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== Mission ==
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The education committee was formed to inventory, organize and coordinate the development of educational and curriculum material that supports open source geospatial-related education. Intended to '''work collaboratively''' providing [[Appropriately Licensed Material]] accessible to a broad audience including academia, professionals, and the general public.
  
The mission of the education committee is to inventory, organize and coordinate the development of educational and curriculum material that supports OS Geospatial-related education. The intent is to '''work collaboratively''' to provide [[Appropriately Licensed Material]] that is accessible by a broad audience including academia, professionals, and the general public.
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The education committee began around 2006 and evolved into the broader [[GeoForAll]] initiative.
  
== Education Committee related wiki pages ==
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[[GeoForAll]] formally took over the responsibilities of the the education committee in 2016, opperating as an OSGeo committee with a healthy, diverse representation of initiative participants.
  
* [http://www.osgeo.org/educational_content Our '''searchable''' database of educational material authored by people involved with this group]
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== Our Educational Inventory Pages ==
* [https://www.osgeo.org/node/add/edu-content Our '''submit educational material form''' so you can share your educational content with the community]
 
* [[Education Committee Work Program]] - Our wiki page listing our group's current goals and todos.
 
* [http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/edu_discuss Our mailing list]
 
* [[Education Material Development]] - rough notes and examples based on [http://aag.org/bok GIS&T Body of Knowledge] curriculum
 
  
== Meeting Minutes ==
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If you are someone looking for educational materials developed by our community, or if you want to let others know about material you have developed, see:
* [[Edu IRC_Meeting_Summary_July_30_2010]]
 
* [[FOSS4G2009_Education_BOF_minutes]] (Oct. 2009)
 
  
== Membership ==
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* [http://www.osgeo.org/educational_content Our '''searchable''' database of educational material]
Please add yourself to the [[Education Contributors]] page and join the mailing list to get involved.
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* [https://www.osgeo.org/node/add/edu-content Our '''submit educational material form'''] -- Share your educational content with the community! (you need to login to the OSGeo system to submit)
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* [[University_courses_using_OSGeo_related_material]]
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== GeoForAll Meeting Notes ==
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FOSS4G Europe Como, July 2015
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* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_EU_Como_2015_Preconference_meeting Pre-Conference meeting summary]
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* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_EU_Como_2015_BOF1 BOF1 summary]
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* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_EU_Como_2015_BOF2 BOF2 summary - school education]
  
 
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Latest revision as of 14:23, 6 March 2016

The education committee was formed to inventory, organize and coordinate the development of educational and curriculum material that supports open source geospatial-related education. Intended to work collaboratively providing Appropriately Licensed Material accessible to a broad audience including academia, professionals, and the general public.

The education committee began around 2006 and evolved into the broader GeoForAll initiative.

GeoForAll formally took over the responsibilities of the the education committee in 2016, opperating as an OSGeo committee with a healthy, diverse representation of initiative participants.

Our Educational Inventory Pages

If you are someone looking for educational materials developed by our community, or if you want to let others know about material you have developed, see:

GeoForAll Meeting Notes

FOSS4G Europe Como, July 2015