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==Meeting minutes== | ==Meeting minutes== | ||
*Creation of a FOSS course material | *Creation of a FOSS course material | ||
[http://groups.yahoo.com/group/linux-bangalore-non-tech/message/5891 1] Most universities in India (exceptions are IIT, IISc, | |||
RECs.) have a syllabi that is theory-based. Its just | |||
that the theory is not being put into practice. Rather | |||
than having to create new course material, what is | |||
really required is to show how to apply theory into | |||
the real world. For example, if you take the course | |||
CS378: Linux kernel programming by Prof. Yongguang | |||
Zhang at University of Austin, Texas: | |||
http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/ygz/378-02S/ | |||
and look at the grading: | |||
http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/ygz/378-02S/course.html#grading | |||
80% is alloted for practical work so you understand | |||
the theory and its application. But, in a majority of | |||
universities in India students just learn the theory | |||
and don't try it out in real-time, which is what you | |||
will be doing in the industry. So, this initiative | |||
should be taken by students, until the universities | |||
change the method of education. | |||
>> | |||
This course will not be for the universities (though that too is in the todo list). This one is to equip students to use and contribute to FOSS. This course will not be for the universities (though that too is in the todo list). This one is to equip students to use and contribute to FOSS. Like how to use CVS, development tools .... | |||
*Consortium for FOSS training | *Consortium for FOSS training | ||
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*Building local communities in different campuses | *Building local communities in different campuses | ||
[http://groups.yahoo.com/group/linux-bangalore-non-tech/message/5891 1] All these exist in many colleges in the form of LUGS/FSUGS. | |||
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Not in all the campuses. Even in many campuses that do have LUGS/FSUGS are not active. In PESIT it is just started, BMS inactive for long (MSRIT has a very active LUG, it was inactive for a log time). | |||
*A GNUsletter on to update every months activities. | *A GNUsletter on to update every months activities. | ||
[http://groups.yahoo.com/group/linux-bangalore-non-tech/message/5891 1] All these exist in the Internet in one form or | |||
another. Its just that students are not aware of | |||
these. | |||
In a class of 40-60 so-called "engineering students", | |||
only 6-8 students are really interested in doing | |||
engineering. The system doesn't motivate the others | |||
into learning new things. | |||
<gossip> | |||
A friends' friend of mine, working in Mentor Graphics, | |||
said he stopped going to Bangalore, because he said | |||
that I have to explain the problem to Indian | |||
graduates, discuss possible solutions. and then they | |||
come up with a solution. He has started going to | |||
Shanghai because he says that he only has to give the | |||
problem to the Chinese, and they can solve it | |||
immediately. | |||
</gossip> | |||
*Creation of technical content | *Creation of technical content | ||
*Selecting FOSS projects which students can take up as academic projects | *Selecting FOSS projects which students can take up as academic projects | ||
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* Another interesting project is for a VCD shop in Ulsoor | * Another interesting project is for a VCD shop in Ulsoor | ||
[http://groups.yahoo.com/group/linux-bangalore-technical/message/21791 Here is a link to the discussion] | [http://groups.yahoo.com/group/linux-bangalore-technical/message/21791 Here is a link to the discussion] | ||
[http://groups.yahoo.com/group/linux-bangalore-non-tech/message/5891 1] Shakthi Kannan responding in BLUG mailing list | |||
==Discussion happened in the Mailing List== | ==Discussion happened in the Mailing List== | ||