As I'm the one doing the ASIST courses... they will be more  
introductory than I think Cindy is looking for -- conceptual rather  
than "how to". We REALLY need some "how-to" instruction for people who  
want to get their hands semantically dirty. I don't think it would be  
terribly difficult to set up some webinars in that area and there are  
organizations that might be interested in sponsoring them. What we  
need is *instructors*.

The fact is that it takes a tremendous amount of time to work out an  
instructional program, and one with actual code and exercises is  
especially trying for the instructor. However, if we could divide up  
with chore I think we could at least get started. If there are folks  
who would be willing to volunteer for a small bit I would be willing  
to help get them aired.

This also might be something that could be part of Peter Murray's  
"virtual lightning talks" -- although that could end up being a bit  
scattered pedagogically if we didn't coordinate them. Would it work  
better if we came up with a list of topics and then did a call for  
"demonstrators"?

I'm also thinking that I (or someone...) could do a short "how to"  
relating to the Open Metadata Registry (http://metadataregistry.org).  
That would be good for those who are interested in experimenting with  
vocabularies.

kc

Quoting Joe Hourcle <[log in to unmask]>:

> On Mar 5, 2011, at 3:01 PM, Cindy Harper wrote:
>
>> Well, I just walked my 80-year-old mother through setting up her wireless
>> router and wireless on her desktop and laptop via telephone NY-to-VA, and
>> now I feel like I can think about another challenge for the coming
>> season(s). Does anyone know of a good online course that's an introduction
>> to semantic web technology that they could recommend? My goals are simply to
>> understand more and be able to code a little, and afterward applying it to
>> linked data?  I know of one course this summer at Johns Hopkins Engineering
>> for Professionals program
>> http://ep.jhu.edu/course-homepages/viewpage.php?homepage_id=2993, but it's
>> rather pricey. Anyone know of cheaper options or creative ideas for funding?
>
>
> I don't know how introductory it'd be, but ASIS&T has been doing a lot of
> 'webinars' this year, and there are ones coming up on the 9th and 13th on
> linked data, and the first one sounds like it'll cover some semantic web
> issues::
>
> 	http://asis.org/Conferences/webinars/2011/linked-data.html
>
> (I can't compare prices to the JHU one, as I didn't see any pricing on the
> JHU site; this round of ASIS&T webinars are $25 for members, $59 for
> non-members; some in the past have been free for ASIS&T members)
>
> Also, looking at MIT's Open Courseware catalog, I see a few individual
> lessons that might be applicable:
>
> 	http://ocw.mit.edu/index.htm
>
> In the past, I've looked at some of the courses from W3schools (not  
> affiliated
> with W3C, but has some tutorials on various things related to the web).  They
> tend to be fairly introductory, but they have two that might be of interest:
>
> 	http://www.w3schools.com/rdf/default.asp
> 	http://www.w3schools.com/semweb/default.asp
>
> -Joe
>
> -----
> Joe Hourcle
> Programmer/Analyst
> Solar Data Analysis Center
> Goddard Space Flight Center
>



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