Re: [LUG] furthering the revolution: ECDL

["Paul Sutton" <psutton@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

There was an advert in the Herald Express (torbay local paper) a while back,
(well back when ILA'S were ok),  giving details on ECDL using Star office,
forget the full details, but you got a copy of the software with the book
(training materials),  an excellent idea,



----- Original Message -----
From: "Adrian Midgley" <akm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <list@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: 06 February 2002 19:12
Subject: [LUG] furthering the revolution: ECDL

Problem is if you say I have ECDL with star office, employers may ignore
you,  as they expect  MS.

> There is allegedly nothing about the European Computer Driving Licence
that
> is specific to any OS, office suite, or windowing environment.
>
> In practice there seems to be a preponderance of one particular software
> firm's products in testing centres.
>
> The NHS is pressing for many staff to take it.

Good idea,  see above

> It would be nice to see a Linux/Star Office/MySQL instruction and test
group
> able to offer training and testing on a par with those using closed source
> systems.

I agree here, my interpretation of Computer Literate is being able to use
computers / software and more importantly adapt onesself to new software,
and be willing to learn and take the time to learn.

> I also think that it is more effective to train people to use
word-processing
> software than it is to use Word, spreadsheets, rather than Excel, and to
know
> something about the difference between a spreadsheet and a table rather
than
> Access.




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