General course discussion mailing list now up.

Submitted by rpjday on Sat, 2010-06-19 10:40
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For the purpose of general discussion about Crash Course's offerings, the delivery model or any other issues related to how Crash Course is writing and publishing online training, I've created the Mailman-based mailing list discuss@lists.crashcourse.ca, which is open to the public and which you can subscribe to by sending a short "subscribe" message to the address discuss-request@lists.crashcourse.ca (as long as I've managed to create and configure that correctly).

Let me emphasize that this list is a general list for wide-ranging discussions about course design in general, suggestions for future courses, comments about the delivery model and the like, and is open to absolutely anyone, registered student or not.

It is not for discussions specific to a single course. Each Crash Course offering will have its own course-specific mailing list that will be available only to registered students of that course. Consider that one of the benefits of registration.

We know

We're aware of the time and budget pressures at most companies, normally accompanied by the plaintive cry from management of, "Yes, I know we need training on that topic, but I just can't afford to send my entire team away for three (or four or five) days to get it!" And that's where we come in.

Choices!

The main focus at Crashcourse is to offer a choice of intense, 1-day, hands-on courses on specific topics in Linux and open source. And given that we already have the laptops for the delivery of that training, the idea is to show up early, set up a classroom, then spend the day teaching exactly the topic you're interested in. No travel time, and no wasted classroom time.

Customization

If we don't already have a course that addresses the topic you're interested in, drop us a note and we'll see what we can do -- our content providers can almost certainly put together a course that's precisely what you're after.

The difference

While there are a variety of sources for Linux and open source training, we at Crashcourse are taking a slightly different approach. Our philosophy is simple: exactly the training you want, and no wasted time or travel to get it.