This page's target is to store all of the info that can't really be described in a sylibus but is crucial for every training shop to know.
What works and what doesn't, The types of projects or practicing material used, tips for addressing complex issues and how to build it up in the correct order...
I'll start this as an alphabetical list and as this broadns we can link out to seperate pages.
Course Time Frame:
We (in linnovate) started with 12 hour courses over two days 8hrs + 4hrs, Once we understood it was not enough we extended it to 16hrs over two days.
In our next course we're going to try something else 4 sessions of 4 hrs and maybe try to give some homework or a progressing project tasks for the class to do so they can digest some of the material.
Interesting strategies for training shops
- Train and Hire
The classic balance is between a drupal shop that does training and "cherry picks" the best students to join the shop. - Contact Universities, Art schools and offer guidence for "industry projects"
We are involved in integrating drupal in several universities and design schools, Early talks have hinted that these universities might "give" us students which we can engage with "industry projects".
LEt's see this work for us but have anybody walked this path before?
Ideas for Projects
- digg clone.
- write a basic crm.
- gmap mashup