[Ica-osgeo-labs] Geo for All - "Open Education Award"

[Hogan, Patrick (ARC-PX)]

Suchith,

Thanks! Go FOSS4G 2015 Como!!!
http://europe.foss4g.org/2015/
OSGEO is a lightning rod for OS leading the world by example!

And if any of you OSGEO leaders are not eligible, 
which doesn't seem fair, but oh well. . .
i.e., http://wiki.osgeo.osuosl.org/wiki/Ica-osgeo-isprs_award

Please get your 'stuff' to a GIS teacher who is! Or a super TA!
Let's begin the constructive collaborating now!!!
Maybe even post your stuff, and advertise so others can plagiarize, 
the highest form of flattery!
:-)

-----Original Message-----
From: Suchith Anand [mailto:Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk] 
Sent: Saturday, February 07, 2015 3:52 PM
To: Hogan, Patrick (ARC-PX); Polimi
Cc: ica-osgeo-labs at lists.osgeo.org
Subject: RE: Geo for All - "Open Education Award"

Hi Patrick,

Great points and i couldn't agree more...

Thank you for this kind offer. I will ensure that if no one match funds your offer, i will do that.

I really hope OSGeo Board will take positive decision on the Student Awards proposal that we submitted on behalf of Geo for All. We will be happy to provide any further info needed. Once this is done and OSGeo Treasurer agrees to be in charge of the Student Award accounts, we can easily get many organisations to contribute. 

Time is the essence. For example, we were able to take quick action to support this Open Education week because of the funding we had within the 5k USD from OSGeo budget for ICA-OSGeo lab activities. Investing in education for the future generations is the best investment we make and i am sure OSGeo Board will strongly support our Education investment.

Best wishes,
Suchith

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From: Hogan, Patrick (ARC-PX) [patrick.hogan at nasa.gov]
Sent: Saturday, February 07, 2015 7:26 PM
To: Suchith Anand; Polimi
Cc: ica-osgeo-labs at lists.osgeo.org
Subject: RE: Geo for All - "Open Education Award"

Dear Open GeoSpace, Open Minds and Open Source Folks,

A challenge. . .
Please note, this FOSS4G crystal bull is a ^matching grant^ that is challenging others to donate as well, at whatever level. So, this one comes forward as long as another €200 comes in from others, whether alone or combined. Alternatively, if it is recommended to receive cash instead of a trophy, I am glad to do that instead. A €20 here-and-there adds up. Let’s recognize the best with a boost!

Please help us find organizations to donate!!! We want Charlie Schweik to have a real kitty to work with. Maria Brovelli needs help too! She is trying to make generous accommodations for students and others at the best FOSS4G yet! The website is a gorgeous start! Como should be very proud to host such an auspicious event!

A thought. . .
There is no more important profession on the planet than welcoming our children to this world we find ourselves in, and that welcome should be with the best education possible. Rewarding those who do this well, especially when they share their ‘how-to’ talents with the rest of us, is an honor we must strongly commit to.

A concern. . .
These are especially challenging times of a rapidly warming world that will continue to impact our ability to survive, as does the increasing concentration of wealth that wants to accelerate consumption and greatly limit democratic choices for a more sustainable future.

-Patrick

-----Original Message-----
From: Suchith Anand [mailto:Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk]
Sent: Saturday, February 07, 2015 12:44 AM
To: Hogan, Patrick (ARC-PX); Polimi; ica-opensource at lists.nottingham.ac.uk 
Cc: ica-osgeo-labs at lists.osgeo.org
Subject: Geo for All - "Open Education Award"

Hi Patrick,

Many thanks for this kind contribution to the "Open Education Award" we will give to honour and thank the greatest contributions to Open Education principles in the Geo domain. I will speak with Maria and should be able to arrange free conference registration for the winner to attend FOSS4G-Europe. As Jeff will be there at FOSS4G-E , he as the OSGeo President can directly give the award to the winner.

