Inspired by the IRC discussion on 3 May, here are some notes on criteria by which we could judge the success of a curriculum design project. Sorry, it's all very sketchy and provisional but perhaps can serve as some sort of contribution to the discussion.
A useful/good curriculum will have the following properties (sort of a unit test for the curriculum):
As Drupal is mainly a code development community, most of the Kata projects will fall under that realm. Building an open source Drupal curriculum is one of those projects that won't produce code, but will still will take a good deal of planning, time, and money to produce something useful for individuals wanting to learn to companies that may want to re-purpose the materials for their own needs.
Some possible characteristics of a successful/useful open curriculum
Inspired by the IRC discussion on 3 May, here are some notes on criteria by which we could judge the success of a curriculum design project. Sorry, it's all very sketchy and provisional but perhaps can serve as some sort of contribution to the discussion.
A useful/good curriculum will have the following properties (sort of a unit test for the curriculum):
Defining Drupal Competencies
One of the many Drupal Open Learning projects currently underway is the weekly Training and Curriculum Chat driven by the Learning Drupal Working Group -- this groups work is currently focused on Defining Drupal Competencies as the next step in defining a framework and taxonomy for Drupal learning programs.
Why an Education, Training, and Curriculum 'Kata' group?
As Drupal is mainly a code development community, most of the Kata projects will fall under that realm. Building an open source Drupal curriculum is one of those projects that won't produce code, but will still will take a good deal of planning, time, and money to produce something useful for individuals wanting to learn to companies that may want to re-purpose the materials for their own needs.