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On Wed, 26 Mar 2008 18:31:58 +0000 james kilty wrote: > > On Tue, 2008-03-25 at 10:33 +0000, Grant Sewell wrote: > > include in > > my bid to get Cornwall College doing "the right thing" (tm) > > (alongside their "the wrong thing" courses. :D). > > Having had a chat with Grant about this I propose to write a > "preamble" to any proposals Grant might make to extend his College > into GNU/Linux (GL for short here) for him to adopt or amend or > simply to stimulate his own writing. > > I propose this includes an offer from us to support any GL > developments at the College in any way we can and any joint > activities are for our mutual benefit. I have experience of > constructive relations like this in another arena. > > I suggest there are 3 (potentially ovewrlapping) parts to the paper: > firstly a collection of examples of areas where GL is dominant, has a > strong presence (world scenario) or where trends are clear; > secondly how students would be advantaged to have certain GL skills in > the UK and the rest of the EU (and implicitly or explicitly > disadvantaged to ONLY have skills with MS software); > thirdly, how we might assist by providing support for Grant and his > colleagues, and opportunities to test any developments. > > I will start drafting and will include any thoughts expressed here, on > the List or privately. I would like to add that the areas of College that I am targeting are as follows: + Business Education - Currently running courses such as Microsoft Office Specialist and Microsoft Server courses. I would like to see (teach and maybe oversee) Linux specific courses being run. RHCx has been talked about previously but was decided against due to the high initial setup costs. LPI is an obvious choice but would require substantial amount of work/effort getting "materials" together and of a production quality that would be acceptable. I have already briefly discussed Ubuntu Desktop training and that had some interested nods. I am thinking maybe something like Ubuntu Professional (based on LPI) would be a good thing to look into here. It's on my (getting longer by the minute) todo list. + Higher Education - some of the current IT courses at Degree/Foundation Degree level already talk about Linux, etc. I am planning on reviewing the "DMRs" (module descriptions as released by Plymouth Uni) and seeing what could be used where. This kinda fits alongside the Business Ed. above as Microsoft courses are often used within Higher Ed courses. + Further Education - I am not really involved in anything other than the BTEC course(s), so that is my current focus at this level. The BTEC specifications have changed recently so I will need to ascertain where Linux can be used here. Thankfully they seem to have been made somewhat simpler, indeed some of the module titles and course requirements seem to mirror those of certain Microsoft (and non-Microsoft) courses. I will also be approaching the College about the possibility of using their "Cisco lab" (sans equipment) periodically throughout the year as a base for DCLUG meetings down this neck of the woods. Incidentally, I have recently taken up a second position at another College, so I will try to spread my work across two campuses and double the bounty. :) Grant. -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html