Create a curriculum and complete set of training materials
gusaus - October 17, 2008 - 05:28
| Project: | Drupal Kata |
| Component: | Curriculum |
| Category: | task |
| Priority: | normal |
| Assigned: | Unassigned |
| Status: | active |
| Issue tags: | curriculum, kata, training |
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Description
One of our major objectives is to create a complete set of training materials derived from the process of building this site - from planning, development, deployment, to maintenance and marketing. Ideally we'd be able to lay out an outline that will help guide us through the process. In that spirit, I started a very incomplete document which ideally will be handed off to one of our education and training gurus.
#1
There is now an outline in the public forum - this should evolve as we re-commence this project -
http://groups.drupal.org/node/22434
#2
Many elements of this DrupalCon proposal submitted by Dominik Lukes seem to be complimentary to this open learning effort -
http://paris2009.drupalcon.org/session/training-drupal-professionals-tow...
http://docs.google.com/View?id=dmjbnhb_4pnh27kc9
The idea(l) behind the Kata program is to create a framework for a sustainable program. Aside from offering formal certification, I think there's a great deal of overlap.
#3
I've created a copy of Dominik Lukeš 'Drupal Curriculum and Certification' and have started to make some some comments/revisions -
http://docs.google.com/View?id=dg9292rd_33fm3jrdhn
A good deal of it seems to fit in nicely with the initial curriculum we want to create. Ideally, Dominik can shore up this effort as we go. We can use this issue to discuss.
#4
#5
i love the document in #3. there's already a hint of it, but we would need to ensure that it's easily administered by volunteers. probably by ensuring every piece is easily demarked, easily found, easy to verify, taking no more than 5-15 minutes for each step.
#6
We probably should break out the major components into separate issues and wikis or documents? Those, in turn, can make a curriculum handbook on the Kata site? I did set up a 'component' for curriculum on this project (if that helps) -
Also made a few comments to the gdoc...
#7
The key thing in this area is to have a database-like platform (similar to api.d.o) that would also allow for collaborative editing. The problem with page-based wikis and curricula is that they don't allow the flexibility of listing the by learning activitiy, learning outcome, achievement level, etc. Managing it all in a big table just gets to be too much very soon. I can imagine a combination of CCK and Views would do it for a start but the collaborative aspects and version control would take a bit of configuration.
The idea is to have a curriculum to which it is easy to attach learning materials and that can be easily updated. If it's just a static document off to the side somewhere than it gets easily forgotten in the melee of course design. Also, it should be a document that learners can plan and track their progress against in a really interactive and individualised way.