[Qgis-psc] QGIS Education / Certification BoF Notes
Tim Sutton
tim at kartoza.com
Thu Apr 20 14:17:22 PDT 2023
Hi
Yes of course Matteo, anyone interested feel free to get onboard.
Regards
Tim
On Thu, Apr 20, 2023 at 4:17 PM matteo via QGIS-PSC <
qgis-psc at lists.osgeo.org> wrote:
> 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:
> > * Desktop GIS programming services
> > * Geospatial web development
> > * GIS Training
> > * Consulting Services
> > Tim is a member of the QGIS Project Steering Committee
> >
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Tim Sutton
Kartoza Co-Founder
Visit http://kartoza.com to find out about open source:
* Desktop GIS programming services
* Geospatial web development
* GIS Training
* Consulting Services
Tim is a member of the QGIS Project Steering Committee
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