There was the start of a page here: http://www.wikieducator.org/Linux
and you can also look at: http://www.wikieducator.org/Category:Free_Software but otherwise i'd be keen to get something like this going with a bit more organisation, structure, etc. brent. On Fri, Jun 6, 2008 at 2:02 PM, Wayne Mackintosh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Minhaaj > > That's an excellent suggestion and "music to our ears" -- > > We've started with a humble, but ambitious project to develop study manuals > for the Open ICDL which teach basic ICT skills using free software. This is > called the Computer Navigator's Certificate. > > See for example: > > http://wikieducator.org/CCNC > > and also the promotional brochure: > > http://www.col.org/colweb/site/pid/4601 > > First drafts of the materials have been posted -- but we now need help in > finalising the content. Progress has been slow -- but I'm confident that we > will pick up momentum due to a number of recent developments. > > I appreciate that this is not training in Linux per se, but this is at > least a start in helping users get started with open source software. > > Any help the local Linux user groups can provide in getting these materials > completed is well received. > > Also we are looking for people to help us out with the development of > Multimedia resources to support the teaching in the Computer Navigator's > Certificate course materials. > > WE have posted bounties for this multimedia development -- so spread the > word: > > http://wikieducator.org/WikiEducator:Bounties/CCNC_MM_Developers > > Cheers > Wayne > > > > > > On Thu, 2008-06-05 at 18:52 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I have been editing WE for some time and i have noted that there is no > significant step take in the domain of free open source education on > WE. To promote universal and affordable education around the globe the > usage and training for open source softwares like linux is very > important. Being a member of Ubuntu Pakistan chapter and a lifelong > fan of Open Source Software i would suggest a project for creating > tutorials and introduction to linux. I would need some volunteers to > collect, analyze and incorporate tutorials and introduction to Linux > on WikiEducator. > > I would also like to invite people with extensive expertise in Linux > to arrange a Wiziq session where participants should be WE ambassadors > and users. We should display this Open Source Initiative page on main > page of WE . Let me know your thoughts > about it everyone. > > > > > > -- -------------------------------- http://digitalsynapse.co.nz http://greymatter.co.nz -------------------------------- --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "WikiEducator" group. To visit wikieducator: http://www.wikieducator.org To visit the discussion forum: http://groups.google.com/group/wikieducator To post to this group, send email to wikieducator@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
