It doesn't look like they are defaulting to open, "We will, in cases where it is possible, connect you to others in the field who have done similar work to your project."
Have you corresponded with Mr Swan about a possible alliance or guidance in acquiring NSF funding or anything else of possible mutual benefit? On Mon, Mar 12, 2012 at 8:20 PM, Mel Chua - m...@purdue.edu wrote: > I'm passing this along for two reasons: > > 1) Some of you might be interested in such a workshop, particularly if > you're doing HFOSS type stuff already. > > 2) It is absolutely fascinating to compare their approach -- email style, > wording, tone, website, program structure (as described by the website), > participation requirements, and so forth... to what we've got for POSSE. > > That is all. > > --Mel > > --- > > We continue to invite applications to attend one of three 2012 workshops > focused on Learning Through Service (LTS) – a term used for various > educational efforts that engage communities; whether the effort is > curricular or extracurricular, or the community is local or global. These > FREE workshops, entitled “Engineering Learning Through Service” actively > engage engineering faculty on the design, management, and assessment of LTS > in engineering education. The workshops will bring together engineering > faculty interested in, or those newly engaged with, LTS and will be lead by > faculty experienced in the various methods LTS has been implemented in > engineering programs. These workshops are part of a multi-institutional, > NSF-funded research effort entitled Engineering Faculty Engagement in > Learning Through Service (EFELTS). It is EFELTS goal to help build > sustainable LTS efforts in engineering, and a primary aim of these workshops > is to continually engage workshop attendees in various post-workshop events > and activities to help foster and grow an LTS community-of-practice. > > All aspiring workshop participants must apply and can attend only one of > three workshops; scheduled for June 21-22, in Massachusetts, August 2-3 in > Michigan, or September 14-15, 2012 in Colorado. Applications must include a > proposed LTS effort and a support letter from the applicant’s department > chair or program director. > > A website detailing the workshops, the application process, as well as the > overall EFELTS effort, is located here > > http://sites.tufts.edu/efeltsworkshops/ > > All applications are due by FRIDAY, MARCH 16, 2012. > > Review of applications will begin in March and accepted participants will be > notified as to which workshop date and location they have been accepted to > by early April 2012. > > We are excited about this opportunity to engage engineering faculty in LTS > implementation and look forward to working with many engineering faculty in > the months ahead. Please forward this to any another engineering faculty > you know who may be interested in LTS. For any specific questions about the > workshops, please send inquiries to me at chris.s...@tufts.edu. > _______________________________________________ > tos mailing list > tos@teachingopensource.org > http://lists.teachingopensource.org/mailman/listinfo/tos > _______________________________________________ tos mailing list tos@teachingopensource.org http://lists.teachingopensource.org/mailman/listinfo/tos
