Re: [TOS] My intro

2011-01-25 Thread Junaid Siddiqui
Mel, The feeling you have expressed relates to several broader questions. Academia is a form of organization that works on traditions and values. There is no explicit bottom line that can indicate progress and outcome at the end of the day that is meaningful for all stakeholder. The traditions and

Re: [TOS] My intro

2011-01-25 Thread Matthew Jadud
2011/1/25 Nicholas Whittier : > Again, I'm relatively new to the mailing list, so apologies if this has > already been discussed, but what about a TOS forum or issue tracker?  I am Today is an odd day... but something about this makes me laugh, and I wonder what would happen if we did it. Should

Re: [TOS] My intro

2011-01-25 Thread Nicholas Whittier
+1 on feeling like I could help, but not knowing exactly how I can offer useful efforts. Again, I'm relatively new to the mailing list, so apologies if this has already been discussed, but what about a TOS forum or issue tracker? I am thinking of someplace where profs or less-technical instructor

Re: [TOS] My intro

2011-01-25 Thread Mel Chua
Hi, Junaid - and welcome to the list! > I understand that teaching open source is yet another educational > innovation similar to several others which communities who are > interested in an innovation are exploring to bring them into mainstream > and promote them for a widespread adoption. This pr