[Qgis-developer] QGIS Training and Coursework

[Robert Szczepanek]

Hi John,

It would be great to have you on board!
Please join our mailing qgis-edu list [1] which is better place to 
discuss such issues. Preliminary curricula for entry level is located 
also at qgis wiki [2].

regards,
Robert

[1] http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-edu
[2] http://hub.qgis.org/wiki/quantum-gis/Certification_User

W dniu 01.05.2012 18:11, John Ellis pisze:
> Excellent Thank you Marco! This would definitely fall under QGIS
> Certification, and this would be a set of self study training courses.
> For each course completed an have a smaller examination and certificate
> of completion.  What I am envisioning is a group of courses that once
> completed would prepare a person for each certification level.  I saw
> that the curricula is already defined for the entry level courses, is
> this correct and does anyone know where this is located?
>
> -Thank you
> John
>
> On Tue, May 1, 2012 at 8:19 AM, Marco Bernasocchi
> <marco at bernawebdesign.ch <mailto:marco at bernawebdesign.ch>> wrote:
>
>     HI John, di you see this [0]? goes in a similar direction.
>
>     ciao
>
>     [0] http://hub.qgis.org/wiki/__quantum-gis/Certification
>     <http://hub.qgis.org/wiki/quantum-gis/Certification>
>
>     On 05/01/2012 04:59 PM, John Ellis wrote:
>
>         Hi,
>
>         I'm new to the list and after reading through some of the archives I
>         don't believe that anyone else has started working on something
>         like this.
>
>         I have thought that a training program or set of classes would be an
>         excellent addition to the QGIS Community.  After reading through
>         portions of the QGIS manual, I believe that this would be an
>         excellent
>         basis for developing an interactive curriculum that can
>         continually be
>         added to as new features and concepts become available, and mature.
>
>         An excellent tool that is available for presenting curriculum is
>         an open
>         source and free web based platform called Moodle.  I would like to
>         volunteer to develop a basic curriculum based on the User
>         Manual, and
>         make this available for free to anyone that is interested.
>           Eventually
>         adding more advanced content containing a wide array of topics
>         on GIS.
>           Also providing Certificates of Completion for courses that can
>         then be
>         applied towards the educational component of the GISP
>         certification.  I
>         know that there is a pretty steep learning curve for any GIS and
>         I would
>         like a way to ease QGIS users through the 220+ page user manual.
>
>         I think that educating users in a structured, and accessible
>         format is
>         the best way to advance QGIS to take it's rightful place as an
>         industry
>         standard GIS application.  Do you have any thoughts on this?
>
>         --
>         John Ellis
>         cpjellis at gmail.com <mailto:cpjellis at gmail.com>
>         <mailto:cpjellis at gmail.com <mailto:cpjellis at gmail.com>>
>
>
>         _________________________________________________
>         Qgis-developer mailing list
>         Qgis-developer at lists.osgeo.org
>         <mailto:Qgis-developer at lists.osgeo.org>
>         http://lists.osgeo.org/__mailman/listinfo/qgis-__developer
>         <http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer>
>
>
>
>     --
>     Marco Bernasocchi
>     www.opengis.ch <http://www.opengis.ch>
>
>
>
>
> --
> John Ellis
> cpjellis at gmail.com <mailto:cpjellis at gmail.com>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Qgis-developer mailing list
> Qgis-developer at lists.osgeo.org
> http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer