[TOS] OSCON query - is documentation an education subject?

[Jeffrey Osier-Mixon]

Excellent points.  If I can think of a way to restate the abstract in 
the next 51 minutes I'll add the Education tag.  :)

On 02/01/2010 10:55 PM, Karsten Wade wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 01, 2010 at 09:17:51PM -0800, Jefro wrote:
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>> I would be happy to include the TOS project on this OSCON presentation
>> if anyone thinks it would be appropriate:
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> I would say, yes, but not as this talk is focused.
>
> One of the major purposes of Teaching Open Source is not teaching
> about open source, or how to use open source, but teaching how to be a
> contributor *in* open source.
>
> So, a talk that is focused on technical writing professors to teach
> them how to get involved in documenting FOSS as a way to bridge the
> gap for their students -- that is solidly a TOS topic.
>
> The idea is, even if we teach people to emulate the successful parts
> of an open source documentation project, we are only really teaching
> them how to cook the fish we caught for them.  If we want them to be
> self-sustaining, able to fish and teach others to fish for themselves,
> then we are in the realm where TOS is at work.
>
> - Karstem
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