[Qgis-community-team] FW: Proposed questions for QGIS Certification questionnaire
Randal Hale
rjhale at northrivergeographic.com
Mon Feb 23 05:41:45 PST 2015
Google docs might allow more "flexibility" in answering. You could set
up a form - and allow answering by people who receive the link. Granted
it's not as slick as Survey monkey - but it works.
Randy
On 02/23/2015 08:15 AM, Jonathan Moules wrote:
>
> Hi Randy,
>
> Please don’t answer them now, I’m just seeking feedback on the nature
> of the questions and if there are any others etc.
>
> Also where to stick them; a free SurveyMonkey is going to be what I go
> with if no-one had any better ideas (but that has various limits).
>
> Cheers,
>
> Jonathan
>
> *From:*Randal Hale [mailto:rjhale at northrivergeographic.com]
> *Sent:* Monday, February 23, 2015 1:14 PM
> *To:* Jonathan Moules
> *Subject:* Re: [Qgis-community-team] FW: Proposed questions for QGIS
> Certification questionnaire
>
> I've been completely out of it - so sorry. Do you want us to answer
> now or wait for the online questionnaire. I'll try to start
> participating more.
>
> Randy
>
> On 02/23/2015 08:07 AM, Jonathan Moules wrote:
>
> Hi List,
>
> Following Tim’s suggestion see below. Feedback welcome.
>
> I’ll seek to turn it into a online thing on Wednesday.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Jonathan
>
> *From:*Tim Sutton [mailto:tim at kartoza.com]
> *Sent:* Thursday, February 19, 2015 9:50 PM
> *To:* Jonathan Moules
> *Cc:* QGIS Developer Mailing List
> *Subject:* Re: Proposed questions for QGIS Certification questionnaire
>
> Hi Jonathan
>
> PS might be nicer to discuss / cross post this to the QGIS
> community list - I have been trying to marshall QGIS certification
> discussions there and a number of edut folks are subscribed to it
> I think.
>
> On Tue, Feb 17, 2015 at 7:20 PM, Jonathan Moules
> <J.Moules at hrwallingford.com <mailto:J.Moules at hrwallingford.com>>
> wrote:
>
> Hi Tim (and all),
> Per the IRC meeting, I've come up with a possible questionnaire
> that we can spam. Currently it's all text, but it can be converted
> easily enough. What platform should we stick it on for the
> question/answers? I can do a free surveymonkey unless someone has
> something better to suggest.
>
> Suggestions as to questions/answers welcome from all. It is a
> first draft.
>
> Cheers,
> Jonathan
>
>
> ===============
>
>
> The QGIS development community is interested in creating a set of
> QGIS Certifications. We're interested in feedback from the entire
> community as to what you'd like/use.
>
> The following is a set of prospective certificates; open to change.
> QGIS User - Can operate QGIS to a functional level.
> QGIS Professional - An expert user.
> QGIS Developer - (Core or Plugins?)
> QGIS Trainer - Can train for and test for certifications.
>
>
> Questions:
>
> As a GIS professional, would you be interested in getting a QGIS
> Certification?
> [Yes / No]
>
>
> If No, why not?
> [Open question]
>
>
> As a GIS Employer, would you be more interested in candidates who
> have a QGIS Certification?
> [Yes / No / Not an Employer]
>
>
> If No, why not?
> [Open question]
>
>
> Rank these in the order you think they're important in a QGIS
> Certification?
> [Rank]
> Knowledge of GIS Concepts
> Familiarity with QGIS
> Time using QGIS
> Exposure to different areas of QGIS
> Community participation
> Other [Open answer]
>
>
> Which of these would interest you:
> [Choices for each: Not at all, Mildly, Definitely]
> QGIS User - Can operate QGIS to a functional level.
> QGIS Professional - An expert user.
> QGIS Developer - (Core or Plugins?)
> QGIS Trainer - Can train for and test for certifications.
>
>
> Do you agree/disagree with the proposed certificates? If you
> disagree, what certificates would you suggest?
> [Open question]
>
>
> What do you think would be a good way of measuring suitability for
> a certificate:
> [Rank]
> Community participation track record
> Exam
> Portfolio of work
> Professional experience
> Academic qualifications
>
>
> Any comments or feedback?
> [Open question]
>
> So I think this sounds fine. I noted Trevor's comments below, but
> I think it will be fine to go ahead with these Questions and see
> what kind of feedback we get.
>
> Thanks for working on this!
>
> Regards
>
> Tim
>
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