Thanks Tim. That looks like a good planfor long term releases. I'll sign onto that list to see how I can contribute on the training side.
TSW On Oct 14, 2014 4:10 PM, "Tim Sutton" <t...@kartoza.com> wrote: > Hi > > On Tue, Oct 14, 2014 at 5:02 PM, Trevor Wiens <tsw....@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I think that certification is a good idea and that some standard training >> materials tied to that make sense. On that effort I have two points. >> >> First, I would suggest that if there is an effort to have QGIS >> certification, then this should be coupled with a discussion a while back >> to stable releases where effort is made on bug squashing and not new >> features. The reason for this is that certification on commercial platforms >> is tied to specific versions and thus companies investing in certification >> for their staff will expect the same type of effort. In my mind this seems >> naturally tied to an effort to put forward QGIS as a viable alternative to >> commercial tools for governments, NGOs and companies. >> > > We have detailed a plan for this during the Essen hackfest - please see > > > https://github.com/timlinux/QGIS-Enhancement-Proposals/blob/master/QEP-3-QGIS_Long_Term_Releases.rst > > I hope that we can make 2.8 the first LTR release. > > >> >> Second, I use QGIS to teach a Intro GIS course at the University of >> Calgary's Continuing Education department. Much of those materials are >> targeted toward using QGIS as a means to teach GIS not the particular >> features of QGIS. That said if there was an effort to setup standard QGIS >> educational materials I would be willing to contribute whatever parts of >> those materials that would be useful. >> >> Yes there are efforts towards this. We already have some resources and we > have been in discussions to build on these. Perhaps we can start using the > mostly unused QGIS-Edu mailing list to coordinate and collaborate - it > would be great to have your inputs (and anyone else interested in this > topic). > > http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/qgis-edu/ > > Regards > > Tim > > > >> TSW >> >> On Tue, Oct 14, 2014 at 8:31 AM, matteo <matteo.ghe...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Hi all, >>> as pointed out in Essen, in a (I hope quick) future there will be the >>> change to some people to give official QGIS certificates. >>> These people should be authorized by the "core team" and the >>> certification money will go to QGIS. >>> >>> So, for example, I'm authorized and I made a course by myself with my >>> company to 10 people. 3 of them are interested to have an official QGIS >>> certification, they pay something and that's all, right? >>> >>> In the Internet I found this website: >>> >>> https://www.coursera.org/ >>> >>> it offers courses for free with scheduled homeworks, tutorials, videos, >>> data, etc... >>> So I can join the class for free, attend the lessons and do all the >>> quizzes and assignments. But, if I want a "Coursera" certification that >>> proves that I attended successfully the course I have to pay for this >>> certification (around 50 bucks). >>> >>> Do you think that this method can also fit for QGIS? I mean, maybe a >>> section in the website (or somewhere else) where you can do a course and >>> earn an official certificate? >>> >>> Suggestions are welcome!! >>> >>> Cheers >>> >>> >>> Matteo >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Qgis-developer mailing list >>> Qgis-developer@lists.osgeo.org >>> http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Trevor Wiens >> Apropos Information Systems >> aproposinfosystems.com >> Calgary, Alberta >> Ph. 403-973-5901 >> Fax 780-666-4580 >> > > > > -- > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Tim Sutton > Visit http://kartoza.com to find out about open source: > * Desktop GIS programming services > * Geospatial web development > * GIS Training > * Consulting Services > Skype: timlinux Irc: timlinux on #qgis at freenode.net > Tim is a member of the QGIS Project Steering Committee > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Kartoza is a merger between Linfiniti and Afrispatial >
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