Best wishes,

Suchith

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From: Hogan, Patrick (ARC-PX) [patrick.hogan at nasa.gov]
Sent: Friday, February 06, 2015 11:07 PM
To: Polimi; Suchith Anand
Cc: ica-osgeo-labs at lists.osgeo.org; cschweik at pubpol.umass.edu
Subject: RE: [Ica-osgeo-labs] Open Education Week (9-13 March 2015): 
		Call for Participation - Spread the News and Participate

Maria and Suchith and Charlie and OSGEO Community,

If anyone else will donate to this ‘Teacher Award’

maybe to help cover their travel expenses, I am willing to ‘match’ that with one NASA crystal bull

(~€200 Euros out of my own pocket)

See it here:

http://eurochallenge.como.polimi.it/

But it will have different text, maybe:

              ‘YOUR NAME’
  GeoforAll Educator of the Year

-Patrick

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From: Polimi [mailto:maria.brovelli at polimi.it]
Sent: Friday, February 06, 2015 2:16 PM
To: Suchith Anand
Cc: Hogan, Patrick (ARC-PX); ica-osgeo-labs at lists.osgeo.org; cschweik at pubpol.umass.edu
Subject: Re: [Ica-osgeo-labs] Open Education Week (9-13 March 2015): 
			Call for Participation - Spread the News and Participate

Yes!! Great idea!!!

Maria

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Prof. Maria Antonia Brovelli
Vice Rector for Como Campus and GIS Professor Politecnico di Milano
FOSS4G EUROPE - Don't miss it!  Home<http://europe.foss4g.org/2015>

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Il giorno 06/feb/2015, alle ore 21:51, 
Suchith Anand <Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk
ha scritto:

Hi Patrick,

This is great idea that will help to further make impact in Openness in GeoEducation .

Out of the 5k USD we have got allocated for ICA-OSGeo labs from OSGeo budget we have earmarked 3500 USD for website development requirements ( to be finalized with more inputs from all and OSGeo Board) and 1000 USD for NASA WW Challenge student winner teams, so we still have 500 USD to plan some activity to further our aims.

So i suggest that we plan an award for the Course leader/Lecturer of the best Geospatial course ( online or class based) based on Open Principles . That will be a great way to honour and recognise the educators who made it possible and will be an inspiration to others to build upon  for future years. We will use the same Award Committee that we set up for the ICA-OSGeo-ISPRS student awards to decide the best course based on nominations received to Charlie Schweik (chair of the Award Committee) cschweik at pubpol.umass.edu before 28th Feb 2015. Please note that all members of the Award Committee

http://wiki.osgeo.osuosl.org/wiki/Ica-osgeo-isprs_award will not be eligible even if they are running excellent programs - sorry folks :)

The Award will be announce on 9th March (start of Open Education Week) and given at FOSS4G Europe conference in Como. We will send a formal call on this Course leader Award soon.

We have some courses run by many universities in our list itself, so feel free to nominate those courses and we now have opportunity to recognise both the students and educators.

Best wishes,

Suchith

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From: Hogan, Patrick (ARC-PX) [patrick.hogan at nasa.gov
Sent: Friday, February 06, 2015 7:59 PM
To: Suchith Anand; ica-osgeo-labs at lists.osgeo.org
Subject: RE: [Ica-osgeo-labs] Open Education Week (9-13 March 2015): 
			Call for Participation - Spread the News and Participate

Suchith,

How about an award for the best GIS course! Teachers need GIS love too!

1. This can be the complete syllabus for the class, as open source! This would allow other teachers to benefit and improve the course (still open source). The next year's award might go to who has improved that course the most! This is the beauty of open source, we continually rise to collectively-stand on each other's shoulders. And ^all^ of our students are the beneficiaries.

2. And maybe another category for best ^online^ GIS course (open source of course).

3. And maybe an award for the best student-produced GIS app (open source). To make this a more reasonable exercise for the 'judges,' each GIS teacher would be able to submit just one of their student-team's projects, or maybe one for each class taught. That would help improve and narrow the field of candidates.

-Patrick