Why not talk to different university official on this. may be they can introduce some extra courses on FOSS. Here in my university, Chalmers University, they offer few subjects related to FOSS for masters and PHD students. I think it will be a good way to get started with a FOSS course at university level.
On Fri, Oct 17, 2008 at 3:24 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 > > > > -- Warm Regards, S Dhakhwa --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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/ -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
