Paolo: thanks for the brief status.<br><br>I have actually coordinated the team within GFOSS.it (with Leonardo Lami and Massimo di Stefano providing most of the actual preparation work on the syllabus questions and data customisation).<br>
<br>Here are some opinions having closely followed the process since July 2007 within GFOSS.it (and since a lot earlier in terms of "localisation" of core GIS curriculum).<br><br>- I think the ECDL certification is important (otherwise we would not have committed a team of volunteers to work on it ;) )<br>
<br>- in terms of actual "accreditation": we expect it to work as other ECDL "driving licenses" (they exist e.g. for "core office productivity" tools, and there is an OpenOffice-based "driving license" for this).<br>
<br>- as ANY driving license (for cars, trucks, planes and boats), you need experience to drive in rough environments, traffic conditions etc etc etc.<br><br>- last but not least, the more common "car" driving license will never tell you: short cuts avoiding toll roads, locations of cozy restaurants on secondary trails that you would never stop by if you are on a highway, and how to tune your engine. <br>
<br>For this you a good friend who travels a lot is much better ;)<br><br>Switching back to ECDL context: <br><br>Our final version of the test developed for Quantum GIS was submitted to AICA/Labsita (the bodies who cover the "GIS certification endorsed by ECDL Foundation".<br>
<br>We are working together with AICA/Labsita representatives to iron out some comments that have been presented. As all this is happening in the context of a volunteer-based not-for-profit organisation (GFOSS.it), interacting with very busy people, I would expect that before the August break in Italy we will have some substantial news.<br>
<br>Last but not least, the interaction with the QGIS development team in the context of revising some parts of the application in light of needs for the certification tests, were an excellent case of community-driven bug fixing.<br>
<br>Let's see what happens: in the meantime we have seen (as of last year) attempts to develop a similar test under gvSIG etc etc etc.<br><br>If there are other folks on these list who may be interested to develop the test on other packages, and would like to take advantage of our experience with QGIS and setting up a free data set for use in Italy, we will be glad to "share alike" our efforts...<br>
<br>Regards,<br><br>Andrea, aka pibinko<br><a href="http://www.pibinko.org">http://www.pibinko.org</a><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2008/6/11 Paolo Cavallini <<a href="mailto:cavallini@faunalia.it" target="_blank">cavallini@faunalia.it</a>>:<br>
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Jeroen Ticheler ha scritto:<br>
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> I'm curious to hear some opinions from people on the European Computer<br>
> Driving License (see <a href="http://www.ecdl.org" target="_blank">http://www.ecdl.org</a> ) Foundation.<br>
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> There's a specific option to obtain certificates on (proprietary) GIS<br>
> software. Since we're talking about a Foundation, FOSS4G providers<br>
> should be able to offer similar certification.<br>
> <a href="http://www.ecdl.org/products/index.jsp?b=0-102&pID=771&nID=772" target="_blank">http://www.ecdl.org/products/index.jsp?b=0-102&pID=771&nID=772</a><br>
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</div>GFOSS.it is already involved in the process: we have prepared the test,<br>
and soon we'll be ready to implement the whole process.<br>
pc<br>
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