The Learning Machine (TLM)working in Partnership with The Linux professional Institute have taken the Linux Essentials objectives and turned them into a level 2 qualification structured in a language that schools and colleges can use.
TLM are the awarding organisation for this course, provide training to the assessors on the certification and moderation systems and schools fund the student for each qualification. TLM offer a range of models to support the varying ways schools fund these qualifications.
The units studied as part of the TLM Open Systems IT Management (OSIM) Qualification is designed around practical needs in modern practical computing. They cover:
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Understanding global software communities and their products
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Using an Operating System efficiently
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Computer hardware systems and networks
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Carrying out an IT systems management project
On Friday 8th January, the Department for Education (DfE) approved an Open Systems IT Management (OSIM) Level 2 course to be eligible for 16-19 Performance Points counting towards the school’s league table attainment.
Stuart Mackintosh, chairman of the Open Source Consortium says “It has been a significant achievement to have this course formally recognised on the performance tables and designed to fit in with teaching and curriculum requirements of schools and colleges across the country. As the Open Source industry association, the OSC supported the development of the qualification and is pleased with this result achieved by TLM“