OpenDrupal aims to open new doors into Drupal. It can be difficult to start a career as a Drupal developer, and many young people aren’t aware it’s an option. With cooperation from developers, educators and the community, we can create high quality, free and Open Source training materials to make it easier to run effective Drupal training programmes.
Let’s make it easier to become part of the Drupal community, encourage and enable companies to invest in Apprenticeships, Internships and Training, and work together, sharing knowledge and setting standards.
For more info see the website: http://opendrupal.org
We've started prototyping a curriculum in Google Drive, here: https://docs.google.com/folder/d/0ByiysEQCBIteU3Q4eU1JT01PcEU/edit
Please do not post job adverts in this group. This group is about creating training programmes, and nobody will look here for job adverts. You can use the Drupal Jobs group here: http://groups.drupal.org/drupal-jobs
DrupalYOW "Pass It On" August 2015
Join us for a drink as we debrief the recent DrupalCamp Ottawa conference and discuss the importance of empowering your client throughout the process to effectively pass off a project!
OPIN Software Inc. will be hosting the free monthly DrupalYOW Meetup in collaboration with the Ottawa Drupal Association. Whether you’re Dries Buyteart himself or just a part-time dabbler in the Drupal world, all are welcome. We intend to have a drink, share some knowledge, make friends, and hopefully learn some new things on the way!
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The next round of the UK Drupal Apprenticeship is coming
There's recently been a few posts (and a new website!) announcing the next round of the UK Drupal Apprenticeship and we now have a recognised curriculum and qualification specific to Drupal for the apprentices to follow.
if you're interested in learning more, helping out, or taking on an apprentice read on here:
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/worlds-first-accredited-drupal-qualificat...
This is good for Drupal, good for young people and can also be good for your company!
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Cebu Drupal Meetup in June: Topic1. Building a Drupal Site, Topic2. Symfony & D8
Topic 1. Building a Drupal Site
I. Overview Requirements
II. Installation
III. Admin Tour
IV. Extend Drupal
V. Modules
VI. Themes
Beginner's Level
Presentor: Leo Tan, a young & passionate drupal developer who's also active in the drupal community.
Topic 2. Symfony and D8
I. Symfony OOP
II. Bundle implementation in Symfony
III. Symfony Routing vs Drupal hook_menu
IV. Symfony Service container
Intermediate to Advance level
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Drupal University Tour (Report)
The drupal university tour was a campaign we (solomonkitumba & benjaminkyta Drupal.org usernames) conducted across a number of universities in uganda including Makerere university Kampala, Kyambogo university , Mbarara university of Science and technology, Uganda christian University, Kampala international university, and it started in November of 2014 instead of October of 2014 like we had planned. due to the fact that the grant money came in later that we expected, giving us a little set back, which meant adjusting the original planned dates to fit into the university schedules.
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DrupalCon LA
Hey all, will anyone be at DrupalCon LA, and want to sit down to discuss the Open Drupal project? I'll be there with the whole Drupalize.Me team and I'm interested in seeing what the group's plans are and if there are ways that Drupalize.Me could get involved.
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Free Webinar by Megan Sanicki, COO, Drupal Association: Cracking the Community Code
Building communities is an artsy science that is a strategic initiative for organizations of all kinds from nonprofit to for-profit. In this webinar, we will remove the mystery of building thriving online communities. We will look at community building best practices from leading community managers such as Jono Bacon of Ubuntu, and will understand how to use these pro-tips to grow and nurture global communities through a case study on Drupal.
Why Should You Attend This?
o To learn how the Drupal community grows and is nurtured
o To learn about the community management best practices
[Free Webinar] Drupal 8: Frontend for Backenders
Drupal 8 will ship with a fancy new template engine (Twig) and a simpler theme layer. In this webinar, our speaker will show you some goodies from Twig and give you a walkthrough on how to get started with it.
He will also talk about the major problems that people were facing in working with Drupal 7 and what the community has done to make it better. This webinar will show - in both practical examples and on a broader scale - why Drupal 8 will make peace between backenders and frontenders.
Why Should You Attend This?
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Forcontu is offering 10 x Drupal Training Scholarships
Forcontu is offering 10 x Training Scholarships for the Expert in Drupal 7 online course (valued at USD1350). If you want to apply, complete the form before April 15, 2015. On April 16 we will announce the 10 winners of a scholarship to join the course completely free. The course will be conducted from May 4 to December 4 (7 months).
