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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.
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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.  
  
 
== Our Educational Inventory Pages ==
 
== Our Educational Inventory Pages ==
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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:
  
 
* [http://www.osgeo.org/educational_content Our '''searchable''' database of educational material]
 
* [http://www.osgeo.org/educational_content Our '''searchable''' database of educational material]
* [https://www.osgeo.org/node/add/edu-content Our '''submit educational material form''' -- Share your educational content with the community!]
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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]]
== Goals and To Dos ==
 
 
 
* [[Edu_goals_and_to_dos]]
 
* [[Desktop_GIS_exercises]]
 
* [[Web_GIS_lab_exercises]]
 
 
 
== Meeting Minutes ==
 
* [[Edu IRC_Meeting_Summary_July_30_2010]]  
 
* [[FOSS4G2009_Education_BOF_minutes]] (Oct. 2009)
 
  
== Membership and participation ==
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== GeoForAll Meeting Notes ==
* Make yourself known - add yourself to the [[Education Contributors]] page.
 
* Consider joining our [http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/edu_discuss mailing list].
 
  
== Old pages worth saving ==
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FOSS4G Europe Como, July 2015
* [[Education Committee Work Program]] - Our wiki page listing our group's 2009 goals and todos.
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* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_EU_Como_2015_Preconference_meeting Pre-Conference meeting summary]
* [[Education Material Development]] - rough notes and examples based on [http://aag.org/bok GIS&T Body of Knowledge] curriculum
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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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[[Category:Education]]
 
[[Category:Committees]]
 
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Latest revision as of 13:23, 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