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

[Karsten Wade]

On Mon, Feb 01, 2010 at 09:17:51PM -0800, Jefro wrote:
> I would be happy to include the TOS project on this OSCON presentation 
> if anyone thinks it would be appropriate:

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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