[Floss-mooc] MOOC title/subtitle

Jill Vogel jill at opencraft.com
Tue Apr 12 23:39:41 UTC 2022


"Open Source Masterclass" sounds great! Succinct and clear.

And yep! I've registered for the mailing list, awaiting approval.

Cheers,
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On Tue, Apr 12, 2022 at 8:10 PM Xavier Antoviaque <xavier at opencraft.com>
wrote:

> That sounds perfect to me! Short and practical, says what it is clearly,
> and still takes care of being inclusive in the naming through the subtitle.
> +1 from me! And thanks for tackling this -- choosing a name is always one
> of the trickiest steps :)
>
> I'm looping in Ali & Jill btw, who participated in the discussion on
> https://gitlab.com/mooc-floss/mooc-floss/-/issues/54 but isn't on the
> mailing list (let me know if you'd like to be added btw - it's very low
> traffic, 1-2 mails/month).
>
> Xavier.
>
> On Mon, Apr 11, 2022, at 17:34, Marc Jeanmougin wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > We need a decision on the MOOC title, and I'd like to initiate a
> > discussion first, so I'll put here my thoughts on the matter.
> >
> > The main candidates for the course title for now are a combination of
> > FLOSS | Open source | Free software | Upstream(ing) + University |
> > Masterclass .
> >
> > In that sense, there is a tradeoff between the practical (code-focused)
> > contents of the course, the aspects of foreseeable reception or
> > engagement by the community/communities (perception of the term "Open
> > source" vs "Free software" or "FLOSS"), and of course the popularity of
> > those terms in the student audience = how likely people will "get" what
> > the course is about from the title, without prior knowledge of the
> > subject.
> >
> >
> > Hence, IMO the best tradeoff is to use "open source" in the title
> > ("open source masterclass" does sound nice) and use the subtitle to
> > precise something like "Contributing code to upstream
> > free/libre/opensource projects", but I'd be happy to hear your thoughts
> > about it
> >
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > --
> > Marc
> >
> >
> >
> > (issue link : https://gitlab.com/mooc-floss/mooc-floss/-/issues/54 )
> >
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