Hi,<br><br>I'm new to the list and after reading through some of the archives I don't believe that anyone else has started working on something like this.<br><br>I have thought that a training program or set of classes would be an excellent addition to the QGIS Community. After reading through portions of the QGIS manual, I
believe that this would be an excellent basis for developing an
interactive curriculum that can continually be added to as new features
and concepts become available, and mature.<br clear="all"><br> An excellent tool that is available for presenting curriculum is an
open source and free web based platform called Moodle. I would like to volunteer
to develop a basic curriculum based on the User Manual, and
make this available for free to anyone that is interested. Eventually
adding more advanced content containing a wide array of topics on GIS.
Also providing Certificates of Completion for courses that can then be
applied towards the educational component of the GISP certification. I know that there is a pretty steep learning curve for any GIS and I would like a way to ease QGIS users through the 220+ page user manual.<br>
<br>I think that educating users in a structured, and accessible format
is the best way to advance QGIS to take it's rightful place as an
industry standard GIS application. Do you have any thoughts on this?<br><br>-- <br>John Ellis<br><a href="mailto:cpjellis@gmail.com">cpjellis@gmail.com</a><br>