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[Sheflug] LPI Call for Participants and Volunteers
Thought someone might be interested....
Hello!
My name is Kara Pritchard. I am the Director of Exam Development for
the Linux Professional Institute (www.lpi.org). LPI serves the
community of Linux and open source software users, vendors, and
developers - in the interest of increasing professional use of Open
Source software throughout world. Since 1998 LPI has been
developing Open Source related certification exams with the
participation of volunteers and Linux SMEs (Subject Matter Experts)
from around the world.
LPI is launching a number of projects now, and has implemented a
web-based interface to involve even more of our community, and I
would like to ask you to participate. We currently have 4 active
projects that I'd like you to consider. You can access the Exam
Development tool at:
https://www.lpi.org/en/examdev/index.html
Project 1: Level 1 - Item Collection
We are working to build our existing item pool, and introduce new
exam items to build a more broad resource for use with the exam labs
we're hosting around the world. To participate in this program,
login to the Exam Development site and visit:
https://www.lpi.org/en/examdev/objective/addItems.html?exam_subject_i
d=5
The project lead for this program is Mark Miller
(aq1 [at] sdf.lonestar.org). His experience in exam development and
training in the aerospace field with history of running Linux for
nearly 10 years provides a truly unique and highly qualified view
into our development systems. Mark, along with lead SME and Editor
Justin Davies (justin [at] palmcoder.net) are looking forward to building
our Level 1 item pool and helping us take the program even further
than we have so far.
Project 2. Level 2 - Update Program
Level 2 was originally published in July 2001, and hasn't had a
significant update since. The first step to updating a program is to
evaluate what tasks are significant today to a Level 2 administrator.
We have to collect a minimum of 300 tasks for this project before
we can move on to the next phase of the update. To participate in
this program, please login to the Exam Development site and visit:
https://www.lpi.org/en/examdev/jta/subject.html?subject_id=4
The volunteer project manager for this project is Monika Orski
(monika [at] orski.com). Monika has been a long-time LPI volunteer and
SME, and I'm very excited to have her help us by leading this
project. If you are interesting in volunteering for this specific
project, please contact Monika. We currently have an editor for
this project as well, Vagner Farias.
Project 3. Level 3 - Samba Administrator
One of the first Level 3 programs to find active participants has
been on the subject of Samba. This is truly an exciting topic, as
it is relevant on multiple operating systems. The first step for
any new program is to launch a Job Task Analysis to ensure the
market is strong enough, and the topics are relevant to support an
exam on the subject. The first step will be to collect 300-500
tasks for the survey. To participate on this exam project, please
login and visit:
https://www.lpi.org/en/examdev/jta/subject.html?subject_id=3
The volunteer project manager for this program is John H. Terpstra,
an exemplary member of the Linux community and one of the leaders of
the Samba project. John has been a friend to LPI since we founded
in 1998. He is not only excited, but adamant to get a Samba program
going, so expect a lot of moving and shaking if you participate on
this project! If you'd like to volunteer additional assistance to
John, please contact him at jht [at] samba.org.
Project 4. Level 3 - Security
Security has been a hot topic to LPI since nearly the beginning.
We've addressed it at a low level with both of our current programs,
but we agree with the community that Security deserves a high-level
heading of its own. Therefore, Security was decided to be our first
Level 3 program to launch. The requirements for this program are
the same as L3-Samba. We must first launch our Job Task Analysis.
Please submit your tasks for Security here:
https://www.lpi.org/en/examdev/jta/subject.html?subject_id=1
We've had a number of volunteers for this program, which is
fantastic. The current project lead for this program is Mark
Lachniet
(mark [at] lachniet.com). If you wish to offer additional assistance to
this program, please contact him. Tim Writer has volunteered and
will be the lead editor.
Upcoming Programs
We have a number of exciting new programs that have been floating
around the halls of LPI, Inc. Two of them specifically will be
launched very soon. One will focus on very basic Linux Core skills
below our current skills required for Level 1. The second is
planned to focus on Linux Desktop programs. If these specific
topics are of interest to you, I hope you'll join the LPI Exam
Development mailing lists and discuss them with us.
To join the mailing lists and participate in LPI related exam
development, or general discussions, visit:
https://www.lpi.org/en/maillists.html
To participate direction in exam development projects, visit:
https://www.lpi.org/en/examdev/index.html
If you have questions about a specific project, feel free to contact
the project lead (listed above) or myself, kara [at] lpi.org.
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Kara Pritchard Phone: 618-398-7360
Director of Exam Development http://www.lpi.org/
President, K&S Pritchard Inc. kara [at] kspei.com
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Participate in LPI Level 3 Exam Development!
https://www.lpi.org/en/examdev/jta/index.html
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