Hi Heidi, all. Two words: Woo hoo! :)
Congratulations. Please let me know how GNOME can help you in this VERY exciting work. Take care. --joanie On 09/10/2012 06:20 PM, Heidi Ellis wrote: > Hi Folks, > > > > We have some good news! As some of you know, Greg Hislop and Sean Goggins > from Drexel, Heidi Ellis and Stoney Jackson from Western New England > University, and Darci Burge and Lori Postner from Nassau Community College > submitted an NSF TUES Type 2 proposal back in January. We have just learned > that the proposal, titled "OpenFE: Developing Faculty Expertise and Creating > Learning Materials for Humanitarian Free and Open Source Software," has > been awarded! > > > > So why are we telling you? Because the proposal aims to enhance TOS as part > of the effort, as well as build on POSSE. The grant runs from September > 15th, 2012 through August 31st, 2014 and has a main focus on getting faculty > members up to speed on FOSS tools and culture so that they can support > student participation in FOSS. In particular, the grant provides funding to > get faculty members to workshops, including POSSE. Simultaneous efforts > include building the community of FOSS teachers and representatives, and > developing course materials. We anticipate that many of you will be > interested in some part of this effort and we look forward to collaborating > with you as we go forward. > > > > We are just starting this effort and we will keep you apprised as we > undertake the grant activities. > > > > The OpenFE Team: > > Heidi Ellis (Western New England University) > > Greg Hislop (Drexel University) > > Lori Postner (Nassau Community College) > > Darci Burge (Nassau Community College) > > Stoney Jackson (Western New England University) > > Sean Goggins (Drexel University) > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > tos mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.teachingopensource.org/mailman/listinfo/tos > _______________________________________________ tos mailing list [email protected] http://lists.teachingopensource.org/mailman/listinfo/tos
