This is awesome, thanks for sharing. If anyone else is in Niagara let me know - I’d be glad to get one of these rolling with our local libraries :)
James On Thu, Feb 28, 2019 at 9:58 PM Evan Leibovitch via talk <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all. > > You may be interested to know that there is a new learning concept taking > hold, in a very unusual context. Libraries around the world are getting > involved in "leaning circles", in which a group of learners work together > with each other, online training, library-supplied facilitation staff and > sporadic involvement by subject experts. > > The concept is going global, and different libraries are leading the way > in different fields. As it turns out, the global leader in Linux learning > circles is right here at the Toronto Public Library. Toronto and Nairobi > are the first in the world to be welcoming "new to Linux" attendees who run > the range from absolute newcomers to people looking to change careers or > others who are in IT in other realms and want to learn Linux. > > The initial run of four-week "Linux Unhatched" circles is just now > concluding. I audited them at three of the six different branches > (Keele&Wilson, University@College, Yonge@Eglinton) at which they were > held. Response has been great. At the sessions I attended I talked up > GTALUG as a way for participants to keep their interest after the sessions > are over and maybe we'll get some new participants as a result. > > For its next step, the TPL is offering a 70-hour course on Linux > Essentials, based on the LPI certificate program of the same name and done > through the Cisco Networking Academy. > > https://www.netacad.com/web/self-enroll/course-799917 > > If you know anyone interested in Linux, this is a great way to start > learning... > > -- > Evan Leibovitch, Toronto Canada > @evanleibovitch or @el56 > --- > Talk Mailing List > [email protected] > https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk >
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