Curriculum and Training
This is a group to organize and discuss the development of Drupal courseware to be used for training students at Drupal Camp and other training events.
With the Drupal API being improved (but also changed) with each release, and new users joining the community every single day, training is an under-served need.
Please post here:
- Links or information about courseware
- News about upcoming and past training events
- If you are interested in setting up local meeting sessions to share in training
- If you are searching for training opportunities
- If you offer Drupal training services
- Discussion or critiques about training programs or trainers
Drupal Kata (our homegrown project learning program) is taking shape
Hi there -
Just to follow up for those who aren't already aware/involved (most of you), the Drupal Kata (http://drupalkata.com/) is up and running and we're starting to generate a bit of interest. That said, we're still very much in need of leaders, mentors, advisers, and apprentices in the areas of project/sprint/task management, education, business, and marketing. Developers, designers, themers, are obviously pretty key, but it helps when there are people to provide guidance.
These may be good points of entry -
Open Atrium & Gradebook Module for E-learning Feature
Firstly congrats to the Open Atrium team its a really impressive product and I think is going to be the basis for many effective communities... Thank you for your hard work.
As we have seen with DrupalEd , organic groups make great classrooms.
I think a really useful open atrium install profile that could be an e-learning system out of the box ... would be a combination of DrupalED and Open Atrium
I am planning to do some work to try and see what I can can do with creating some education orientated features for Open Atrium around the following modules
Drupaltherapy San Francisco: Nov 15 & 16, 2009
Announcing our TWO San Francisco Drupal trainings on:
Sunday, Nov 15, 2009, 10AM-6PM
Monday, Nov 16, 2009, 10AM-6PM
These two intensive all-day workshops will arm new and novice level Drupal users with basics in:
- Installating and configurating Drupal 6 core (D7 as needed and/or ready)
- Drupal core systems and functions
- Top contributed modules (Views and CCK, again D7 as needed and/or ready)
- Theme basics
Drupal Learning Tracks
Code Development
http://groups.drupal.org/node/21335
Learn the latest techniques in site development; simpletests, coding practices, scalability, deployment and so on.
Design and Usability
http://groups.drupal.org/node/21365
Focus on the site builders, themers and those interested in delivering a killer user experience both for Drupal itself and for their own sites. Attract more designers to Drupal; Improve Drupal’s visual design
Growing Drupal
What is the purpose of this group?
The banner at the top suggests a number of things. The first sentence suggest that this group is about create open curriculum. But then it suggests that you should also post to this group information (marketing) about your for pay training, etc.
So which is it?
We're back!
A lot of good things coming together as we're pressing forward with many of the objectives laid out in the Drupal Open Learning Initiative. We can use this post to tie everything together, keep tabs on progress, and discuss how to get involved!
Drupal Boot Camp Training
AustinCMS has offered Drupal Boot Camps and technical training since 2004. We have been training professional developers and programmers around the world since 1999. We offer Drupal Boot Camps at least twice a month - as well as Professional Drupal Module Development, PHP & mySQL classes.
As part of our contribution to the Drupal community, we offer a free seat in every training class to a non-profit employee or vetted applicant. For more information, contact us at: http://www.austincms.com.
Course Length: 4 days
Audience: Application and web developers, system administrators responsible for maintaining a Drupal installation.
Prerequisites: None
Course Agenda
Drupal Training Santa Barbara
Three Days of Drupal Training in Santa Barbara Starting at $199!
October 6: Drupal Basics is a one day training session for new users of open source software Drupal. Participants will learn to install and configure Drupal software, community contributed modules, and Drupal themes. ($199)
Quickstart Introduction to Drupal Course (Online)
Building on the success of our classroom-based training in Los Angeles, California (US), this online course will gently introduce you to Drupal as we build a neighborhood association website. The course is presented in a series of modules that will introduce a concept, and then implement the concept in Drupal. This course is intended for individuals who have basic familiarity with building a web page or blogging; no programming experience or experience with Drupal is assumed or necessary.
Em Space Drupal training in Australia
This is an update about Em Space training services.
We were using the CAE training labs (in Melbourne) for training, but this was a bit too rigid. So we've limited ourselves to corporate training, training teams at our clients' premises.
However, we now have a flexible training service that can travel around. This means we will be able to train in unusual places with minimal preparation in advance. This also means that we can use our own offices for training - avoiding the pain of booking venues, but also keeping our space flexible (not having to lock it up with cheap desktop PCs).
Drupal Dojo: A brief history and next steps...
