Lørdag den 26. juni 2010 06:00:20 skrev Jim Henderson:
What I'd like is for the project team to consider that end-user education (in particular) is something that could help us attract more users and help them achieve a more comprehensive view of how to use openSUSE more effectively. Things like skills migration from Windows to openSUSE would be something I see as key; one forum user put it as "people learn by making connections to that which they already know"; I see that in my official job role as well - the students who are most successful are the ones who can associate what they're learning with something they already know - even if it's not a direct 1:1 mapping.
Thoughts?
Is your idea just to write more online documentation? Or are you thinking about actual real world classes/courses or creating some kind of formal e- learning? I don't think either of the latter is realistic. I have created http://opensuse-guide.org targetting end users. Note that there have been e.g. packaging sessions both on irc and at events. I think everything needed for technical and motivated people is just about there. Non-motivated, non-technical people are nearly impossible to help imo - unless there's someone (friend, relative, co-worker) to do face-to-face handholding. However, in our LUG we have actually been discussing doing some kind of beginner's course in Linux - but if this ever comes into existence it would be a cross-distro thing. At least here in Copenhagen there's not high enough concentration of openSUSE users that an openSUSE specific course would make sense. Also, a few years ago 75% of new openSUSE users came from MS Windows, but now 75% of new users seem to come from Ubuntu (surprisingly this hasn't seemed to make user support much easier at all). This is also something to consider. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-project+help@opensuse.org