Vincent Untz wrote: > Le lundi 20 août 2007, à 13:33 -0400, David Bolter a écrit : > >> Vincent Untz wrote: >> >>> Le lundi 13 août 2007, à 05:55 +0300, Quim Gil a écrit : >>> >>> >>>> Remember this thread? Anybody kept working on a GNOME group focused on >>>> universities? >>>> What about moving the topic to ie marketing list with the objective of >>>> creating a formal committe? >>>> >>>> >>> Fernando and I had a discussion about this at GUADEC. I'm also in >>> contact with two or three other people who are interested in this. >>> >>> I think we'd need to create a mailing list and start organizing the work >>> there, especially what will be the next actions. There are already a few >>> ideas about how to make more use of GNOME for teaching. Of course, more >>> focus on the research side would be great too! >>> >>> Fernando, do you want to take care of the mailing list creation? :-) >>> >>> >>> >> This is very timely. I've been asked to head up a pilot project here at >> the University of Toronto with a goal of engaging students in open >> source development. Please let me know if I can be of help (committee or >> otherwise). Do we have someone to lead this effort? >> > > Oh, interesting! I'd love to hear more about this project! And if we can > help in any way with this, tell us! > > We didn't find a "leader" yet, but there's a small group of interested > people, so it seems we're more geared towards a committee thing. So > you're really welcome to join us to share your ideas (and do more if you > want). I think Fernando will ask for the mailing list today, so we'll > hopefully have it soon. > > Thanks!
Described roughly. the 2.5 pilot project with Bell is to produce personalized location aware information to students with mobile devices on a university campus. My role in leading the project is still being ironed out as I am pushing for pure open solutions. There isn't much money unfortunately, as it is a pilot project that could lead to more serious stuff. I've been blessed with too much to do lately so the offer of help is very well received! :) It will consist of browser based interactivity via RESTful web methods; but I am open to other ideas. I've been meaning to find out more about the online desktop effort to see if that is aligned... and GeoClue... The deliverables/goals are: student engagement, personalization, and something called a knowledge broker. all for now, D _______________________________________________ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
