[GTALUG] TPL teaching Linux

[Daniel Wayne Armstrong]

This sounds very interesting and worthwhile! What will be the role of the
TPL in this online course? Will there be an "offline" component involving
perhaps meetups in library branches?

On Thu, Feb 28, 2019 at 9:58 PM Evan Leibovitch via talk <talk at gtalug.org>
wrote:

> Hi all.
>
> You may be interested to know that there is a new learning concept taking
> hold, in a very unusual context. Libraries around the world are getting
> involved in "leaning circles", in which a group of learners work together
> with each other, online training, library-supplied facilitation staff and
> sporadic involvement by subject experts.
>
> The concept is going global, and different libraries are leading the way
> in different fields. As it turns out, the global leader in Linux learning
> circles is right here at the Toronto Public Library. Toronto and Nairobi
> are the first in the world to be welcoming "new to Linux" attendees who run
> the range from absolute newcomers to people looking to change careers or
> others who are in IT in other realms and want to learn Linux.
>
> The initial run of four-week "Linux Unhatched" circles is just now
> concluding. I audited them at three of the six different branches
> (Keele&Wilson, University at College, Yonge at Eglinton)  at which they were
> held. Response has been great. At the sessions I attended I talked up
> GTALUG as a way for participants to keep their interest after the sessions
> are over and maybe we'll get some new participants as a result.
>
> For its next step, the TPL is offering a 70-hour course on Linux
> Essentials, based on the LPI certificate program of the same name and done
> through the Cisco Networking Academy.
>
> https://www.netacad.com/web/self-enroll/course-799917
>
> If you know anyone interested in Linux, this is a great way to start
> learning...
>
> --
> Evan Leibovitch, Toronto Canada
> @evanleibovitch or @el56
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