[Osmf-talk] OSM Training / certification

[Mikel Maron]

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.
 
* Mikel Maron * +14152835207 @mikel s:mikelmaron


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