[Bf-education] Bf-education Digest, Vol 74, Issue 16

Ivan Paulos Tomé greylica at gmail.com
Sat Dec 17 14:59:18 CET 2011


It's interesting to see that some enterprises are trying to hold the flag
for certifications, mainly BFCT, but there are discussions about it right
now.
There are questions about your proposal...
How can you give a chance for the entire Blenderheads world in your vision ?
I mean, how can you involve Blender community from different parts
of the world, in a way that they have a chance to be in the same
position in time/money/quality as you ?
The way that it is being discussed and this is a directive
 (and it's being called the ''right way''),
 it's to connect persons from diferent countries all over the world, in a
way that
they connect to each other and start making materials that are ''real
time''
translated/discused/created for BCFT, Teachers and Students.
How can you do this without the help of the community ?
I have been working/discussing/connecting with friends to
adress this issue in the way that everybody will have the same chance.
I will try as much as possible, to connect persons,
in a way that the most persons involved all over the world, better !
For now, the best way is to start chating in IRC in #blenderedu and
#blendereducation, those are channels that aren't dead anymore.
The next step is a global call for participants, including everyone that
could help with the developmento of the BFCT, Teachers and
Students program.

Good Vibrations !

Ivan Paulos Tomé.
greylica.


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> From: Laurent David <laurent at tdm.info>
> Subject: Re: [Bf-education] Organizing / suporting education
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> Hi all,
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> I think the section about the certification resonates a conversation
> that we had about 8 months ago.
> I am really delighted to see that it is back on the table.
>
> I am working for a company called TDM in UK (www.tdm.info).
> Our current position is the following:
>     . We are an Open Source software house, mainly focussing on LMSs
> (Moodle, Mahara, Totara). So mainly educational/distance learning tools.
>     . We are also an IT professional academy, delivering
> Apprenticeships centred around Professional IT qualifications.
>     . We are the LPI Master Affiliate for UK and Ireland
> Thanks to this particular position, we have actually gained an
> interesting background in Professional Certifications around Open Source
> Technologies.
>
> In a nutshell, and after discussion, we would think that we should be
> creating an entity that will:
>     . Create and proctor certified exams
>     . Promote the use of Blender and 3D Open Source technologies
>     . Push for its adoption in education by tying it to national
> certification frameworks (eg QCF, Ofqual) in UK and other countries.
>     . Helping to setup more "local"/"regional" certification bodies -
> in Europe and rest of the world
>
> This is an existing model that works quite well for some Open Source
> projects/technologies and allows to channel funding into promoting the
> certification and also have a more consistent approach.
>
> My main worries concerning an all-volunteer based approach ( but I might
> be wrong, and there should be a mid-way) are that:
>
>    * The provision might be inconsistent and this is key to the
>      success/failure of a certification
>    * Exams have to be carefully thought/built/updated. Who will do it
>      on a regular basis ?
>    * Exams, unless practical exams, as cannot be Open Sourced as they
>      will loose their "meaningfulness".
>          o There should be several levels:
>                + Level 1: Multiple choice questions
>                + Level 2+: mix between practical and Multiple choice
>                  questions.
>
>    * Certification needs marketing. Who will do that ?
>    * The certification should be comparable to other types of
>      certifications in the same domain. If we want the backing from
>      Educational institutions, we will need to go through the hoops. It
>      takes time and it is better when it is coming from one single
>      entity than several individuals.
>
> I do not want to come across as diminishing the importance of voluntary
> work here. I acknowledge that impressive and extremely high standard
> work has been done by hard working, committed and dedicated people on a
> volunteer basis. But... planning, funding and resourcing is a major part
> of tackling the problem of consistency and availability.
> My previous attempt, suffered from the issues I just mentioned as
> although this was still pretty much in my mind, I did not find the time
> necessary to produce anything meaningful.
>
> I will be happy to dedicate a bit of time in developing that on behalf
> of TDM.
>
> What do you think ?
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> Date: Sat, 17 Dec 2011 10:43:05 +0100
> From: Knapp <magick.crow at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Bf-education] Organizing / suporting education
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> > Exams, unless practical exams, as cannot be Open Sourced as they will
> loose
> > their "meaningfulness".
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> What do you mean by this?
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> Date: Sat, 17 Dec 2011 10:12:15 +0000
> From: Laurent David <laurent at tdm.info>
> Subject: Re: [Bf-education] Organizing / suporting education
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> Sorry... We need to create the exam behind closed door.. If not it is not
> an exam...
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> On 17 Dec 2011 09:43, "Knapp" <magick.crow at gmail.com> wrote:
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> > Exams, unless practical exams, as cannot be Open Sourced as they will
> loose
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> What do you mean by this?
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