[FM Discuss] [Fwd: Re: [FM PR] Possible collaboration with Floss Manuals]

[chris hofmann]

Hi Adam and Steve,

David Humphrey,  who is inolved at http://teachingopensource.org ,

Open Source Instruction at Seneca College ( http://zenit.senecac.on.ca/wiki/index.php/Main_Page )

And Mozilla education efforts   ( http://education.mozilla.org )

would be a good person to hook up with.  David is on vacation and 
off-line for the next 2 weeks,  but I've cc'ed him.

-chofmann


adam hyde wrote:
> hi,
>
> This is an email discussion (see below) between myself and Steve Lake of
> Raidens Realm (http://raiden.net/) about a course he is starting. Steve
> has been a great supporter of FM and is looking to work with us to
> develop a textbook about free software. I suggested perhaps we bring
> this discussion to the FM list...
>
> It would be super if we could design and create a text book with steve
> for his course....anyone keen?
>
> (please cc Steve in replies)
>
> adam
>
> -------- Forwarded Message --------
> From: Steve Lake <steve.lake at raiden.net>
> To: adam at flossmanuals.net, pr at lists.flossmanuals.net
> Subject: Re: [FM PR] Possible collaboration with Floss Manuals
> Date: Thu, 06 Aug 2009 15:37:42 -0400
>
> Nope, didn't have any specific books, as I'm still in the 
> beginning stages of this.  But I was hoping that when we were done, we 
> could have a generic intro course that could be taught in 2-5 hours 
> (depending on how much time someone had to do the course) to help us Linux 
> and FOSS enthusiasts, especially those without teaching ability, to be able 
> to go out, inform the public, and make sure they know that there's choices 
> out there, and what some of those are.  Because the more they know, the better.
>
>          From there, if they were curious enough to continue, a selection 
> of books could be given to them to get them started learning Linux and FOSS 
> apps, the latter dependent on what they need.  I could easily add a list at 
> the end of the course that says, "for more info on subject x or y, go to 
> floss manuals and get this and this book."  So basically this would benefit 
> you guys by first getting them in the door, and then handing them off to 
> you for further educating.
>
>          I do however like the idea that you guys are developing actual 
> course books.  That sounds quite exciting and interesting.  How big of a 
> course do you expect these books to be?  A full 14 week course, or 
> something that could be done in an afternoon or a week at most?
>
> At 08:37 PM 8/6/2009 +0200, adam hyde wrote:
>   
>> hey Steve,
>>
>> I dont want to any individual but i think FM in general is interested in
>> developing Text Books. We have recently been in touch with Goldsmiths
>> (Graham Harwood and Matthew Fuller) to see if there is a possibility to
>> develop course books with them.
>>
>> It seems this is a possibility. so, we are already on the path and any
>> possible collaboration is a good idea.
>>
>> For your project did you have any specific books in mind?
>>
>> also, do you know this:
>> http://teachingopensource.org/index.php/Main_Page
>>
>>
>> adam
>>
>> On Thu, 2009-08-06 at 10:14 -0400, Steve Lake wrote:
>>     
>>> http://forums.raiden.net/viewtopic.php?t=21911
>>>
>>>          Thought that might interest you guys.  I'm starting a project to
>>> develop a Linux and FOSS education and training course.  Something that
>>> could be put into the hands of just any joe and used to introduce people
>>> Linux and FOSS.  I'd love to see if you guys could help out with 
>>>       
>> developing
>>     
>>> a course like this, and in return we could put it into book form for sale
>>> in the FLOSS manuals bookstore.  The goal of the project is to introduce
>>> them to Linux and FOSS, get them in the door so to speak, and get them
>>> interested in learning more.
>>>
>>>          It's an education focused approach to promoting FOSS and Linux
>>> designed to replace the old elitist "RTFM" and Evangelistic approaches
>>> currently used today.  You guys are great at writing and developing help
>>> guides, manuals, and the like, so I figured if you wanted to jump in and
>>> help, we could easily toss a whole bunch of Floss manuals and book
>>> references into the project too in order to help you guys in return.  :)
>>>
>>>          Whatcha say?  Interested?
>>>
>>>
>>> Steven Lake
>>> Owner/Chief Editor
>>> Raiden's Realm
>>> www.raiden.net
>>> Bringing Linux to the World
>>>
>>>
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> pr mailing list
>>> pr at lists.flossmanuals.net
>>> http://lists.flossmanuals.net/listinfo.cgi/pr-flossmanuals.net
>>>       
>> --
>>     
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