[BioEdu] Welcome

[J.W. Bizzaro]

Greetings everyone!

We got 78 subscribers in the first 48 hours of this list's existence, which I 
think is quite remarkable.  Maybe we should have done this a long time ago :-)

I'd just like to say what types of messages are appropriate for the list and 
where it fits in with the others at Bioinformatics.Org.  As I mentioned in the 
announcement, BioEdu is for discussions about bioinformatics education in 
general.  We'll therefore accept (all of our major mailing lists are fully 
moderated) questions, announcements and discussions about anything related to 
bioinformatics education.  These may include:

1. Questions from educators about developing a bioinformatics curriculum

2. Questions from (prospective) students about the availability and 
appropriateness of educational programs in the field

On this note, I would like to mention Damian Counsell's famous FAQ, which lists 
many programs around the world and advises on entering the field and 
cross-training between allied disciplines:

   http://bioinformatics.org/faq/

3. Announcements about new courses and programs

The one type of post that we really don't want (other than spam), is one that 
is related to a specific research or development topic that could be posted to 
another mailing list.  Examples include, "How do I do X with Python?" and "How 
do I find Y in a sequence?"  While any question, announcement or discussion 
could have "educational value," we're actually trying to address education as 
discipline or occupation, and all posts should be submitted with that in mind.

Additionally, our intention is to have 4 major forums at Bioinformatics.Org, 
covering the 3 parts of our mission (research, development and education) and 
everything in-between:

1. Bioinformatics.Org Bulletin Board (BiO BB): Est. 2000, covering the 
"everything in-between":

   http://bioinformatics.org/lists/bio_bulletin_board

2. Biodevelopers (BioDev): Est. 2002, covering tool development topics

   http://bioinformatics.org/lists/biodevelopers

3. Bioeducators (BioEdu): (you know this one)

4. Bioresearchers (BioRes): (to come)

And, of course, we have other great forums for more specific topics, such as 
cluster computing (Bioclusters) and molecular visualization (MolVis-List).

Cheers,
Jeff
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J.W. Bizzaro
Bioinformatics Organization, Inc. (Bioinformatics.Org)
E-mail: jeff at bioinformatics.org
Phone:  +1 508 890 8600
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