Re: [libreoffice-marketing] LibreOffice with ICDL

On 1 November 2011 13:06, Tom Davies <tomdavies04@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

> Hi :)
> I think the closest is Ian's project in Venezuela or somewhere and errr,
> well yours tbh lol.


Ecuador, Panama, Columbia, Peru :-)

We also have people using the qualifications in UK, Bulgaria, Czech
Republic, Germany, Malaysia and Kenya but not necessarily exclusively with
LibO/OO. We try to encourage use of FOSS but it's not always possible.


>  Ian's is very close to being rolled out fully and already has partners
> and colleges and funding and stuff all lined-up.
>
> Do you mean the "European Computer Driving Licence" course?  ECDL
> 'recently' (about a year ago or a bit more) split into 2 components.  One
> at about NVQ Level 1 or 2 that can be taken within a few weeks or as a
> 1night per week type course but the other is more like an O Level
> (allegedly) and needs about half full-time study for about a year.

ICDL is the name for ECDL outside Europe. On big difference between
ECDL/ICDL and INGOT certification is cost. INGOT certificates a much less
expensive and backed by entirely open source infrastructure.

> Sorry that is all very vague as i lost track of what they were doing
> around about the time they created the split and details hadn't been
> finalised.
>
> Regards from
> Tom :)
>
> --- On Tue, 1/11/11, Danishka Navin <danishka@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > From: Danishka Navin <danishka@gmail.com>
> > Subject: [libreoffice-marketing] LibreOffice with ICDL
> > To: marketing@global.libreoffice.org
> > Date: Tuesday, 1 November, 2011, 12:58
> > Does any one conducting ICDL course
> > with LibreOffice?
> >
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