Teaching Material Evaluation Criteria

This is a thought experiment

Purpose

The purpose of this document is to outline the criteria to be used for endorsing teaching material developed by OSGeo members and offered through the OSGeo site.

Criteria

Required

1. Software covered in the course is under an OSI approved license
2. Material and data are available under an open content license (cf Open Knowledge Definition)
3. The material has been reviewed and admired by at least 2 people on the Edu committee
4. Tutorial comes with metadata identifying author, date, length/timespan, audience type

Desirable

1. At least software from one OSGeo Software project is used