yay team! On Wed, Aug 10, 2016 at 3:46 PM, Heidi Ellis <[email protected]> wrote:
> > * Hi Folks, A team of folks, including Aria Chernik, of Duke University, > Gina Likins, of Red Hat, and myself (Heidi Ellis, Western New England > University), have begun the process of revitalizing the Teaching Open > Source website and community. But wait, you're thinking...didn't you get > an email just like this last year? Yes, you did. But we mean it this time > :-) As you may have noticed, the Teaching Open Source web site is out of > date and has collected a fair bit of spam. As part of the TOS rejuvenation, > the TOS web site is also being redesigned to provide better support to > those who are teaching open source. The redesign will be founded on the > existing core of computing educators and FOSS community members. However, > as computing now appears in almost every discipline, the site will > eventually be expanded to encompass a wider breadth of content such as open > access to research, open data, makerspaces and open hardware, as well as > more overarching discussions around the pedagogy of open education. The > changes will build on our existing core of dedicated computing folks. Plans > include providing access to a wider range of teaching materials and > including support for helping instructors and FOSS communities find each > other and work together. Expected roll-out is early 2017. In the spirit of > being transparent, we wanted to let you know that we're working on > improving the state of the community and also that we'll be requesting > feedback and help in this effort. We'll keep you posted as to changes in > the coming weeks and months! *Heidi Ellis, Gina Likins, Aria Chernik > > _______________________________________________ > tos mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.teachingopensource.org/mailman/listinfo/tos > > -- ----------------------------------------------------------- Dennis J Bouvier, PhD Associate Professor and Chair Department of Computer Science Southern Illinois University Edwardsville http://www.cs.siue.edu
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