Indeed this is a great thing. An overview of the syllabus looks good. Most of the section in the 1st chapter of the FOSS introduction elective is a very much requisite even at school level.
I think it would be easier to adapt this syllabus to our requirement than build our own. Cheers, Jitendra Harlalka. On Fri, Oct 17, 2008 at 7:09 PM, Shishir Jha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello all, > As you know that I recently visited Singapore for an OSS related workshop, > one of the most important thing that struck me there was the kind of headway > the Indians have acheived in the field of OSS. They have there own > government funded research center along with support from international MNC > and domestic companies. Now among other things that really caught my > imagination is the fact that Anna University in Chennai has develped two > courses #1 FOSS (introduction) and #2 Enterprise Application Dev. in FOSS as > a elective for there BIT, B.Sc (CS) and MCA. They have a detail course and > some reference books listed in their course page. [1] > > Now, I know that there many ideas being floated in our group with zero > implementation.Further, it might seem like a far fetched idea to introduce > the course to colleges anytime soon. However I personally think that if not > for teaching purpose, this course can atleast help us by providing us with a > base and structure to work on a adapted course for schools and colleges that > we have been planning and talking for ages now. It seems to be a good > course, lets have a look and see if we can manipulate it to get more out of > it for our usages. As far as the copyright issue is concerned, if we are > interested I can talk to one of the faculty member of Anna University (whom > I met in workshop) to officiate the process of adapting the course for our > purpose. > > Please have a look and comment. > > [1] > http://nrcfoss.org.in/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=38&Itemid=69 > > -- > Shishir Jha > EPC 1970,GPO 8975, > KTM,NEPAL > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ FOSS Nepal mailing list: [email protected] http://groups.google.com/group/foss-nepal To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Community website: http://www.fossnepal.org/ -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
