Re: Towards more collaboration between the academic world and the GNOME community

[David Bolter <dtb gnome org>]

Vincent Untz wrote:
> Le lundi 20 août 2007, à 13:33 -0400, David Bolter a écrit :
>   
> > Vincent Untz wrote:
> >     
> > > Le lundi 13 août 2007, à 05:55 +0300, Quim Gil a écrit :
> > >   
> > >       
> > > > Remember this thread? Anybody kept working on a GNOME group focused on
> > > > universities?
> > > > What about moving the topic to ie marketing list with the objective of
> > > > creating a formal committe?
> > > >     
> > > >         
> > > Fernando and I had a discussion about this at GUADEC. I'm also in
> > > contact with two or three other people who are interested in this.
> > >
> > > I think we'd need to create a mailing list and start organizing the work
> > > there, especially what will be the next actions. There are already a few
> > > ideas about how to make more use of GNOME for teaching. Of course, more
> > > focus on the research side would be great too!
> > >
> > > Fernando, do you want to take care of the mailing list creation? :-)
> > >
> > >   
> > >       
> > This is very timely. I've been asked to head up a pilot project here at 
> > the University of Toronto with a goal of engaging students in open 
> > source development. Please let me know if I can be of help (committee or 
> > otherwise). Do we have someone to lead this effort?
> >     
>
> Oh, interesting! I'd love to hear more about this project! And if we can
> help in any way with this, tell us!
>
> We didn't find a "leader" yet, but there's a small group of interested
> people, so it seems we're more geared towards a committee thing. So
> you're really welcome to join us to share your ideas (and do more if you
> want). I think Fernando will ask for the mailing list today, so we'll
> hopefully have it soon.
>
>   
Thanks!

Described roughly. the 2.5 pilot project with Bell is to produce 
personalized location aware information to students with mobile devices 
on a university campus. My role in leading the project is still being 
ironed out as I am pushing for pure open solutions. There isn't much 
money unfortunately, as it is a pilot project that could lead to more 
serious stuff. I've been blessed with too much to do lately so the offer 
of help is very well received! :)

It will consist of browser based interactivity via RESTful web methods; 
but I am open to other ideas.

I've been meaning to find out more about the online desktop effort to 
see if that is aligned... and GeoClue...

The deliverables/goals are: student engagement, personalization, and 
something called a knowledge broker.

all for now,

D