Fwd: [OSGeo-Edu] e-Learning for the Open Geospatial Community

Tue Jul 26 11:32:39 EDT 2011

what is ELOGeo?

glad the program now starting :0

waiting the next progress

what is the license for all the docs? CCA for non commercial user?
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On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 10:10 PM, Suchith Anand <
Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk> wrote:

> Charlie, All,****
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> Thanks for your supports for ELOGeo initiative. Also to update that new
> functionality has now been added  to make the license selectable from a list
> of CC licenses for each submitting item. The user also doesn't need to
> challenge with CC's different acronyms because the designed UI will ask for
> the required rights/features in plain English. Amir (cc in) will be happy to
> customise the repository to  feedbacks/ suggestions from the OSGeo
> community.****
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> I will be attending the FOSS4G Edu meeting by skype. It is good opportunity
> to build upon the OSGeo Academic Network initiative and also welcome other
> interested people to the network activities.****
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> Suchith****
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> *From:* edu_discuss-bounces at lists.osgeo.org [mailto:
> edu_discuss-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] *On Behalf Of *Ari Jolma
> *Sent:* 21 July 2011 20:03
> *To:* edu_discuss at lists.osgeo.org
> *Subject:* Re: Fwd: [OSGeo-Edu] e-Learning for the Open Geospatial
> Community****
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> Folks,
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> I've created an entry for an edu sprint to the sprint page at
> http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_2011_Code_Sprint
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> I'll be attending the BoF meetings.
>
> Regards,
>
> Ari
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> 20.7.2011 20:09, Charlie Schweik kirjoitti: ****
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> Dear OSGeo edu colleagues,
>
> Regarding the email (attached below) from Suchith on the Nottingham
> Geospatial course repository.
>
> Suchith and his colleagues at the U of Nottingham, Tyler Mitchell, and a
> number of other OSGeo edu members had a meeting last month regarding the
> establishment of a more formalized OSGeo Academic Network. The notes from
> this first meeting are here:
> http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Academic_Network_Mtg_Jun-23-2011.
>
> 1) A move to the ELOGeo Repository?
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> One suggestion was that we consider moving our educational inventory
> efforts [1] over to this new educational material platform [2]. The ELOGeo
> system is more sophisticated, allowing for searching by date, author,
> subjects, etc. I think we as a group should seriously think about doing
> this. I think their system adds a lot to our collaborative effort and the
> energy and effort by the Nottingham folks is terrific.  They provide
> publishing guidelines here [3]. Please take a look at this platform and let
> us know what you think.
>
> I think another potential benefit to this is that it might help us move to
> a "new derivative work" effort. I need to talk to Suchith more about this,
> but I continue to wish that, for example, we could set up a system where
> educational material in one language might be translated to another language
> as a derivative work. Or someone could update material for a new release of
> a particular software.
>
> 2) Planning for a Bird's of a Feather meeting at FOSS4G in Denver
>
> I have created a sign up page on the OSGeo wiki for people to add their
> names if they are going to be at FOSS4G in Denver and want to participate in
> one of two possible meetings. The first is a Bird's of a Feather meeting
> that we should definitely have on Wednesday Sept 14th during the 5:30-8:30
> timeslot. The second is a possible meeting on Saturday the 17th, that we
> could as a group use as a "Workbook Content Sprint" or something where we
> roll up our sleeves and try to move forward collectively on educational or
> curriculum material.
>
> We can do more planning on agendas for the BOF and the possible "Edu
> Sprint" after we know who will be there.
>
> If you are going to Denver, please sign up at
> http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_2011_Edu_BOF_sign_up
>
> Thanks all,
>
> Charlie
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> [1] http://www.osgeo.org/educational_content
> [2] http://elogeo.nottingham.ac.uk/xmlui/
> [3] http://elogeo.nottingham.ac.uk/ELOGeoGuidelines.pdf
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> -------- Original Message -------- ****
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> [OSGeo-Edu] e-Learning for the Open Geospatial Community****
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> *Date: *
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> Wed, 20 Jul 2011 12:28:17 +0100****
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> *From: *
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> Suchith Anand <Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk><Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk>
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> OSGeo Discussions <discuss at lists.osgeo.org> <discuss at lists.osgeo.org>****
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> Dear Colleagues,****
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> We are pleased to inform that the course repository for the ELOGeo (An
> e-Learning Framework for Using Geospatial Open Data, Open Source and Open
> Standards) project is ready at http://elogeo.nottingham.ac.uk/xmlui ****
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>  ****
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> ELOGeo is a JISC-funded project based at the Centre for Geospatial Science,
> the University of Nottingham in partnership with the Mimas Centre of
> Excellence at the University of Manchester. ELOGeo main collaborators are
> Open Source Geospatial Foundation, Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC),
> Ordnance Survey, Open Nottingham, International Cartographic Association
> (ICA) and gvSIG Association. ****
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> More details of ELOGeo at http://elogeo.nottingham.ac.uk/index.html ****
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> Over the next few months we will be adding many course materials and other
> resources to the repository for the benefit of the wider community. The
> learning material preparation guidelines are available at the ELOGeo site.
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> The ICA Commission on Open Source Geospatial Technologies strongly supports
> ELOGeo initiative as part of its education and training agenda and we
> welcome contributions from all interested for this. We look forward for your
> support and active participation for this initiative.****
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> Best wishes,****
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> Suchith****
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> Dr Suchith Anand****
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> Centre for Geospatial Science
> The Nottingham Geospatial Building ****
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> University of Nottingham  NG7 2 TU
> Tel: (0)115 82 32750****
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