Boh, LPI is part of their Core Competency programme.
But since the Govt is too used to the "vendor" system, they tend to only appreciate vendor certifications. Eric On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 7:26 PM, Boh Yap <bhy...@gmail.com> wrote: > hi all, > > perhaps there should be a bit more information about LPI.... I came > across them a few years back, and thought their concept was very > interesting and different. > > if you go to LPI: > http://www.lpi.org/eng/about_lpi > http://www.lpi.org/eng/training__1 > > It will explain it. > > From what I interprete... as stated: > > "...does not have an "official" single method of test preparation. We > encourage publishers, schools and training centers to work together > within the community to encourage choice, flexibility and innovation" > > Think of it as Open Source Training, where the training methods are > developed as with OSS, by sharing and cooperating, and contributing > back to the central core of training materials. LPI does not 'own' the > course materials, you are free to shared it, adapt it and jointly > developed it. > > Hence as 'trainers' you are not only the teacher, but you are also the > 'creator' and innovator of the teaching methods. They are also > evangelists and advocates to promote the use of Linux. > > If you look at it this way, then you will understand the needs as stated: > > "After the selection Top10 trainers the candidate will meetup each > others and train by them self and share with others how to become the > trainers. The topic will be discuss are:..." > > However, standards will have to be maintained, and I think LPI will > have standards for syllabus and certification requirements. And LPI is > recognised by vendors like IBM, Fujitsu... (I don't see any gov?) Will > Malaysia gov. recognise LPI? > > I think this concept is very interesting and radical but to succeed, > the trainers have to have a very "Open Source mindset", ie: they have > to want to explore, learn, solve problems and then share what they > have learnt. Our standard type of Malaysian teachers will not work, > those who give you lots of homework and tips on how to pass exams! > > The first way will create skillful and capable students. > > The std. Malaysian way will produce students who score highly in exam, > but have little skills and won't know how to solve problems. > > I hope we don't go down the 1st path... but a lot depends on the trainees! > I hope the selection is done with care... > > > On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 2:34 PM, Harisfazillah Jamel > <linuxmalay...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Its will not limited to 10 persons. After this first batch, we will >> trained more. Lets us make sure this batch success and then expand it >> to others. Top20 Top50 maybe. >> >> On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 11:17 PM, <ta...@sabily.my> wrote: >>> Pendapat saya, anda boleh memohon. Nanti dia akan buat senarai pendek untuk >>> pemilihan 10 orang tu. >>> Good luck! >> >> -- >> To unsubscribe from and detail about this group >> http://portal.mosc.my/osdc-my-mailing-list-information >> >> MOSC2011 http://fb.me/mosc2011 and http://portal.mosc.my/ >> > > > > -- > #------- > regds, > > Boh Heong, Yap > > -- > To unsubscribe from and detail about this group > http://portal.mosc.my/osdc-my-mailing-list-information > > MOSC2011 http://fb.me/mosc2011 and http://portal.mosc.my/ > -- To unsubscribe from and detail about this group http://portal.mosc.my/osdc-my-mailing-list-information MOSC2011 http://fb.me/mosc2011 and http://portal.mosc.my/
