Excellent. Will you have a website? Will any of these be traveling workshops? Will you be preparing curricula?
> 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] <mailto:[email protected]> > > http://lists.teachingopensource.org/mailman/listinfo/tos > > > > _______________________________________________ > tos mailing list > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > http://lists.teachingopensource.org/mailman/listinfo/tos > > > > > _______________________________________________ > tos mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.teachingopensource.org/mailman/listinfo/tos _______________________________________________ tos mailing list [email protected] http://lists.teachingopensource.org/mailman/listinfo/tos
