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From: "Geoffrey Robertson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Friday, August 01, 2003 11:40 AM
Subject: [SLUG] Statement of Attainment in Linux


>
> Educational Allies and other dudes,
>
> A few TAFE people had a meeting yesterday in Sydney's west---we have
> launched the process to creating some Linux Statement of Attainment
> courses.
>
> I think I'm right in saying these will be the first courses in Australia
> to offer an inexpensive ($150) open entry Linux specific qualification.
>
> They formalize the courses we have had running at Granville TAFE
> Electrical Engineering Dept. for a number of years.
>
> For your comment
>
> The courses:
>
> Statement of Attainment in Linux
> --------------------------------
> Subjects:
> o Occupational Health and Safety 18 hours
>     Is this necessary?  Doable by project work or RPL
> o Introduction to Linux (72 hours)
>     Easy Introduction for non technical people.  80% GUI 20% basic
>     command line.  Moms and Pops course.
> o Linux and MS Windows network Integration (72 hours)
>     Easy Introduction to networking.  100% GUI  Install and network
>     a mix of OSs.  Show how nearly everything that you can do with
>     Linux can be done with a legacy commercial system.
> o Running Linux (72 hours)
>     Introduction to Linux for computer literate people.  Aimed at
>     people studying Computer Science at other institutions,
>     administrators of legacy commercial systems or any all those
>     who have been running Linux somewhere and would like to fill
>     in the gaps in their knowledge.
> o LAMP (72 hours) --- proposal only at this time
>     For Linux literate people.  Set up and configure Apache. Install
>     and use a free database.  Learn Perl / PHP / Python and create
>     a Website with these tools.  Flexable delivery roject based course?
> o TBA 72 hours
>     Your idea goes here.
<snip, yet again>

What about Multimedia in Linux? Configuring A/V Hardware, Music composition,
Video Editing, Flash, etc? Not sure if it would fit in 72 hours though..

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