Process"]] must be ratified by the OSI Board.,,
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31		-== Purpose ==
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35	35	== Scope ==
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