[development] Proposal: Drupal University

[David Shaver]

It would be great to some courses on views and cck
David A. Shaver
D. A. Shaver Web Design
Web Page Design for Small Business
www.dashaver.com
PO Box 594 Galesburg,IL 61402-0594
309.343.0027



On Fri, Jan 1, 2010 at 9:29 PM, James Benstead <james.benstead at gmail.com>wrote:

> After a brief discussion on the docs list this has now moved to g.d.o at
> http://groups.drupal.org/node/42236. One way the project could work is for
> hardcore Drupal developers to do a little consulting on the course
> syllabuses for their area(s) of expertise. If this is something that might
> be of interest to you, please join the g.d.o discussion. Thanks!
>
> 2009/12/28 James Benstead <james.benstead at gmail.com>
>
>> I want there to be a set of free courses that people can work through to
>> learn about Drupal. Initially, at least, these "courses" would be a
>> reorganisation of existing material, kind of like the Drupal Cookbook.
>>
>> I suppose the skill/experience element here is going to be working out
>> what the syllabus needs to be for each course. The courses can then point at
>> existing documentation, whether that's text or videos or whatever. If there
>> are gaps, we can write new documentation - so organising things in this way
>> also helps us work out what documentation we need.
>>
>> I've posted to the Documentation list at
>> http://lists.drupal.org/mailman/listinfo/documentation - I guess that's
>> the best place to continue this discussion. Would be great if you could
>> help.
>>
>> 2009/12/28 marcia wilbur <marcia.k.wilbur at gmail.com>
>>
>> I'm not sure which direction you are heading with this.
>>>
>>> Are you possibly considering video elements with the course design or
>>> text based courses?
>>>
>>> If you are talking about simply reorganizing, then it is just a matter of
>>> management of information, correct?
>>> If you are considering creating courseware or WBTs based on existing
>>> documentation that could take a little more time and talent.
>>> Either way, sounds like a good idea. I could help.
>>>
>>> On Mon, Dec 28, 2009 at 8:39 AM, James Benstead <
>>> james.benstead at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Thanks for the comments.
>>>>
>>>> Drupal Dojo is great, when it's running - but it does seem to me that it
>>>> lacks a little organisation. What I am suggesting doesn't necessarily need
>>>> to be new documentation, per se, but instead *the organisation of
>>>> existing documentation under a useful structure*.
>>>>
>>>> Perhaps calling it Drupal University is a bit misleading as I don't
>>>> forsee there being any formal assessment or accreditation, but there would
>>>> be structured courses to work through. For example, "Drupal 101: Beginning
>>>> Drupal" which could teach complete newbies how to set up a core installation
>>>> on a local or remote server; or "Drupal 201: Basic Theming" which could
>>>> explain how .tpl.php files worked and how CSS works in Drupal.
>>>>
>>>> The Packt books are great, but they are short and sweet and they don't
>>>> offer an overall structure. Pro Drupal Development is superb and offers a
>>>> great structure, but it has its limitations: in short, *it's a book*.
>>>> First off, you have to buy it, for real money. I have no problem with people
>>>> making money out of open source software (especially when their work is as
>>>> brilliant as in the case of PDD), but I do think there should be a free,
>>>> "open source" alternative. If for no other reason, the cover price of PDD is
>>>> huge for developers in 2nd or 3rd world countries (i.e., the majority of the
>>>> population of the planet) and they should have an alternative. Secondly, you
>>>> can't interact with a book: having a structured set of web resources would
>>>> mean people could comment on and discuss the resources, kind of like
>>>> students do on a real university campus.
>>>>
>>>> I suppose the resource that gets closest to what I'm thinking is the
>>>> Drupal Cookbook - this could be Drupal 101. It fits my proposal because it
>>>> doesn't provide new documentation, but just organises what's already out
>>>> there. But more importantly, it answers the question, "I am at stage X in
>>>> learning Drupal, what should I do next?". Granted, it answers the simplest
>>>> version of this question, and for more advanced developers the answer well
>>>> may be multi-faceted - "if you want to specialise in X, go and learn Y" -
>>>> but it does crystallise what I'm proposing.
>>>>
>>>> Again, anyone got any more thoughts on this?
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>>>>
>>>>
>>>> 2009/12/28 Yani <akayani at aapt.net.au>
>>>>
>>>> http://www.drupalbook.com/
>>>>>
>>>>> That looks like a good one. I'll make that my first D7 book.
>>>>>
>>>>> Yani
>>>>>
>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>> From: development-bounces at drupal.org [mailto:
>>>>> development-bounces at drupal.org]
>>>>>  On Behalf Of Andrew Schulman
>>>>> Sent: Monday, 28 December 2009 7:37 PM
>>>>> To: development at drupal.org
>>>>>  Subject: Re: [development] Proposal: Drupal University
>>>>>
>>>>> > Shell out some cash on books by Matt Butcher / Packit Publishing.
>>>>>
>>>>> The Packit books are fine as far as they go, but are usually short and
>>>>> basic.
>>>>> For a detailed look at Drupal's big picture, I highly recommend Pro
>>>>> Drupal
>>>>> Development, 2nd ed. by John VanDyk.  2nd ed. is for D6, but I see that
>>>>> a
>>>>> 3rd
>>>>> edition for D7 is due out in April.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
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