Drupal development classes at the higher education, university level?

Posted by leoburd on September 27, 2011 at 2:20pm

Hello all,

I'm helping a technical university that is interested in teaching Drupal development courses. What's the best way to find information about classes being offered at different places (distance and face-to-face), sample course structures and the like?

Thanks in advance,

Leo

Comments

Here is few

Posted by njmahesh on September 27, 2011 at 2:29pm

http://www.ostraining.com/live-drupal-training/
http://drupalize.me/
http://www.chapterthree.com/training
http://www.lynda.com/Drupal-training-tutorials/186-0.html

Mahesh
Drupal Project Manager, Themer

Also to add...

Posted by jasonh on September 27, 2011 at 2:36pm

http://www.lullabot.com/

Re: Also to add...

Posted by leoburd on October 4, 2011 at 2:17pm

Thanks, jasonh and njmahesh!

It's good to see the list that you came up with. However, as heather pointed out, I'm looking for something more suitable for a semester-long university course...

Best,

.L.

These are good examples of

Posted by heather on September 28, 2011 at 6:01pm

These are good examples of "commercial training", using an event based model. Professional training is not "education". None of these are examples of courses running in a university context. I work on Acquia's training program http://training.acquia.com/ and I have taught at college level in the past. I think what a college student needs is quite different.

Project based learning, mentoring, and longer-form guided discovery is possible in the context of a semester-long 12 week course. At the college level you are also helping the students learn-how-to-learn. As well, to get approved at college level courses cannot be "subject specific." Therefore it may be possible to get an "open source web development" course through, but not a "drupal course". I have also heard of Drupal used in contexts like Journalism courses.

Please check out these threads:
http://groups.drupal.org/node/72123
http://groups.drupal.org/node/16650
Curriculum and Training (Drupal Group)

At Acquia we would love to work more closely with colleges/unis to help get Drupal on the curriculum so please do contact us.

You can contact me through my contact form on Drupal.org - or email us at training at acquia.com.

Re: These are good examples of

Posted by leoburd on October 4, 2011 at 2:34pm

Thanks for the references, heather! You're right on the mark!

I've got particularly interested in the entries listed in the Curriculum and Training group (http://groups.drupal.org/curriculum-and-training), especially the discussions around open source curriculum...

Has anything concrete come up out of your DrupalCon London session?

Best,

.L.

Currently doing it...

Posted by markwk on September 28, 2011 at 6:46pm

I agree that corporate training is slightly different than a university setting. That said, I teach a Drupal class in China, and I provide access to the Lullabot and Lynda.com resources so students can figure stuff out themselves. But basically I am leading them through projects so they can build what they want while also developing building skills.

I run a teaching website where we have a group for sharing resources but I'm hoping to share them elsewhere soon.

I quite enjoy teaching this class. Contact me if you want some ppts / share ideas / resources.

Re: Currently doing it...

Posted by leoburd on October 4, 2011 at 2:37pm

Hi markwk,

Your class sounds exciting! Would you mind sharing with me your syllabus and some of your ppts, so that I can use them as the basis for a conversation with the technical college I'm collaborating with?

Thanks in advance,

.L.

I need a private tutor ($$) to help me with specific Drupal site

Posted by vchoa on September 28, 2011 at 6:57pm

Hi there, I am NOT a drupal programmer but rather a volunteer who is populating a new Drupal platform that is going to launch in a few weeks. I have very specific questions about editing blocks, nodequeues, taxonomy questions etc.. specific to this site only. I would be very happy to hire somebody to sit with me and work through the issues I'm having. The developer is no longer available. Please can you tell me where I can find someone in the NYC/Westchester area who can help me?
Thank you.
Veronique
greenschoolsalliance.com

This might be of use

Posted by ian-moran on October 4, 2011 at 2:36pm

I came across this thread a little while ago:

http://groups.drupal.org/node/87889

And this looks like what it has become:

http://dl.njit.edu/cpe/adultlearner.njit.edu/adultlearner/programs/drupa...

All the best

Ian

www.community-technology.com

Re: This might be of use

Posted by leoburd on October 4, 2011 at 2:51pm

Thanks, Ian!

That's very helpful!

I've followed your link and it led me to: http://www.opensourcelearningacademy.com/

Cheers,

.L.

If you send me a direct

Posted by coderintherye on October 4, 2011 at 7:52pm

If you send me a direct message I can put you in touch with a Professor at SF State who teaches a course on Drupal. I've taught one of the classes as a stand-in before. Here is the rather bland description from the catalog: http://www.sfsu.edu/~bulletin/courses/32958.htm

Drupal evangelist.
www.CoderintheRye.com

Have taught one twice

Posted by tovstiadi on April 25, 2012 at 3:41pm

I have taught a semester long course twice at the university of Kentucky - once as a face-to-face undergraduate course with journalism students, and once online at the graduate level with library science students.

I labeled it "Content Management Systems" to avoid being product-specific; but it is 60-70% Drupal (all projects are in Drupal) and 30-40% other web technology and theory.

I would love to connect with other teachers doing similar things

Kosta
tovstiadi@uky.edu