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Talk by Phillip Waclawski
socallinuxexpo.org/scale/23x/presentations/over-25-years-education-promoting-linux-open-source-and-mysql
I’ve spent years trying to bring open-source software into my community college classes, and it’s been a mixture of successes, failures, and challenges. I’ll share some of the early attempts, such as trying to run courses using Linux and scaring a few administrators in the process. How I was often told to teach a “real” language instead of PHP or Python, and how MySQL quietly became the workhorse of several of my courses. And now the MySQL class is one of the required classes for our new Bachelors of Data Analytics and Programming degree.
Talk by Phillip Waclawski
socallinuxexpo.org/scale/23x/presentations/over-25-years-education-promoting-linux-open-source-and-mysql
I’ve spent years trying to bring open-source software into my community college classes, and it’s been a mixture of successes, failures, and challenges. I’ll share some of the early attempts, such as trying to run courses using Linux and scaring a few administrators in the process. How I was often told to teach a “real” language instead of PHP or Python, and how MySQL quietly became the workhorse of several of my courses. And now the MySQL class is one of the required classes for our new Bachelors of Data Analytics and Programming degree.
