[Qgis-developer] QGIS certification

[Tim Sutton]

Hi

On Tue, Oct 14, 2014 at 4:31 PM, matteo <matteo.ghetta at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi all,
> as pointed out in Essen, in a (I hope quick) future there will be the
> change to some people to give official QGIS certificates.
> These people should be authorized by the "core team" and the certification
> money will go to QGIS.
>
> So, for example, I'm authorized and I made a course by myself with my
> company to 10 people. 3 of them are interested to have an official QGIS
> certification, they pay something and that's all, right?
>
> In the Internet I found this website:
>
> https://www.coursera.org/


Ah cool - thanks for this Matteo - I'll add it to the list of things to
look at (along with http://taotesting.com which we are currently
evaluating).

Regards

Tim


>
>
> it offers courses for free with scheduled homeworks, tutorials, videos,
> data, etc...
> So I can join the class for free, attend the lessons and do all the
> quizzes and assignments. But, if I want a "Coursera" certification that
> proves that I attended successfully the course I have to pay for this
> certification (around 50 bucks).
>
> Do you think that this method can also fit for QGIS? I mean, maybe a
> section in the website (or somewhere else) where you can do a course and
> earn an official certificate?
>
> Suggestions are welcome!!
>
> Cheers
>
> Matteo
>



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