On Fri, 2010-10-29 at 14:48 +0200, Inge Wallin wrote: > On Friday, October 29, 2010 10:18:20 Ian wrote: > > On Fri, 2010-10-29 at 01:40 +0200, Inge Wallin wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > > > Or get a port of LO/OOo to cell phones! > > > > > > Is that really possible? > > > > Nothing is impossible, but it will probably be very difficult! > > > > We are planning a certification for LO/OOo based on the European > > Qualifications |framework. Do you think there would be interest in a > > similar certification for Koffice? We have pretty well all the > > facilities in place, government and industry endorsement, on-line > > technology for recording evidence, quality assurance and certificate > > delivery. It would not be a lot of work to make this fit Koffice as well > > as LO/OOo. I think if an Office Suite dominates cell phone technology it > > will become the next MS Office or something close to it. > > I think there would indeed be interest in such a certification. > > But I must admit that I know nothing about it. What is the purpose of the > certification and what advantages do you get by having it? And how much work > is involved in getting it?
The certification really tells people that the holder of the certificate is competent at a particular level in the applications. Some governments use it to make sure training providers do provide the training because the certification company is effectively providing independent quality assurance. There are already vendor certifications for MSO (several) and more general certifications such as ECDL. ECDL certificated 9 million people last year in 43 countries. That would provide enough revenue to employ 100 or more developers for K-Office (Or OOo or odf). Our certification is based on the UK Qualifications and credit framework which is government regulated and referenced to the European Qualifications Framework which is only a couple of year old. It is competency based so if the candidate can provide evidence that they meet the assessment criteria they can be certificated. We authorise assessors to do this subject to us sampling their work for consistency. The evidence is provided via a customised Drupal CMS. There are some videos showing how the system works at www.theingots.org/community/kl -- Ian Ofqual Accredited IT Qualifications A new approach to assessment for learning www.theINGOTs.org - 01827 305940 You have received this email from the following company: The Learning Machine Limited, Reg Office, 36 Ashby Road, Tamworth, Staffordshire, B79 8AQ. Reg No: 05560797, Registered in England and Wales. -- E-mail to marketing+h...@libreoffice.org for instructions on how to unsubscribe List archives are available at http://www.libreoffice.org/lists/marketing/ All messages you send to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
