Educator Community,
A linkedin post featuring an interview of Professor Decker from Northern Illinois University prompted me to blog.
Professor Decker is responsible for more than a decade worth of his graduated students securing careers involving IBM Z technology, a critical tool of commerce and governments. It is worth a few minutes of your time to watch and listen.
https://www.linkedin.com/embed/feed/update/urn:li:ugcPost:7206440590362750976
Things you might want to know:
A recent organization of a large collection of IBM Z skills learning content is available. The collection name is the IBM Z Global Skills Depot. The site is worth visiting to view the extensive learning material, inclusive of excellent professional learning video's, quizzes, and exams to earn professional badge credentials. Excellent source of material for existing curriculum related to Enterprise Computing or student opportunity for extra credit potentially leading to a career not previously considered.
https://www.ibm.com/z/resources/mainframe-skills
Some might be familiar with the Open Mainframe Project Enterprise COBOL github and z/OS lab system. The Enterprise COBOL z/OS lab system and the registration system is changing. The Enterprise COBOL github does not change. However, changes will be made to the github learning content changing instructions to begin using the IBM z Xplore learning z/OS for the Open Mainframe Project Enterprise COBOL z/OS lab system.
https://github.com/openmainframeproject/cobol-programming-course
https://www.ibm.com/z/resources/zxplore
This brings me to my last brief comment. An educator used the OMP COBOL z/OS lab system for years requested assistance. The request is to download data sets used by past classes, needed for future classes. I requested the educator to post the request in a 'discussion' thread in this educator community. I will create and post detailed instructions very soon. Take a look at the 'discussion' tab.
As always, your comments and questions are sincerely appreciated.
Paul