Excellent points. If I can think of a way to restate the abstract in the next 51 minutes I'll add the Education tag. :)
On 02/01/2010 10:55 PM, Karsten Wade wrote: > On Mon, Feb 01, 2010 at 09:17:51PM -0800, Jefro wrote: > >> I would be happy to include the TOS project on this OSCON presentation >> if anyone thinks it would be appropriate: >> > I would say, yes, but not as this talk is focused. > > One of the major purposes of Teaching Open Source is not teaching > about open source, or how to use open source, but teaching how to be a > contributor *in* open source. > > So, a talk that is focused on technical writing professors to teach > them how to get involved in documenting FOSS as a way to bridge the > gap for their students -- that is solidly a TOS topic. > > The idea is, even if we teach people to emulate the successful parts > of an open source documentation project, we are only really teaching > them how to cook the fish we caught for them. If we want them to be > self-sustaining, able to fish and teach others to fish for themselves, > then we are in the realm where TOS is at work. > > - Karstem > > > > _______________________________________________ > tos mailing list > tos@teachingopensource.org > http://teachingopensource.org/mailman/listinfo/tos > _______________________________________________ tos mailing list tos@teachingopensource.org http://teachingopensource.org/mailman/listinfo/tos
