In response to the thead Fridays for Free Software ;)
I am going to try and share a few thoughts from my own experiences.
I tried to approach people such as digital unite in the UK, who are working to bridge the digital divide by developing digital skills.
They work on a set curriculum on how to use digital kit, use the Internet, use e-mail, social media etc, and this is set by people above them and funded by government.
The issue is that they teach proprietary software, but at the same time business is using this. There is little traction to move from that, and little incentive to move from that, despite the skills shortage for Linux admins for example.
These courses are pushing people towards Microsoft, and Facebook (which I refuse to use Facebook on privacy and ethical grounds)
There is however the learning machine who offer ingots (ITQ) using free and open source software, but unless the trainers are taught to use this
The problem, here and on user groups, is people don't exactly need training in say Libreoffice so don't ask for it, new users wanting to learn may not ask or if they do they get told MS Office is standard, we don't offer Libreoffice courses.
I am not sure what the solution is here.
Paul