In May 2007 Dries wrote a blog post identifying the levels and thresholds associated with ascending the Drupal learning curve. He identified specific levels (thresholds) that individuals involved with using and/or developing for Drupal ranging from new users (I “suck” threshold) to active contributors to the Drupal community (“I kick ass” threshold). In response to the know-do gap between those who simply struggled in the Drupal community and those who actually advanced the spirit, mission and vision of the project the Drupal Dojo was born. The model was based on the Japanese concept of the dojo, which means: “the place of the way” and is defined as a training facility, usually led by one or more sensei; the Japanese term for “teacher”. The primary purpose of the Dojo was to provide a structured and safe learning environment for individuals looking to ascend the Drupal learning curve and connect like minded individuals (students) to other individuals who have experience and expertise (teachers).
Drupal Kata: A project learning program
The Drupal Kata is a program that provides training in a wide range of areas ranging from site planning, drafting proposals, project management, information architecture, development, design, infrastructure, to Drupal workflows and community. It does this by pairing apprentices with a mentor or mentors, thus gaining exposure to real-world scenarios and connections with the local and global community.
Full Day Views and CCK Training by DrupalEasy - July 23rd
DrupalEasy is still accepting registrations for Thursday, July 23rd training at the scenic Leu Gardents in Orlando. Building Content Rich Sites is a must-see session for developers and site administrators who need more familiarity with CCK and Views. Our hometown no-frills fee of $124 covers training from 9 to 5. Go to DrupalEasy.com to register before July 20th and be sure to use the coupon code "FLORIDA" when purchasing to get $25 off!
If you're paying a development team to build a Knight or similarly funded project, what are you paying them?
Zivtech 'Site Building' and 'Theming' Trainings - June 25th and 26th - Philadelphia PA
sorry for the late notice, I just realized this wasn't posted here
Zivtech is proud to announce two days of Drupal trainings, on Thursday June 25th and Friday June 26th. The trainings will be held at the beautiful Cira Center, which is conveniently located next to Amtrak/SEPTA's 30th Street Station.
Drupaltherapy Boston: July 25, 2009
Announcing our next Boston area Drupal training on Saturday, July 25, 2009, from 8:30AM to 6:00PM, in sunny Davis Square. If you've enjoyed the Drupaltherapy screencasts, then this is your chance to spend a day with the same level of high quality instruction in a supportive learning environment.
Check out the workshop annoucement for information on availability and registration.
Geo related documentation started on GeoJune.org
As part of the Geo June activity, we've started a website to aggregate the work being done: http://www.geojune.org. We're aiming to provide documentation, demos of the developing modules, tutorials, etc.
Drupal Open Learning Initiative
There are many great Drupal learning resources, groups, and tools but they can be somewhat disconnected and spread out. Our goal is to unify and bring these efforts together to provide a complimentary program and platform that serves all Drupal learning initiatives needs and efforts.
Drupal Kata
The Drupal Kata is a new project learning program that provides hands on training in a wide range of areas ranging from site planning, drafting proposals, project management, information architecture, development, design, infrastructure, to business and community. It does this by pairing apprentices with a mentor or mentors, thus gaining exposure to real-world scenarios and connections with the local and global community. The knowledge transfer allows apprentices to become proficient, contribute back to the community, and retain the skills for gainful employment in the field of their choice.
Drupal Dojo
The evolutionary stages of the program seeks to follow through with the Drupal Dojo 2.0 vision by building off complimentary sites and collaborating with existing teams. A collaboration with the Open Media Project will provide a unique opportunity to craft a custom program to provide development help, training, and documentation and marketing on a regional level.
LA Drupal videos galore (DrupalCampLA + Meetings)
For over a year LA Drupal has been recording our meetings and many of our events. View the videos online... http://drupal-la.blip.tv
Subscribe to our video podcast... http://drupal-la.blip.tv/rss (available directly on iTunes too)
We provide these videos for free for people to learn Drupal of course. Over the next handful of weeks you will see us release videos from our meetings and DrupalCampLA '08. Learn the basics of Drupal, theme design, module development, advanced views, Services module (Flash + Drupal), and many, many more topics all relating to Drupal.
Follow us on twitter... www.twitter.com/ladrupal
Building With Drupal: Rebuilding the new Drupal Dojo
Our goal is to create a curriculum and complete set of training materials derived from the process of building a new site for the Drupal Dojo (and subsequent 'Open Learning and Collaboration Portal' installation profile). We will provide hands on training in areas ranging from site planning, drafting proposals, project management, information architecture, development, design, infrastructure, to community, business, marketing, and program development.
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