<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div><span>There was a group of folks at SOTM US interested in starting TeachOSM, to gather the best curriculum using OSM. Would love to see that gain steam.</span></div><div></div><div> </div><div>* Mikel Maron * +14152835207 @mikel s:mikelmaron<br><blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; margin-top: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"> <div style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div dir="ltr"> <hr size="1"> <font size="2" face="Arial"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Kate Chapman <kate@maploser.com><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> Jaak Laineste (Nutiteq) <jaak@nutiteq.com> <br><b><span
style="font-weight: bold;">Cc:</span></b> "osmf-talk@openstreetmap.org" <osmf-talk@openstreetmap.org> <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Tuesday, July 2, 2013 10:27 AM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [Osmf-talk] OSM Training / certification<br> </font> </div> <div class="y_msg_container"><br>This base of our teaching is actually using LearnOSM<br>(<a href="http://learnosm.org/en/" target="_blank">http://learnosm.org/en/</a>). The curriculum part that comes in is an<br>outline of the number of hours to be spent on each section and the<br>skills the participants need to have mastered to have considered<br>successfully completed a course.<br><br>There are also exercises and slides that will be included in LearnOSM,<br>we are still in the process of getting everything online in an easy to<br>reuse format.<br><br>Best,<br><br>-Kate<br><br><br>On Tue, Jul 2, 2013 at 2:03 PM, Jaak Laineste
(Nutiteq)<br><<a ymailto="mailto:jaak@nutiteq.com" href="mailto:jaak@nutiteq.com">jaak@nutiteq.com</a>> wrote:<br>><br>> I've done some half-day classes also, one of the slideshows of it is in<br>> <a href="http://www.slideshare.net/jaakl/open-streetmap-koolitusyldineeka," target="_blank">http://www.slideshare.net/jaakl/open-streetmap-koolitusyldineeka, </a>it is in<br>> Estonian but you can use your favorite automatic translation tool to get the<br>> idea, with some amusement as extra. From GIS specialist perspective it<br>> would make sense to be part of their certification tracks, like<br>> <a href="http://giscertificate.com/course_info.html" target="_blank">http://giscertificate.com/course_info.html </a>.<br>><br>> Idea: what about combining our materials and create a shared "standard" base<br>> materials for this kind of courses, like set of slides and additional<br>> materials (worksheets, prepared data
samples, tests) for practical<br>> exercises? The master copy could be in English, so everyone can translate<br>> and modify it, it would be better to have multilingual community-manageable<br>> slideshows but I'm not aware of any technology for this. We need to adjust<br>> it anyway for specific target group and geography, but for real<br>> certification there is need for standardised curriculum anyway. Perhaps a<br>> section in switch2osm.org "Learning programs - online and offline"?<br>><br>> Jaak<br>><br>> On 02.07.2013, at 9:25, Michal Palenik <<a ymailto="mailto:michal.palenik@freemap.sk" href="mailto:michal.palenik@freemap.sk">michal.palenik@freemap.sk</a>> wrote:<br>><br>> I am teaching a class at out department of cartography of comenius<br>> university. classes openstreetmap 1 (editing in josm) and openstreetmap<br>> 2 (postgis, leaflet basics). since 2010.<br>><br>> however i am not aware
of a single student becoming a regular mapper :(<br>><br>> michal<br>> On Tue, Jul 02, 2013 at 11:54:54AM +0700, Kate Chapman wrote:<br>><br>> Hi Oleksiy,<br>><br>> Actually there is movement to certifying people in OpenStreetMap, but<br>> not an international type of certification (unless there is one I'm<br>> not aware). The Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team is creating a<br>> curriculum in Indonesia which will hopefully be approved to be a<br>> government certified training course.<br>><br>> There has been thought of doing a wider sort of certification, since<br>> there are certainly countries where this is valuable to people.<br>><br>> Best,<br>><br>> -Kate<br>><br>> On Mon, Jul 1, 2013 at 6:54 PM, Oleksiy Muzalyev<br>> <<a ymailto="mailto:oleksiy.muzalyev@bluewin.ch" href="mailto:oleksiy.muzalyev@bluewin.ch">oleksiy.muzalyev@bluewin.ch</a>> wrote:<br>><br>> On 01.07.2013
09:14, Simon Poole wrote:<br>><br>><br>> ...a paper ...<br>><br>><br>> Paper is a good material too. Or it could be a combination of paper and<br>> plastic (laminated card). Plastic cards also differ a lot, - there are<br>> waterproof plastic cards, cards with a hologram, one-side vs. two-sides<br>> print, etc.<br>><br>> If it is acceptable from a legal point of view, it would be good to have<br>> a OSMF membership card with a photo and name. The same about a written<br>> document on completion of a workshop or a training course.<br>><br>> There are certification systems in the field of programming, in foreign<br>> language learning, in product photography, etc. Why not in OpenStreeMap<br>> cartography and geographic information system?<br>><br>> In any case, - paper, plastic, or a combination of two - the task and<br>> cost of mailing membership cards to owners remain.<br>><br>>
Certainly such membership cards or certification system is not easy to<br>> implement. Besides there was no research yet if there is a demand.<br>><br>> brgds<br>> Oleksiy<br>> [Alex-7]<br>><br>><br>><br>> _______________________________________________<br>> osmf-talk mailing list<br>> <a ymailto="mailto:osmf-talk@openstreetmap.org" href="mailto:osmf-talk@openstreetmap.org">osmf-talk@openstreetmap.org</a><br>> <a href="http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/osmf-talk" target="_blank">http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/osmf-talk</a><br>><br>><br>> _______________________________________________<br>> osmf-talk mailing list<br>> <a ymailto="mailto:osmf-talk@openstreetmap.org" href="mailto:osmf-talk@openstreetmap.org">osmf-talk@openstreetmap.org</a><br>> <a href="http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/osmf-talk"
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