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Submitted by z.stolar on Thu, 06/26/2008 - 17:11.

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Co-presenters: 
robertDouglass
jpoesen
jredding
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Session time: 
08/29/2008 - 15:00 - 08/29/2008 - 15:45
Conference booklet summary and bio
Article for conference booklet: 
This session gathers those who are interested in collaborating on a Drupal Certification program. As Drupal grows, the need for Drupal training grows as well, and so - more companies offer Drupal training and courses. Training people to Drupal, has many benefits: It helps customers make a better use of their websites or Drupal-based web applications It increases the offer of Drupal savvys in the jobs market, whether as webmasters, developers or designers It creates another channel for people to get to know Drupal It helps the community grow It is important therefore, that all those who are involved in this area, collaborate, in order to achieve a coherent, collaborative Drupal training curriculum. Some key point to be discussed: What is a Drupal certification at all? Can there be ONE certification? Who is allowed to certify anyone to Drupal? What are the implications of not collaborating over a certification program? Does the Drupal association have to take the control over certifications? What impact will Acquia's certification program (Yellow jersey) have on other Drupal training programs? How should the collaborative platform look like? How should it behave? Who is allowed to certify? Who's certifying the certifiers...? The aim of this session is to have a clearer picture about the Drupal's certification program, and about the ways to achieve collaboration from all those who are involved in the area.
Bios for conference booklet: 
Zohar Stolar is the co-founder of Linnovate, the leading Drupal company in Israel. As part of his role, Zohar wrote the first (and only) Drupal course in Hebrew, and is continuing to develop other training programs for Drupal. Zohar is also one of the most active users of Drupal Israel, the Israeli Drupal community. Joery Poesen is a Drupal Advisor and Trainer, mostly active in Brussels and Paris. Robert Douglass is a Senior Drupal Advisor in Acquia, and is one of the key participants in the Drupal community, with a very long list of contributions. Jacob Redding is a community organizer and Drupal trainer based in Beijing & Shanghai China. Currently working with Raincity Studios he has been fortunate to work alongside some of the greatest folks in the Drupal Community. As part of the Drupal Association he is working to strengthen and grow the Drupal community.

Overview

This is a round-table session, gathering those who are interested in collaborating on a Drupal Certification program.
As Drupal grows, the need for Drupal training grows as well, and so - more companies offer Drupal training and courses.
Training people to Drupal, has many benefits:

  • It helps customers make a better use of their websites or Drupal-based web applications
  • It increases the offer of Drupal savvys in the jobs market, whether as webmasters, developers or designers
  • It creates another channel for people to get to know Drupal, and as such... (see next bullet)
  • It helps the community grow

It is important therefore, that all those who are involved in this area, collaborate, in order to achieve a coherent, collaborative Drupal training curriculum. There is an ongoing effort to achieve that on g.d.o, but it doesn't prove to be the right platform. In this round table we will try to find the best way for us to collaborate and share over this matter.

Agenda

Some key issues that will be discussed (not necessarily in this order):

  • What is a Drupal certification at all? Can there be ONE certification?
  • Who is allowed to certify anyone to Drupal?
  • What are the implications of not collaborating over a certification program?
  • Does the Drupal association have to take the control over certifications?
  • What impact will Acquia's certification program have on other Drupal training programs? (see this discussion on g.d.o.)
  • How should the collaborative platform look like? How should it behave?

See this g.d.o. wiki page for more background (feel free to participate): Associations, ideas, and possible questions, that comes to your mind, when talking about...

Goals

At the end of the session we should have a clearer picture about the Drupal's certification program, and about the ways to achieve collaboration from all those who are involved in the area.

Resources

Here (Szeged 2008 related sessions)

Groups.Drupal.Org

Acquia.com

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