[fsug-tvm] Cusat and free software.

2012-09-04 Thread Sunil Thomas Thonikuzhiyil
Hi all, See the new syllabus of CUSAT for Btech. These guys are still prescribing Microsoft stuff. http://soe.cusat.ac.in/files/btech_s1s2_syllabus_2012.pdf 11 L2 COMPUTER PROGRAMMING LABORATORY Application packages Word 1. to create an advertisement in word. 2. to illustrate the concept

Re: [fsug-tvm] Cusat and free software.

2012-09-04 Thread JeevZ
ohh.. happy that we had no such things in our time. :-) *-- JeevZ * +---+ * * *| !!Its Better to be Blessed With Nothing Than Cursed with Blessings!! |* +-

Re: [fsug-tvm] Cusat and free software.

2012-09-04 Thread Anivar Aravind
This seems like new additions. I havn't seen such things in previous syllabuses atleast 3 years back Sad to see that all these came up after much hyped National Free Software Conference and Self proclaimed Free Software promoters joined in CUSAT syndicate (Anvar Saddath) Anivar -- Freedom is

Re: [fsug-tvm] Cusat and free software.

2012-09-04 Thread Sunil Thomas Thonikuzhiyil
I am awaiting for the remaining part of the syllabus. I am sure matlab will be there. Sunil On Tue, Sep 4, 2012 at 2:58 PM, Anivar Aravind anivar.arav...@gmail.comwrote: This seems like new additions. I havn't seen such things in previous syllabuses atleast 3 years back Sad to see that all

Re: [fsug-tvm] Cusat and free software.

2012-09-04 Thread Anivar Aravind
Please find . We need to build a list like this http://fosscomm.in/SyllabusReview On Tue, Sep 4, 2012 at 3:01 PM, Sunil Thomas Thonikuzhiyil vu2...@gmail.com wrote: I am awaiting for the remaining part of the syllabus. I am sure matlab will be there. Sunil On Tue, Sep 4, 2012 at 2:58

Re: [fsug-tvm] Cusat and free software.

2012-09-04 Thread Pramode C.E
On Tue, Sep 4, 2012 at 2:41 PM, Sunil Thomas Thonikuzhiyil vu2...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all, See the new syllabus of CUSAT for Btech. These guys are still prescribing Microsoft stuff. http://soe.cusat.ac.in/files/btech_s1s2_syllabus_2012.pdf Besides that, what is the point in teaching

Re: [fsug-tvm] Cusat and free software.

2012-09-04 Thread Arun M
I had a chance to talk to one of the senior professor on curriculum formation at BTech level as part of a research work I was using on technical education in Kerala. He told me fascinating stories of how curriculum/syllabus is shaped by Tuition mafia and trade unions which collaborate with them.

Re: [fsug-tvm] Cusat and free software.

2012-09-04 Thread Roshan P Koshy
However there is a way like arranging a class for those who want to try these lab works with Libreoffice. I accept matlab in the syllabus because it s something like that professor is well acquainted with matlab code. -- Freedom is the only law. Freedom Unplugged http://www.ilug-tvm.org You

Re: [fsug-tvm] Cusat and free software.

2012-09-04 Thread jaseem abid
On Tue, Sep 4, 2012 at 4:01 PM, Pramode C.E pram...@recursive-labs.comwrote: On Tue, Sep 4, 2012 at 2:41 PM, Sunil Thomas Thonikuzhiyil vu2...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all, See the new syllabus of CUSAT for Btech. These guys are still prescribing Microsoft stuff.

Re: [fsug-tvm] Cusat and free software.

2012-09-04 Thread Pramode C.E
exercises in the syllabus. I was expecting the standard to be much higher these days -even for college freshmen. The general trend is downwards; it seems the fashion is to make everything look simple (by a process of dilution). The Raspberry Pi was created to raise the standard of school