Yes I do. How would you want to go on from here? Just post to wiki and such or....?
Eric On Wed, Jan 12, 2011 at 7:05 PM, Jos Poortvliet <jospoortvl...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Wednesday 12 January 2011 05:58:39 Slaya Chronicles - Geeko Acolyte wrote: >> 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. > > That sounds pretty awesome! if you guys get to work together, it'd be cool if > you could try and document some of that on the openSUSE wiki for future use. I > think it makes a lot of sense to have some kind of 'preparation' course, it's > someting people might appreciate and it's something we can probably pull off > (much easier thanan actuall certification system). > > I know terrorpup wants to organize 'openSUSE days' at the SCALE conference, > maybe some of this can be useful for that as well. > > Do you have any materials like slides and such, Eric? > >> 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
