We also got quite a bit of experience in Education and Accessibility in free software through our work in Kerala. I had written to them but no response. I think it is quite closed group.
regards arun On Wed, Aug 17, 2011 at 1:39 PM, Krishnakant Mane <[email protected]> wrote: > ** > Hello, > I have worked extensively on accessibility using FOSS in education. > But I wasn't aware of this workshop untill this email. > Wonder what is the agenda? > Happy hacking. > Krishnakant. > > > On 17/08/11 12:07, Vickram Crishna wrote: > > 2011/8/16 Guru गुरु <[email protected]> > >> Friends >> for those who have been considering migrating to public software, two >> workshops next week... >> >> "FOSS in education" workshop in Mumbai... by CDAC on Aug 26/27. See >> details in mail below for registration form/process. >> > > They are priced at Rs 750, and involve a fairly tedious journey out to > Kharghar for the day each. Does anyone on the list have experience of CDAC > workshops of this nature? Is it fruitful? I am particularly thinking of the > workshop on accessibility on the 26th, even though it seems confined to > discussions of FOSS on the desktop (which seems to me a little > antediluvian). Neither workshop announcement has any genuine details > (speakers, subject of presentations, proposed workshop techniques). Feedback > much appreciated, thanks. > > >> Similarly, NATIONAL WORKSHOP ON FOSS ADOPTION IN EDUCATION, on August >> 27, 2011 is intended to explore the benefits, role, and developments of >> technology, specifically FOSS, in education. FOSS provides softwares that >> are free of cost, easily maintainable, community support, customization >> freedom, etc. Various FOSS tools in education will be demonstrated in the >> workshop. The participants will also get to experience the work of C-DAC >> Mumbai in promoting technology/ FOSS in education. The workshop will provide >> an opportunity to interact with participants from different organizations >> and industry practitioners. >> > > While the work CDAC is putting in is in the right direction, somehow it > doesn't seem to be very fruitful from the public accessibility point of > view. There are oft-expressed concerns about the unavailability of BOSS > downloads, for instance. GN had mentioned something about trying to provide > a mirror site, and CAMP (for one) was attempting to do this unilaterally, at > least for the current version. It seems to me to be very tedious to have to > continuously monitor for updates and have to rehost them each time, all > without a process in place. > > This jars a bit, when one looks at the workshop objectives, one of which > is "Understand role of repositories (content, softwares) in technology > adoption in education." > > The workshop itself is probably not the best place to even raise such an > issue, but with so many keen FOSSers in CDAC it might be a good time to > announce a more healthy policy. > >> >> NATIONAL WORKSHOP ON FOSS DESKTOP ACCESSIBILITY on August 26, 2011 will >> focus on exploring the current trends in the field of >> accessibility particularly with regard to FOSS. As you may be aware a >> large section of the society comprising people with different kinds of >> disabilities finds it difficult to use ICT in the same way as normal >> people do for fulfilling different purposes. It is very much required to >> provide such people with assistive technologies that make theirinteraction >> with computers more user-friendly and accessible. This workshop intends to >> serve as a platform to encourage the use of FOSS tools and techniques in >> creating assistive technologies that are free-of- cost, available to all, >> easily maintainable etc. for such a >> large portion of population in a country like India. The workshop will >> also like to leverage the experiences of all stakeholders to identify and >> address the issues in those areas of accessibility that are still untouched. >> >> The workshop will involve keynote and invited lectures by distinguished >> researchers and/or professionals. We take this opportunity to extend you an >> invitation for participation in these workshops. Looking forward to see you >> or your representative at the event. Please find attached registration form >> and workshop brochures. >> > > This also sounds interesting. > >> >> Kindly use the following URLs to access more details about the workshops: >> >> -- > Vickram > Fool On The Hill <http://communicall.wordpress.com> > > > _______________________________________________ > network mailing > [email protected]http://lists.fosscom.in/listinfo.cgi/network-fosscom.in > > > > _______________________________________________ > network mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.fosscom.in/listinfo.cgi/network-fosscom.in > >
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