Hi, I used to work for a Government agency that dealt with implementing FOSS for use in the Public Sector. My job was to design and deliver FOSS subjects such as Joomla!, Linux Server Admin, OpenOffice.org etc.
In we taught more than 3,900 Government staff over 2 and half years. What we did was to involve people like Red Hat, Novell and some universities in helping to design the courseware. What we got in the end was an amalgamation of certifications like LPI, NCLP and RHCE. So instead of offering one certification like NCLP, LPI or RHCE perhaps one can tailor a course that will complement and prepare them to take certifications rather than compete with them. I will be happy to work with you if you are interested. Cheers, Eric On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 9:06 PM, Johann Els <j...@novell.com> wrote: > Hi All, > > I was referred to the Marketing list on an idea I had last year December :-) > > The idea.... > > I had seven delegates yesterday in a workshop installing and configuring > openSUSE 11.3, What happed was that the delegates was doing their A+ and N+ > certification... They told me that they got more information in the workshop > than in a regular training campus and they want more hands on workshops! > > So this made me think is there a way we can create some sort of > University/Campus/Acadamie where School leavers and Graduates can do a > Certificate "Workshop" in openSUSE and from there they can springboard to a > CLA/CLP/CLE certification? > > These chaps that I trained wanted to work for free just to get experience!!! > "I would think it is the same in the world" They have "Book IT Knowledge" > but no practical experience. These workshops I believe will help. > > What is your view? > > Johann -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+unsubscr...@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+h...@opensuse.org
