On Fri, Oct 15, 2010 at 11:12 AM, Florian Effenberger <flo...@openoffice.org > wrote:
> Hi, > > also a short update from my side, to make handing over the tasks easier. > > There have been discussions with Mike and Paul from ALISON. They have been > in touch since 2009, and Mike also had a talk in Orvieto. > > As you can imagine, in the current situation, I cannot work on the topic of > OpenOffice.org certifications, so I just wanted to keep you in the loop and > remind that there's a work item. > > If there is anyone who wants to work on the topic, Peter has a proposal by > ALISON and has been in touch with them. > Hi florian, these lists are exipired since the certification project moved into it's own project at d...@certification.openoffice.org However I'll be happy to talk with Peter and Mark. Let me know how can I help. > > Florian > > > Ian wrote on 2010-09-15 14.38: > > On Wed, 2010-09-15 at 13:21 +0200, Florian Effenberger wrote: >> >>> Hello, >>> >>> last week, I had a phone call with Mike and Paul from ALISON - some of >>> you may remember Mike very well from the talk he held at OOoCon 2009 in >>> Orvieto. >>> >>> They were (and are) interested in supporting and joining our efforts for >>> certification and training, and will come up with a more detailed >>> proposal. They have the required framework as well as lots of expertise >>> in their area. >>> >>> Many of you know that I'm not only buried in work :-) but also that >>> certification and training is not my area of working. I know Mike has >>> been in contact with Alexandro, and probably Louis, and we all know that >>> the certification issue has been idling around for a very long time. >>> >>> Can someone bring me up to date on what's happening in that area >>> currently? Is there already a group working on it that likes to get in >>> touch with ALISON? >>> >> >> There is a group in the certification project that includes Alexandro, >> Evan, myself, Gabriel Gurley and Manfred Reiter. We have already put the >> unit assessment criteria on the project Wiki and we applied for an EU >> grant to support development. Unfortunately that was not successful but >> from the feedback it looks like we can fix that for next year. (We have >> been successful in two other similar applications in other areas) I have >> approval from the UK Sector Skills Council to develop a version of the >> ITQ national vocational qualification for IT Users to fit OOo - It will >> be called Award in IT User Skills (Openoffice.org) and be accredited in >> the UK National Qualifications framework. This framework is one of the >> first to be referenced to the European Qualifications framework so that >> employers throughout Europe will recognise its value. Once we do this in >> the UK, we will apply again for a transfer of innovation grant to >> transfer this to other EU partner countries and should be able to get a >> grant of around 300,000 Euros to pay for training, travel etc. In >> addition to the EU links, we have established contacts in Malaysia with >> a joint project with UPSI, the biggest teacher training university >> there. We have a pilot in Kenya, and established links in USA through >> the National Center for Open Source in Education, South Africa and >> India. >> >> Our target is to have the qualification fully accredited through the UK >> government regulators by January, then we can start training assessors >> and apply for a supporting transfer of innovation grant to support and >> accelerate that work next year. We need to agree with the community how >> to provide revenue to the project from accredited certification. In the >> UK, courses leading to accredited qualifications are funded those that >> are not aren't so it is important to be accredited. >> >> I'm sure that details on certification and training have to be >>> determined -- I'm all for having things in community hands instead of at >>> a single corporation -- but I guess that having some external support >>> and input is highly welcome. >>> >> >> I'm currently talking to a large UK exam board with a 200 million Euro >> turnover. If this works out they are an exempted charity focused on >> education so there will be no need to worry about single corporations. >> >> >> Let me know if you are involved or interested. >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Florian >>> >>> >> >> > -- > Florian Effenberger <flo...@openoffice.org> > OpenOffice.org Marketing Project Lead > Tel: +49 8341 99660880 > Fax: +49 8341 99660889 > Mobile: +49 151 14424108 > Skype: floeff | Twitter/Identi.ca: @floeff > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@marketing.openoffice.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@marketing.openoffice.org > > -- *Alexandro Colorado* *OpenOffice.org* Español http://es.openoffice.org