More information and registration at:
http://www.forcontu.com/en/10-drupal-training-scholarships
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Drupal + Udemy = Drudemy. Come join the fun!
I have settled on using Udemy as my exclusive platform for delivering Drupal education. I'm so excited to start taking advantage of all the great tools the platform offers and I am laying the groundwork for engaging extensively with my students. I've got four challenges I'll be issuing to my students during the month of March, with a prize for each one as well as a Grand Prize at the end. It would be great to have you play along!
Read moreFirst course has been published. Pilot members / feedback welcome
The Kickstarter campaign was not funded, but that does not mean it wasn't successful. I have published my first Udemy course to continue the progress on the vision. Here are 250 coupons to access the course for free:
https://www.udemy.com/getting-started-with-drupal-for-total-beginners/?c...
Read moreGreetings and Heads Up!
I'm so excited to find out about this group! I could just squeal :-)
I have talked with @hedley and he gave me the go-ahead to post about a Kickstarter campaign that is aimed at creating Teach Yourself Drupal, a free and totally open source Drupal learning resource.
Please check it out and back it for any amount. Spread the word!
I will be working with @hedley to see how we can combine our efforts and use the funding from the campaign to serve the overall initiative.
Read moreHelp Grow Drupal Talent
I have been working with Crispin Read, Hedley Smith and Peter Brownell to set up and run a Drupal Apprenticeship programme for school/college leavers. The programme kicks off with a two week course covering the OpenDrupal Curriculum, and continues with training and support over the course of the apprenticeship. It will include contact with other apprentices and training with experienced Drupal developers, aiming to build strong links within the Drupal community.
Have you considered employing an Apprentice?
Read moreDrupal university tour uganda
On behalf of Kyta labs am organising drupal training in the major universities in Uganda with he theme of making web development easy with drupal mainly drupalising the web.
i called the drupal university tour and the tour is starting on the 11th /october/2014 at makerere university Kampala which is ranked the number one university in uganda.
we intend to spread the knowledge of drupal to university students who intend to build careers out of web development.
Read moreOpen Drupal platform and curriculum research
I've just written up some research and thoughts on the next iteration of the curriculum and building a web platform, based on some research.
So if you're interested in making some suggestions or comments on shaping this free and open source curriculum they'll be very helpful.
There's a issue in the GitHub issue tracker over here with full details: https://github.com/OpenDrupal/opendrupal/issues/7
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Open Drupal at Drupalcon Amsterdam: BOF about apprenticeship programme
Birds of a Feather (BOF) sessions are informal, unofficial meet-ups at Drupalcons, which anyone can organize.
Come and join Chandeep Khosa, Crispin Read and others to learn more about what we have up to this year.
Our work has resulted in 6 apprentice Drupal developers being trained up with our open source curriculum and they are now employed in digital agencies and publishing companies.
Read moreOpen Drupal Oxford: hangout Sep 15
Tempted as I was to hijack the broader Open Drupal hangout (given it was all already organized), I think there's a lot that needs to be discussed in the context of getting our training up and running, that isn't really of interest to the wider Open Drupal group.
Read moreOpen Drupal Hangout 09/09
We'll be holding a Hangout on Friday, more info is over here: https://plus.google.com/u/1/events/c4odh85nj89ao8mb0nqopub5ioo?authkey=C...
Read moreHangout for Open Drupal Oxford
At the September OxDUG, some people suggested an Oxford-specific OD hangout would be useful.
The idea will be to look specifically at how we move the training ideas we've had to the next level i.e. actually train some people!
This is just a notice that I'm going to set up a hangout this side of Drupalcon Amsterdam, and so if you definitely want to attend it but can't make certain times, then speak now; or forever hold your peace.
Read moreOne- to two-day training possibilities for site maintainers
There could be an audience for short, intensive Drupal training for non-developers. This training would be offered to organizations where people - frequently not even a "web team" - need to be able to interact with Drupal and feel comfortable doing so. This is intended to collect initial ideas which might inform training materials.
Read moreMediacurrent's Mario Hernandez teaches Drupal (and other skills) to inner-city teenagers
http://www.mediacurrent.com/blog/how-drupal-making-difference-south-los-...
http://exploringtech.org/
Teens eXploring Technology (TxT) is a non-profit organization teaching inner city teenagers from South Los Angeles about technology and leadership. Mario Hernandez from Mediacurrent has been helping out, especially the CMS track - with Drupal!
(Link via this week's Weekly Drop)
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