[Qgis-community-team] FW: Proposed questions for QGIS Certification questionnaire
Tim Sutton
tim at kartoza.com
Fri Feb 27 21:54:36 PST 2015
Hi All
I would be happy to go with the one hosted by Carlos. We should organise
with Richard to get it linked to from the QGIS front page and publicise it
on all our mailing lists etc. in order to maximise the response levels.
Regards
Tim
On Fri, Feb 27, 2015 at 5:08 PM, Carlos Rivas <carlosrsuazo at gmail.com>
wrote:
> Hello everyone,
>
> I have designed the questionaire and is not limited to any number of
> questions and can be found here
> <http://www.jotform.co/form/50573680504858>, this is linked to a
> googledoc spreadsheet that anyone can see (or edit if you want me to do
> that, will need gmails) here
> <https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1GH-KkF37_bPCbd1M-wmsK_0kA-elRGKzAuJsE57hkeA/edit?usp=sharing>
> .
>
> I added a couple of suggestions (gender/region of work), please feel free
> to use or ask me for changes if you want.
>
> I hope this helps,
>
>
> Regards from Nicaragua.
>
> *Carlos Rivas S*
> Especialista SIG, Medioambiente y Turismo
> www.linkedin.com/in/crivas/es
>
>
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> On Fri, Feb 27, 2015 at 7:39 AM, Jonathan Moules <
> J.Moules at hrwallingford.com> wrote:
>
>> (Re-sent as the previous message appears to have been held up with the
>> list moderators.)
>>
>>
>>
>> Hi Randy,
>>
>> If we want to do it with Google Docs, can you (or someone else) do it?
>> I don’t have a GDocs account.
>>
>>
>>
>> It seems that Survey Monkey’s free service has a limit of 100 responses
>> too (not sure if we’ll get that many, but still).
>>
>>
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Jonathan
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> *From:* Randal Hale [mailto:rjhale at northrivergeographic.com
>> <rjhale at northrivergeographic.com>]
>> *Sent:* Monday, February 23, 2015 1:42 PM
>> *To:* Jonathan Moules
>> *Cc:* 'qgis-community (qgis-community-team at lists.osgeo.org)'
>> *Subject:* Re: [Qgis-community-team] FW: Proposed questions for QGIS
>> Certification questionnaire
>>
>>
>>
>> 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
>>
>>
>>
>> *From:* Tim Sutton [mailto:tim at kartoza.com <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> 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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