-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Bruno Girin wrote: > On Sat, 2010-01-16 at 23:09 +0000, Matthew Daubney wrote: >> Hey All, >> This was discussed at the last meeting, but I'm slow and should have put >> this up sooner. One thing that was discussed was the idea of doing some >> real life training for people who are new to Ubuntu, through to those >> who consider themselves experts. >> >> I've put up an idea in the ideas pool[0], and started an etherpad[1]. >> Does anyone else have any experience of running these kind of things who >> would like to lend their expertise? What do people think would work best >> in this scenario? > > I've given technical training in the past and would be happy to help. > The first question is what type of training are we aiming for? It may be > easier to start with short sessions that can be done over a few hours, > either in the evenings or at weekends, as it will require less > commitment from trainers and trainees. > > The biggest hurdle will probably be to find locations and equipment to > run the trainings. This can be simplified for training sessions that are > done as part of a larger event, as we can piggy back on their > organisation. On the other hand, talking to local community centres, it > may be possible to get rooms and stuff for free, especially if we offer > things like running sessions for their members (thus introducing them to > Ubuntu at the same time). > > In terms of teachers, a single teacher who knows his subject and who has > good course material should be enough. Assistants would only be > necessary in larger groups. A simple way to help things out is to group > trainees in pairs rather than let them all have their individual > computer to play with: they can help each other out. Another trick is to > ensure you have ample time for hands-on exercises, during which the > teacher can come round and help the trainees with things they struggle > with. > > In terms of material, I agree that there's no point in having a slide > deck as trainees will promptly forget the content. Furthermore it > requires a projector, which is more equipment to get hold of. On the > other hand, it is essential to give comprehensive course material, > including exercises, that they can take home and refer to at their > leisure. This can take the form of a CD, the URL of a file to download, > etc. One thing to consider as well is a printout of the core course > material so that they can follow during the course and take notes. > > Computers will be essential. However, it may be difficult to convince > whatever training centre we use to install Ubuntu on their computers so > it could be worth having a number of live USB keys with a fresh install > of Ubuntu and training material on them. > > >> Would anybody be interested in attending such a thing? > > Definitely! There are lots of things I'd like to learn about Ubuntu so > I'd definitely be keen to attend as a trainee or as a trainer. > > >> This could be quite a large undertaking, so please get involved if >> you're in the least bit interested! > > True but it doesn't have to be huge on day 1. We can test drive the > concept with small sessions in a coffee shop between interested people > bringing their own laptops. > > Bruno Girin > > > Will any course materials be released under a creative commons license ? It would really help other groups doing something similar and mean we then all teacher pretty much the same sort of thing.
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