[SFD-discuss] Was: FLOSS educational programmes

[Judy Okite]

Hi all,This is a great idea and I would love to see it take shape!What
is at stake is to agree on courseware &examining body.Thx

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On 1/15/08, Janet Hawtin <lucychili at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Jan 16, 2008 6:31 AM, Pia Waugh <greebo at pipka.org> wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I was perusing through sfd-discuss and re-found this and I wanted to renew
> > the discussion.
> >
> > <quote who="Steve Olive">
> >
> > > It is up to us, the Open Source and Free Software Communities, to
> > > encourage the use of qualifications that do not focus on a particular
> > > brand of software. I also believe that these qualifications should not
> > > be prohibitively priced, preventing students, who are often unemployed,
> > > from taking the tests. They are better served spending the money on
> > > computers and other hardware for use at home so they can better their
> > > skills and find employment.
> > >
> > > Is this something the Software Freedom Day should look into? Registering
> > > or certifying skills with software promoted on Software Freedom Day.
> >
> > Steve, what exactly do you have in mind here? We could certainly add
> > something to the registration process or there is also the possibility of
> > aligning with certifications and encouraging teams to do certification
> > workshops and exams as part of their Software Freedom Day celebrations which
> > would both draw attention to certifications and also get more qualified FOSS
> > practitioners into the workforce every year. What do you think?
>
>The ingots competencies are agnostic.
> http://theingots.org/
> Robyn Manning and Kylie Willison currently use them in South Australia
>
> There is also someone doing training in Mount Gambier
> and Noven has done training with his network development in Copley.
>
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