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Mozilla Education is a Mozilla initiative (under Mozilla Foundation auspices) to help grow a new generation of Mozilla contributors by working with students and educators around the world; it is based on and grows out of efforts at Seneca College and elsewhere. Mozilla Education is part of a larger movement (exemplified by the "[http://teachingopensource.org/ teaching open source]" project) to promote the teaching of free software and open source technologies and development practices in academic settings. Mozilla Education also connects with an even larger movement to promote participatory, student-led learning based on open educational resources. | Mozilla Education is a Mozilla initiative (under Mozilla Foundation auspices) to help grow a new generation of Mozilla contributors by working with students and educators around the world; it is based on and grows out of efforts at Seneca College and elsewhere. Mozilla Education is part of a larger movement (exemplified by the "[http://teachingopensource.org/ teaching open source]" project) to promote the teaching of free software and open source technologies and development practices in academic settings. Mozilla Education also connects with an even larger movement to promote participatory, student-led learning based on open educational resources. | ||
This document briefly reviews the history of the Mozilla Education program, puts in the context of related efforts within Mozilla and elsewhere, and proposes a set of activities for 2010 | This document briefly reviews the history of the Mozilla Education program, puts in the context of related efforts within Mozilla and elsewhere, and proposes a set of activities for 2010 along with some thoughts on the long-term place of Mozilla Education within the Mozilla project. | ||
== History == | == History == | ||
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* Establish a more formal Mozilla Education web presence (e.g., as a top-level page www.mozilla.org/education and sub-pages thereof) to provide an up-to-date and comprehensive set of links to Mozilla-related information of potential interest to students and educators. | * Establish a more formal Mozilla Education web presence (e.g., as a top-level page www.mozilla.org/education and sub-pages thereof) to provide an up-to-date and comprehensive set of links to Mozilla-related information of potential interest to students and educators. | ||
* Sponsor a series of informal events (e.g., modeled on the "brown bag" series) to inform the Mozilla community of noteworthy Mozilla-related activities in academia and provide students an opportunity to present their work. | * Sponsor a series of informal events (e.g., modeled on the "brown bag" series) to inform the Mozilla community of noteworthy Mozilla-related activities in academia and provide students an opportunity to present their work. | ||
== Mozilla Education in the long term == | |||
As noted above, in the past few years Mozilla Education has moved from an informal program of cooperation between Seneca College and the Mozilla Toronto office, to a semi-formal initiative under Mozilla Foundation auspices. If Mozilla Education activities continue to expand then it may make sense to further formalize Mozilla Education within Mozilla. | |||
The following is a possible future structure for Mozilla Education as a service function for the Mozilla project and the various Mozilla organizations: | |||
* dedicated funding (e.g., in the form of a multi-year grant to Seneca College) for Dave Humphrey's role as a full-time Mozilla Education lead | |||
* additional funding for 0.5-1.0 FTE within Mozilla (as either a single person or committed portions of multiple people's time) to assist with Mozilla Education activities and support the various groups within Mozilla organizations involved with them | |||
* additional dedicated budget to support institutions, educators, and students involved in Mozilla-related educational activities (e.g., for travel or other scholarships, event sponsorhip, design challenges, etc.) | |||
* formal working relationships for coordination with the various Mozilla groups involved in educational-related activities (e.g., Mozilla Labs, evangelism, etc.) | |||
* Mozilla Education web presence as designated channel for Mozilla-related news and information specifically targeted to students and educators | |||
[[Category:Education]] | [[Category:Education]] | ||