HI all, this is "sort of" on topic. One major item in the HOT Strategy is to encourage more research about HOT. So, in keeping with the education theme:
- What types of research should HOT encourage? - If you are a researcher, how can we help you attain your goals? - What would a HOT research ecosystem need? Thanks so much in advance Heather On Sat, May 4, 2013 at 12:41 AM, Kate Chapman <k...@maploser.com> wrote: > Brian, > > That is already listed as a feature enhancement in Github. > https://github.com/hotosm/learnosm/issues/93 > > If anyone has other suggestions they are best if logged there so they can > be tracked. We can't guarantee we will do them (much of LearnOSM is a > volunteer effort), but at least people will know they are requested. > > -Kate > > > On Fri, May 3, 2013 at 11:37 PM, Brian Wolford <worldwidewolf...@gmail.com > > wrote: > >> One thing that would be nice out of LearnOSM.org is a better >> looking/formatted print option from the material. In low >> resource environments, especially, you need printed copies to teach and the >> default print right now is workable but not great. >> -Brian >> >> >> On Fri, May 3, 2013 at 11:13 AM, Mikel Maron <mikel_ma...@yahoo.com>wrote: >> >>> Great topic! >>> >>> There's growing examples of this. >>> >>> Here in DC, George Washington University includes OSM directly in >>> curriculum. Students get graded on edits! >>> TechChange does online tech training, and they've been introducing osm >>> http://techchange.org/ >>> A high school teacher in Luxemborg partnered with Map Kibera >>> http://www.mapkibera.org/blog/2012/07/01/luxembourg-students-make-maps-for-kibera/ >>> There are plenty more. >>> >>> The core learning materials, http://learnosm.org/, are great, but I >>> haven't seen anything like a best of curriculum, guide for the teachers. >>> That might be a good goal for this growing space of OSM in education. >>> First step might just be sharing and discussing what's been done before. >>> >>> -Mikel >>> >>> * Mikel Maron * +14152835207 @mikel s:mikelmaron >>> >>> ------------------------------ >>> *From:* Rafael Avila Coya <ravilac...@gmail.com> >>> *To:* hot@openstreetmap.org >>> *Sent:* Friday, May 3, 2013 7:28 AM >>> *Subject:* Re: [HOT] HOT OSM in education >>> >>> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >>> Hash: SHA1 >>> >>> Hi Svend-Jonas: >>> >>> There is an European Commission Long Learning Program Comenius >>> Association of schools from different european countries, working with >>> OSM (secondary school students) for the last 2 years (and probably for >>> the next 2) that might be of your interest. The general coordinator, >>> Manfred A. Reiter is actually from Germany. >>> >>> I will forward this e-mail to him, in case you both want to share >>> experiences with OSM in the field of education. >>> >>> I am myself secondary school teacher, and think that there are many >>> interesting advantages (from the education and human point of view) in >>> involving students and also teachers in HOT activities. It would be a >>> matter of a careful previous training and a good selection of >>> easy/non-complex HOT tasks for editing. >>> >>> Best regards, >>> >>> Rafael Ávila Coya. >>> >>> On 03/05/13 10:33, Svend-Jonas Schelhorn wrote: >>> > Dear HOT colleagues! >>> > >>> > My name is Svend-Jonas, I am a Master student of Geographie at >>> > Heidelberg University / Germany and I am a volunteer >>> > coordinator/core team member @ Standby Task Force. >>> > >>> > I have the pleasure to co-teach a course at my University for >>> > under-graduate and graduate students about Volunteered Geographic >>> > Information and Crisis Mapping. >>> > >>> > One of the core parts of our course is the applied education of >>> > mapping tools. >>> > >>> > I would like to ask you if you, by any chance, have education >>> > materials for HOT OSM mapping and/ or JOSM? It would be great if >>> > the class could contribute to an existing HOT project when we learn >>> > about HOT OSM mapping. May it be possible to link into an existing >>> > project to generate geodata with our class? >>> > >>> > >>> > I hope this finds you all well! >>> > >>> > My admiration to all you do for humanity! >>> > >>> > All my best, >>> > >>> > Svend-Jonas >>> > >>> > _______________________________________________ HOT mailing list >>> > HOT@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot >>> >>> - -- >>> Twitter: http://twitter.com/ravilacoya >>> >>> - -------------------------------- >>> >>> Por favor, non me envíe documentos con extensións .doc, .docx, .xls, >>> .xlsx, .ppt, .pptx, aínda podendoo facer, non os abro. >>> >>> Atendendo á lexislación vixente, empregue formatos estándares e abertos. >>> >>> http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenDocument#Tipos_de_ficheros >>> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- >>> Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) >>> Comment: Using GnuPG with undefined - http://www.enigmail.net/ >>> >>> iQIcBAEBAgAGBQJRg59eAAoJEB3niTly2pPQgdQP/2rNxHarGgLomGwq3e/l18kd >>> 3GVRI5SFzBFJrkebuzTglyIopTttGyo3OSd7/l+Adp3YmzNSyJORQqiir5dF2Mfm >>> VSfcIb2pmHng3R6V3Oa884p18mFSOyM8LxaWFN9xHz78oSIJwy7JO43btOcQWU/K >>> 2WTAUkpPpugY4G49aqVx0WxrdYfpPzD8vbR28JQg1oVSJG73F1ETkt9izDCmqUQ7 >>> sWQ/5w+JGgTdVYrGtkipK8gv48Mfnqe5iukgGI/aqpkOitXQGLCq3RRqJVAFQidA >>> dq4JlSS+F/rvKncH709IaqaSBeTBWzUZTJzgr/o9zhHQCx8QwDJabl13kR0Y8Gc9 >>> o0YWuH+lhi689SaNKkfugasIEd+xY5y7ky6vonzrHOP1OR29atIu2s1e8xbw5XqZ >>> SQrFkobgK6OCUj8XpGmToLtC2ZlOgLaGq0V438ihuXNkWxAYbJ7dVJaG7LSjn0mF >>> 0l7df4ta497eIXWaQqTeh2jrCPpqQEgKcozUHF/NGvAoXhftkxXI53kmz1bhPvz/ >>> iCqF6ajVwc3CHV1vbke90cUWz+mbkFQ00qQ6yG7Hd+gUbhX0oK0qxrxohXTRUDtj >>> QXztOZYhgg4n88YHwUUD8qneVs7wQYS5HNcg7seH8WS3SKWmjOlySgmjXMatG4Ua >>> tApj7QQjwKEZ37Bz6R06 >>> =BZLr >>> -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> HOT mailing list >>> HOT@openstreetmap.org >>> http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> HOT mailing list >>> HOT@openstreetmap.org >>> http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot >>> >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> HOT mailing list >> HOT@openstreetmap.org >> http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > HOT mailing list > HOT@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot > > -- Heather Leson Director of Community Engagement *Ushahidi* hle...@ushahidi.com www.ushahidi.com and https://wiki.ushahidi.com @heatherleson / skype: heatherleson
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