Ubuntu Education Programme : Goals

Context

• https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Education/Goals

  • A Goal is a statement of what the Ubuntu Education Programme wants to become or achieve.

• https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Education/Objectives

  • An Objective is a more specific statement of a portion of an Ubuntu Education Programme Goal.

• https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Education/Actions

  • An Action is one of the major steps needed to achieve an Ubuntu Education Programme Objective.

Current Goals : 2007/2008

• DRAFT - Planning currently in Progress

• goal 1: Cement the position of Ubuntu and its variants as the leading Linux distribution in the Education Sector

• goal 2: Support the business goals of Canonical

• goal 3: Grow Ubuntu Education Community and Developer / Resource / Skill / Partner Pool

• goal 4: Position Ubuntu and it variants as a complete solution for a wide scale educaiton deployment - from Server back-end to Classroom front-end

• goal 5: Leverage the ClassmatePC to position Ubuntu as one of the two leading education Linux brands

• goal 6: Measure & improve the proportion of Ubuntu based government education deployments

• goal 7: Promote Ubuntu education successes and engagements more agressively - with a focus on Spain

• goal 8: Refine the differentiation of Edubuntu as an Ubuntu Base and Education Add-on allowing Education components to be installed onto Ubuntu

• goal 9: Establish a closer working relationship and regular, scheduled interaction with agreed targets with:

  • Canonical OEM Channel
    • Maria Bonnefon and Team
  • Canonical Partner Channel
    • Mark Murphy
  • Canonical Training
    • Billy Cina

Past Goals : History

Goals : 2006/2007

• goal 1: Position Ubuntu and its variants as the leading Linux distribution in the Education Sector

• goal 2: Grow Ubuntu Education Community and Resource / Skill / Partner Pool

• goal 3: Support the business goals of Canonical

• goal 4: Leverage global excitement around OLPC to position Ubuntu as one of the two leading Linux brands

• goal 5: Measure & improve the proportion of Ubuntu based government education deployments

• goal 6: Position Ubuntu and Education internally as more than the current Edubuntu Desktop Product

• goal 7: Differentiate Edubuntu into Ubuntu Base and Education Add-ons for better internal positioning

• goal 8: Promote Ubuntu education engagements and news in local territories to create a demand

• goal 9: Create a greater demand for Ubuntu through engagement of the education sector communities

Goals : Hisorical

• Historical versions of this document will be listed here.

[ document details ]

[ document purpose ]

Outline the current goals for the Ubuntu Education Programme.

This page is a planning and discussion document for open discussion.

[ document author ]

• Richard Weideman
  • Education Programme Manager
  • IRC

    • nick RichEd

    • channels #edubuntu, #ubuntu-education

  • richard@ubuntu.com

[ document editing ]

• Please sugest changes to the author via email rather than modifying directly