# From The Netherlands: Supporting Use of the Fedviserse for education and research

**URL:** https://connect.oeglobal.org/t/from-the-netherlands-supporting-use-of-the-fedviserse-for-education-and-research/4666
**Category:** The Plaza
**Tags:** fediverse
**Created:** [February 26, 2023, 8:07pm UTC](https://connect.oeglobal.org/t/from-the-netherlands-supporting-use-of-the-fedviserse-for-education-and-research/4666 "2023-02-26T20:07:35Z")
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### Author: ![cogdog](https://connect.oeglobal.org/user_avatar/connect.oeglobal.org/cogdog/32/2_2.png) [@cogdog](https://connect.oeglobal.org/u/cogdog)
#### Post date: [February 26, 2023, 8:07pm UTC](https://connect.oeglobal.org/t/from-the-netherlands-supporting-use-of-the-fedviserse-for-education-and-research/4666/1 "2023-02-26T20:07:36Z")

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It’s been a while since we mentioned [interest/activity in the fediverse](https://connect.oeglobal.org/tag/fediverse). Has AI subsumed the attention space? Have educators slide back to Twitter, et al?

Well at a country level see what The Netherlands is doing at a proactive level, let’s [SURF](https://www.surf.nl) over to learn about a pilot program, taking away the need for institutions/organizations to wrestle with the decision of setting up a Mastodon instance or not, and as well, offering a compelling start for students, teachers, researchers where to start.

> **[About the Mastodon pilot](https://www.surf.nl/en/about-the-mastodon-pilot)**
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> Why participate in the pilot as an institution. What does it benefit us as a sector? And what are the preconditions?

> SURF and Universities of the Netherlands are jointly exploring Mastodon as an open source platform for education and research in the Netherlands. In which public values are paramount. We launched a pilot in February 2023. Join us and discover how students, researchers, staff and institutions can experiment with Mastodon in a low-threshold way.

Hoping to hear more from our colleagues from The Netherlands (and I am reminded to check again to update our [Directory of OEG Connect people with Mastodon accounts in their profile](https://connect.oeglobal.org/t/oeg-fediverse-directory/4364))