Ciaran McHale has a PhD in Computer Science, and spent 15 years working in the consultancy and training department of a software vendor. He has extensive experience of writing both software and "courseware" (training courses). For the last decade, he has been trying to kick-start an open-source courseware movement.

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Open-source software has been slowly growing in popularity over the years. This makes people wonder if open-source principles could be applied to other fields: music, movies, text books for use in schools and universities, and so on. In this presentation, I will identify the main obstacle that has hindered the use of open-source principles in the training course industry.