[Osdc-edu-authors] Osdc-edu-authors Digest, Vol 4, Issue 9

[Heather James]

Hello Max & all!

I've been lurking in the IRC channel and the list here, while getting
familiar with the community. I think because I'm in a different time zone,
the IRC channel is often quiet. But I bumped into Karsten Wade last night,
and it inspired me to propose a few articles:

1) An overview of open source open curricula. Meaning, open source
communities negotiating and open source curriculum.

2) Issues around certification in open source communities (thorny!
interesting!)

3+) Interviews with individuals who are leading open source curriculum
initiatives. I have two connections now, with the PSP Open web and WASP. I'd
love other examples if anyone has any.

Background: This is an area I am investigating as I ease into my role as
Manager of Learning Services at Acquia. This is a company in the midst of an
open source community. We want to push education in the community forward.
We're not hiring any trainers but we're working with those in the community
who deliver training.
http://groups.drupal.org/curriculum-and-training

What do you all think about that? Have any other examples of communities
attempting open source open curricula?

I realise certification is the spawn of many flame wars, but it's an
interesting topic. Glad if anyone else wants to tackle it!

- Heather James

Manager of Learning Services at Acquia, Inc.
http://heather.drupalgardens.com/
http://twitter.com/hjames



> Today's Topics:
>
>   1. The coming week in OSDC/edu (Max Spevack)
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> Date: Sun, 16 May 2010 18:07:55 -0400 (EDT)
> From: Max Spevack <mspevack at redhat.com>
> To: osdc-edu-authors at redhat.com
> Subject: [Osdc-edu-authors] The coming week in OSDC/edu
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> Hi all,
>
> As Greg makes his transition from the education channel
> moderator-and-contributor to education channel contributor-only, I've
> volunteered to step in to ensure that the osdc/edu channel continues to
> publish and grow.
>
> For those of you who don't know me, I've been at Red Hat almost 6 years,
> and I've served in various capacities including Fedora Project Leader
> and (currently) manager of Red Hat's Community Architecture team.  One
> of the things that team is accountable for within Red Hat is the
> company's education strategy, and giving it a voice.
>
> My primary goals regarding this channel are to (a) ensure we continue to
> have an article pipeline that is distributed and well-edited and (b)
> continue to grow the roster of authors who are writing for the channel.
>
> Couple of things I'd like to use this thread for:
>
> (1) Do any of our current contributors have ideas that they are actively
> developing for articles?  I know Matt mentioned last week that he has an
> idea, but that it's still in the early stages.
>
> (2) Does anyone want to brainstorm ideas for articles?  What sorts of
> topics are you all currently reading about or thinking about in this
> space?
>
> (3) Do you have any suggestions or thoughts on what you'd like to see
> this channel discuss, from an editorial perspective?
>
> Thanks!  Nice to meet those of you who don't already know me.  :)
>
> --Max
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