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Courses
I offer several online and traditional courses on Digital Rights topics, from ICT for education to Open Data, for teachers, NGO activists and the general public. As an example, here are some of the courses I am running or have run recently, either personally or through several organizations:
- Digital Citizens Basics
- (new, coming in 2012) Open Data and You: how all citizens can demand and use Open Data to make their local administrations more efficient and transparent
- Digital Cultures (through VIS, an organization with a great experience in the distance training field, see here for details): course for NGO volunteers and project managers who need to use (open) ICT for Development in the best possible way
- Education to New Media (also through VIS): basic course for teachers and parents willing to know more on how digital technologies impact their lives and those of their children
- Seminar on the impacts of file formats on innovation, active citizenship and really free markets (first held at the Laboratory of Economics Management of the S. Anna School of Advanced Studies)
- Seminar on Open Data for a new governance of landscape and environment, first held at the IUAV University in Venice)
- Introduction to Open Government (see example from the summer school of the UIMP University of Santander (Spain) here)
Important: People often ask me why several of these courses do NOT earn credits for students in any University. The main reason is that they are NOT conceived for University-level education, but for all citizens. Everybody should know these things, not just people who can afford a higher-level education!
Custom courses? Of course!
This said, it is certainly possible to create custom editions of each course, or even whole courses on specific topic, tailored to the actual needs and skill levels of specific group. Just ask!
On request, I am also available for technical training at different levels about Linux, Shell or Perl scripting and OpenOffice, as well as telecom-related topics and digital IC design. I am also interested in writing manuals and other course material on the same subjects.