Faculty Updation Program on "Free/Open Source Software"
@ Rajalakshmi Engineering College, Thandalam, Chennai 602 105
2nd - 4th December 2008 8.30 am till 2.30 pm
Contact Persons at REC
Mr. Benedict Jayaprakash Nicholas,M.E. Lecturer, Department of CSE benedictnicholas@yahoo.com
Prof (Mrs.) Pramila HoD I/C, Dept. of CSE mohan.pramila@gmail.com
Faculty :
Dr. S. Srinivasan Project Scientist, NRCFOSS srinivasan@au-kbc.org Mr. Mohamed Imran Project Engineer, NRCFOSS mohamed.imran@au-kbc.org Mr. Sanjeev K Saini Project Engineer, NRCFOSS sksaini@au-kbc.org Mr. Ravi Jaya ILUG-C ravi.goglobium@gmail.com Mr. A.S. Prakash Project Engineer, NRCFOSS asprakash@au-kbc.org Mr. Senthil Anand Consultant, NRCFOSS senthils@au-kbc.org
Overall objective:
provide an overview of FOSS -- philosophy, concepts, methodologies guide through FOSS Elective 1 topics and give a brief overview of FOSS Elective 2 ;
expose to FOSS tools like moodle, open office, gimp, etc. ;
discuss FOSS projects & research areas : what & how to
Schedule
Day 1: (Srinivasan, Mohamed Imran, Benedict Nicholas) ** refer to Units 1, 2, 3 of Elective 1 ; Unit 1 of Elective 2 08:30 – 09:00 Inauguration, initial briefing SS / BJN / PM 09:00 – 10:30 FOSS Overview, NRCFOSS activities, Projects/Res. SS (Presentation) 11:00 – 12:30 GNU Linux installation, basic commands MI (Demo) 13:00 – 14:30 Linux installation ; Linux desktop ; Moodle MI/BJN (hands-on) Day 2: (Sanjeev Saini & Ravi Jaya) ** refer to Units 3-5 of Elective 1 ; Unit 4-5 of Elective 2 MySql & PHP ; ?? brief on Gtk, Python ; ?? LaTex Day 3: (Prakash & Senthil Anand) ** refer to Unit 2 of Elective 2 Collaborative development : Wiki, Mailing lists, Version Control (Mainly centralised VCS - svn, dvcs discussed briefly) Overview of FOSS tools for everyday use (Open Office, Gimp, Blender, audio player, etc.) Discussion on FOSS projects & "How do we proceed"
Participants
B.Bhuvaneswaran, Lecturer / CSE, Rajalakshmi Engineering College Date : 04.12.2008 @ 07.00 PM My Feedback About this Workshop:-
Its really supurb. I learnt lot of new technologies in LINUX like PHP, MYSQL, Moodle which I didn't know little bit before the Workshop. Today I individually installed Moodle and its working fine. I have an idea to create login for students and staff members to access within the campus and after succesful usage, planned to Install globally.
My sincere thanks to Dr.Srinivasan and his team and also I thank Mr.Benedict, Ms.S.Pramila and my college management arranged for such a nice workshop.
Thank You...
Co-ordinator's Feedback
Benedict J.N., Lecturer/CSE Dept, Rajalakshmi Engineering College (ilugc Member,CSI Life Member)
First appreciation for Dr.S.Srinivasan who readily accepted invitation and framed the contents of the FOSS Faculty Updation Program which I wanted to conduct for faculty two years before itself. 30 faculty participants got benefited from this program. They enjoyed all the sessions but Moodle, MySQL & PHP attracted more attention and interest. Every speaker effectively utilized the time given. Mr.A.S. Prakash distributed his BioPuppyLinux? CD to the Biotech Dept. of our college separately and briefed them.
Thanks to the NRCFOSS team led by Dr.S.Srinivasan and ilugc members.
