Hi Aron; thanks for your mail, and for your summary. I've added one
point below:
*Instructors should strongly consider using Docker/VM installations
for training sessions, when*
1. There's no room in the schedule for dealing with installation
headaches (very large classes, abbreviated sessions)
2. The instructors have access to a suitably sized cloud
infrastructure (via local University resources, sponsored Rackspace
hosting, etc...)
3. Network access is guaranteed.
4. The instructors are familiar with the Docker/VM infrastructure
they are teaching
5. The learners are already familiar with Linux, explicitly want to
learn it, or it's an authentic task worthy of a lesson in its own right.
But on the other hand, that's just my opinion, and I haven't done real
scientific computing in years, so how about we do some science: if
someone on this list would like to put together a very short
questionnaire for our current instructor trainees (about 80 people in
various stages of completion) to find out what they use, when they
started using it, and how many of their colleagues would use it in Hour
One of a workshop, we can collect some data and see how far out of touch
with reality I am. (Because that's often the simplest explanation...)
Cheers,
Greg
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Greg Wilson
Software Carpentry | http://www.software-carpentry.org/
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