Hello,
my name is Peter Hanečák, I’m from Slovakia and I’m helping OEG team with IT stuff.
The usual way to say “hello” in Slovakia is either “dobrý deň” (formal settings) or “ahoj”, “čau”, etc. (in informal encounters with close/-er acquaintances).
My connection to Open Education is work-in-progress. As an IT person, I’m working with Open Source and Open Data for several years but as I’m discovering lately, basic principles are same or similar also in area of research and education.
Typical example of me benefiting from openness is Linux operating system: it was and is developed and provided for free (mostly “as in speech”, not just “as in beer”) by world-wide community of software developers and I’m using it for past 25 years as my primary platform, achieving and learning a lot thanks to that.
As per my expectations from this community space: at the beginning, maybe few tips and tricks for helping out with Open Education in Slovakia. We have lots of challenges in that area in our country and I believe open principles would help improve things, preferably within the time frame my own children are attending schools.
That’s it for quick introduction. Hello again and have a good day.