Hi Gonzalo, as you know I'm generally a fan of process rather than tool solutions but in this particular case I think that having a separate mailing list (and the aforementioned associated process;-) could actually help.
IMHO the signal to noise ratio on lists such as IAEP is relatively low, particularly for people who only want to drop in for a couple of months (hopefully only initially that is). Even looking at my own inbox I currently have ~9500 unread e-mails out of the ~13800 messages sent via IAEP since it was first established. And I certainly do agree that professors at schools and universities are a vital component as they're a continuum in these institutions. However even with our small pilot project being a good, almost vital, selling point I haven't yet figure out a way to attract more of them to this community. >From my own experience I do believe that long-term funding and/or institutional commitment (e.g. Uruguay's Flor de Ceibo) and associated research - and subsequent output in the form of papers, etc. - play an important role here. Though how to really get there I honestly don't know... :-? Cheers, Christoph Am 13.07.2011 20:38, schrieb Gonzalo Odiard: > I agree with most of your comments, and the next comments, > we have knowledge useful to share, working with others, a lot of tools, > professional level reviews, etc and also interacting have a cost for the > students > and the community (time, effort,etc). > I do not think creating a low trafic list will solve the issue, > (we tried stimulate the spanish community with the sugar-desarrollo list > without success) > I think the only solution is having a mostly permanent contact in a > university, > then the students will have short time interactions, but a lot of > knowledge will be in the teachers. > Then we need "sell" to a university teacher the idea of working with us. > > Gonzalo > > Here I feel that maybe having a separate sugar-students@ mailing list > might be a way forward. Ideally some experienced developers and > community people would closely monitor it and offer timely replies. > Everyone working with students should then encourage them to sign up > there. This way there'd be a space for them to collaborate, exchange > experiences, and discuss issues without being overwhelmed by the traffic > on IAEP and sugar-devel which can be very overwhelming at times, > particularly when you're just getting involved. > > -- Christoph Derndorfer co-editor, www.olpcnews.com e-mail: [email protected] _______________________________________________ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) [email protected] http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
