[OSGeo-Edu] Possible Content Ideas

[Charlie Schweik]

Landon Blake wrote:
>
> I just finished an article entitled “An Introduction to Open Source 
> Software”. I’m currently working on an article entitled “Introduction 
> to Vector GIS for Land Surveyors.” The second article will highlight 
> the use of open source geospatial software.
>
> Would these articles be appropriate content for the OSGeo Education 
> Repository?
>
I agree with the previous comment -- upload away! However, I'd encourage 
you to perhaps seek some feedback on them before you post... a kind of 
informal peer review... that is, unless the group wants to try and start 
a peer-review process? I've always felt that in our case of building a 
repository it is better to "keep the rules lean" so we get content, but 
it wouldn't be bad to try to establish some kind of review/feedback 
system... any thoughts?

While I've got you - any reactions to the new group wiki material [1] or 
the to do list [2] I came up with? Any volunteers to help guide any one 
of the tasks?
What I'd like to do over the course of the next month is start a 
discussion on a single task/issue on this list to try and move us 
forward as a group.

Finally, It's good to see some new material posted to the inventory 
system [3]. Thanks Cameron, Ian, Micha and Simon! Anyone along with me 
willing to try and establish the new derivatives system? On my end, I 
plan to upload updated course material I have in early September.

And one thought I had regarding the quality control issue that Simon was 
raising would be to post only links to pdfs with a no derivative license 
and then, but have a note saying "contact the author" for source 
material. This to me, would allow the author to connect directly with a 
potential new derivative author and stipulate whatever concerns they 
have (such as "I want to review all revised material before you make it 
public").

Cheers

Charlie

[1] http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Education_and_Curriculum_Committee
[2] http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Edu_goals_and_to_dos
[3] http://www.osgeo.org/educational_content


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