[176963] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: How our young colleagues are being educated....
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (=?UTF-8?Q?Dani=C3=ABl_W=2E_Crompto)
Mon Dec 22 06:53:35 2014
X-Original-To: nanog@nanog.org
In-Reply-To: <CA+M5dWZcLA+eKxBXtmjSSmkKwvpRKFoRb+6kJm_nDaMLTfx_Ug@mail.gmail.com>
From: =?UTF-8?Q?Dani=C3=ABl_W=2E_Crompton?= <daniel.crompton@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 22 Dec 2014 12:53:06 +0100
To: Javier J <javier@advancedmachines.us>
Cc: "nanog@nanog.org" <nanog@nanog.org>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces@nanog.org
*shameless plug*
Usually not a topic for this list, and together with two co-founders we
started an online university last to address some of the issues we saw with
higher education. We currently have approval from the state of Vermont to
give college credit, credits earned through Oplerno courses are
transferable to other institutions of higher learning at the discretion of
the receiving institution.
If you think that this subject should be addressed at a college level and
are interested in teaching it you are welcome to apply as a faculty member
to teach an improved course.
Kindest regards,
Dani=C3=ABl
Oplerno is built upon empowering faculty and students
--=20
Dani=C3=ABl W. Crompton <daniel.crompton@gmail.com>
<http://specialbrands.net/>
<http://specialbrands.net/>
http://specialbrands.net/
<http://twitter.com/webhat> <http://www.facebook.com/webhat>
<http://plancast.com/webhat> <http://www.linkedin.com/in/redhat>
On 22 December 2014 at 10:13, Javier J <javier@advancedmachines.us> wrote:
>
> Dear NANOG Members,
>
> It has come to my attention, that higher learning institutions in North
> America are doing our young future colleagues a disservice.
>
> I recently ran into a student of Southern New Hampshire University enroll=
ed
> in the Networking/Telecom Management course and was shocked by what I
> learned.
>
> Not only are they skimming over new technologies such as BGP, MPLS and th=
e
> fundamentals of TCP/IP that run the internet and the networks of the worl=
d,
> they were focusing on ATM , Frame Relay and other technologies that are o=
n
> their way out the door and will probably be extinct by the time this
> student graduates. They are teaching classful routing and skimming over
> CIDR. Is this indicative of the state of our education system as a whole?
> How is it this student doesn't know about OSPF and has never heard of RIP=
?
>
> If your network hardware is so old you need a crossover cable, it's time =
to
> upgrade. In this case, it=E2=80=99s time to upgrade our education system.
>
> I didn't write this email on the sole experience of my conversation with
> one student, I wrote this email because I have noticed a pattern emerging
> over the years with other university students at other schools across the
> country. It=E2=80=99s just the countless times I have crossed paths with =
a young IT
> professional and was literally in shock listening to the things they were
> being taught. Teaching old technologies instead of teaching what is
> currently being used benefits no one. Teaching classful and skipping CIDR
> is another thing that really gets my blood boiling.
>
> Are colleges teaching what an RFC is? Are colleges teaching what IPv6 is?
>
> What about unicast and multicast? I confirmed with one student half way
> through their studies that they were not properly taught how DNS works, a=
nd
> had no clue what the term =E2=80=9Croot servers=E2=80=9D meant.
>
> Am I crazy? Am I ranting? Doesn't this need to be addressed? =E2=80=A6..a=
nd if not
> by us, then by whom? How can we fix this?
>
