[Qgis-psc] QGIS Education / Certification BoF Notes
matteo
matteo.ghetta at gmail.com
Thu Apr 20 08:17:24 PDT 2023
Hi all,
that's a great idea! It would be a pleasure for us to be involved in
this process.
Cheers and thanks
Matteo
On 4/19/23 14:15, Tim Sutton via QGIS-PSC wrote:
> Dear friends
>
> Attached below are my rough notes from our BoF session on education (&
> certification) that we held today at the QGIS conference. Please note
> that this is an open discussion and not a bunch of mandates. We will
> groom our thoughts into a document which properly describes our plans in
> a more concrete way, and then ask the PSC for a mandate to continue.
>
> Please feel free to pick up a discussion here in this thread if you
> would like more context or you would like to provide more information.
>
> I have created a document
> <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1JoN8ShzLQ5sF6BEYJCiOPZMAWw5sg9l3zt5Jo7OkXjA/edit?usp=sharing> that we can use to compose our combined thoughts in a structured manner.
>
> Regards
>
> Tim
>
> * QGIS Education Bof
> o Present:
> + Andre Mano - GIS Expert a.dasilvamano at utwente.nl
> <mailto:a.dasilvamano at utwente.nl>
> + Kurt Menke - Certification Team - kurt at septima.dk
> <mailto:kurt at septima.dk>
> + Yneke van Iersel -trainee at Geodan
> yneke.van.iersel at geodan.nl <mailto:yneke.van.iersel at geodan.nl>
> + Mark Terlien - Educator m.terlien at has.nl
> <mailto:m.terlien at has.nl>
> + Linda Angulo Lopez - Natural History Museum in Paris
> angulo.linda at gmail.com <mailto:angulo.linda at gmail.com>
> + Marco Bernasocchi - PSC Chair marco at qgis.org
> <mailto:marco at qgis.org>
> + David van Winsum - incompany Educator
> david.vanwinsum at anteagroup.nl
> <mailto:david.vanwinsum at anteagroup.nl>
> + Marielle Geers - Educator geersplasmans at hotmail.com
> <mailto:geersplasmans at hotmail.com>
> o Open Science Initiative - EU funded programmes
> o Discussion point how to convince departments to adopt QGIS with
> or instead of ESRI
> o Needs a 'gently gently' approach rather than hard mandates
> o Internship market place - discussed idea of pair EU and e.g. SA
> interns
> o Possibly Erasmus funding if the partner org is in EU e.g. Kartoza EU
> o Possibly add new flavour of QGIS certificate specific for
> internships
> o Discussed more the idea of getting certification as a trainer
> rather as an org
> o Perhaps the trainer can have more specific enrollment requirement
> + how will we measure competency? Various options discussed:
> + language issue
> + standardised course via annointed teachers to bootstrap
> + Possible starting group of 'annointed trainers'
> # Giovanni
> # Ujaval
> # Hans
> + Three parts to the programme:
> # Didactic skills
> # Technical skills
> # Ecosystem - how OS and community involvement works,
> release schedule
> + Clear criteria for class
> # Marielle & Mark volunteering to help to develop didactic
> criteria
> # Technical skills requirements criteria developed by Giovanni
> # Ecosystem criteria - Andre Mano to develop criteria
> + Certification maintenance:
> # How long will certification last? Criteria like minimum
> number of certificates to issue over a period (with
> system implementation to flag these automatically)
> + Cost for trainer certificate:
> # Needs to attend the training of an official train the
> trainer who sets the price himself for the course
> # QGIS Contribution part of the certification - price TBD
> # Big mac index pricing for certification?
> # Need to ensure we spread the grandfathered in train the
> traininer corps around the globe so that there is good
> chance to find a trainer course at an equitable fee
> + Each certified org needs to have at least one certified trainer
> + Having at least one certified trainer by certified
> organization, however the certificates can still be issued
> by non-certified trainers as long as the signature of a
> certified trainer is also included in the certificate.
> #
> + Tim to get Dimas to implement big mac based system and train
> the traininer system under current QGIS funding (we have
> about 8 days available TBC). Other technical implementations
> # Platform may only issue course certificates attached to
> a certified trainer
> # Modify the certificates to include the :
> * Org logo
> * Training presenter signature (they do not need to be
> a certified trainer)
> *
> + Next steps:
> # *Tim* to set up a requirements doc and invite all
> participants to share their ideas with a deadline
> # Three coordinators to lead the sections in the user
> facing docs on what the curriculum requirements are (and
> add them to the requirements doc)
> * *Marielle & Mark* volunteering to help to develop
> didactic criteria
> * Technical skills requirements criteria developed by
> *Giovanni* (first need to chat to him)
> * Ecosystem criteria - *Andre Mano* to develop criteria
> # *Marco:* List of grandfathered certifiers to be
> identified and agreed with PSC
> # Communicate to the broader community
> # *Tim* to put Marielle in contact with Seabilwe and
> Bridget to share ideas on how to introduce QGIS into schools
> #
> #
> #
> +
>
>
> --
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Tim Sutton
> Kartoza Co-Founder
> Visit http://kartoza.com <http://kartoza.com/> to find out about open
> source:
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