In mastering a 1st class community free ERP software Project that fulfills the following:
To churn out employer or employable material among graduates to be highly marketable in the contemporary ICT and business applications market worldwide.
This is to address the high level of unemployment among 3rd world countries' graduates particularly, even though they possess a valid university qualification.
To teach just enough skills and knowledge based on the pareto principle of 20% know-how to handle 80% of the challenges.
This is to address the resource constraints of enough trainers and practitioners of ERP applications.
To take advantage of the worldwide open community behind open source ERP to gain exposure, experience as well as commercial leads.
This is to stand on the shoulders of giants and not reinvent the wheel of progress achieved through open sharing and collaboration.
To make the community self-sustaining and profitable for its advocates without compromising the ideals of making Fee Open Source Software (FOSS).
This course relies on the ADempiere Project [1] which is fully community based without commercial interests.
The mode of study is self research under guidance and discussion. The student is encouraged to be communicative, sociable, creative, resourceful and critical. Wise non-conformity is a plus. Publishing or writing one's works and thoughts in the suggested places and in own original words can give excellent marks.
From day one, the student joins Web 2.0 projects such as the chatroom, blogs, forums, wikiversity and SourceForge where exposed interactivity can occur with the community at large. Those who can solicit participation from others are considered successful advocates.
The facilitator tutor shall use heavily the web and requests students to derive source materials directly from it.
The students have to act as a whole team to devise ways to make a better impression to attract the right attention and build a professional image.
We started our first ever class here!
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