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russdev

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A Question for you all if could access free online training (probably moodle based). What would you want in terms of both technical and non-technical (career based stuff).

 

Russ

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Something linked with a recognised industry-standard qualification is always handy. As is the case in schools, we always have to use self-study due to the laughable budgets available for our training so it may as well result in something useful at the end.
torledo

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A Question for you all if could access free online training (probably moodle based). What would you want in terms of both technical and non-technical (career based stuff).

 

Russ

 

 

good cisco online training is rare. So definitely Cisco plus a little bit beyond CCNA and CCNP into voice, wireless and security.

 

In terms of career professional development I would favour ITSM and Project Management (project management would cover use of a professional tool such as MS Project and theory such as Six Sigma)

 

UML training is also very rare, and is an area that's becoming increasingly important particularly when you look at the web framework models and how they use UML techniques.

 

Microsoft CRM.

maniac

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Something linked to the microsoft qualifications would be good, as I've always found it difficult to find a source that is reliable to get training for these qualifications. Sure there's plenty out there, but some is rubbish, others are very over priced and if you're new to that sort of training it's difficult to know who or where to trust for the right training.

 

Non-technical training, well with goverment policies and health and safety requirements always changing, these are two obvious areas where training is useful, but surprisingly difficult to obtain!

 

Mike.

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I second torledo's idea of the project management theory, and defiantly the UML stuff. I managed to miss doing anything about formal design patterns and suchlike at university (or maybe they just hadn't been invented yet!), so a definite yes there.

 

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torledo

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I second torledo's idea of the project management theory, and defiantly the UML stuff. I managed to miss doing anything about formal design patterns and suchlike at university (or maybe they just hadn't been invented yet!), so a definite yes there.

 

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David Hicks

 

They covered UML in some computing modules when I was at uni....the tool of choice was SSADM from what I recall. I know there are a number of open source UML tools currently.

 

The trouble with UML was it was merely the starting point for application development...ergo a tool for programmers not for sysadmins who were'nt seriously into programming - after all you still had to actually go away and write the darn application in C++ or Java (Not fun).

 

Entity Relationship diagrams were more relevant for a sysadmin as a tool for database design....But I hope in the not too distant future UML can be an everyman tool for creating real applications with minimual fuss because hopefully web frameworks whether they be php, python or .NET based, can follow a process-centric model for developing applications, what i mean by that is this....you design the application using a UML interface in Visual Studio or Eclipse as a logical block diagram and then code can be automaically generated for all aspects i.e text fields, buttons, business logic etc. based on the UML flow diagram you've created. This would be different from a WYSIWIG drag and drop approach becuase you'd be using formulated processes and business rules to design you're app. This will put power in the hands of those who understand the requirements of their application but who may not necessarily be good programmers. And I think this can work for small projects.

 

I'm not that familiar with VS or Eclipse so i don't know if something similar is already available for RAD. I'd imagine something like Rational Rose can do this but again I'm not aware of it.

CyberNerd

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ITIL would a be suitable Service management course as FITS is derived from ITIL, but there is no FITS qualification yet. Prince2 is the 'standard' local govt project management qualification.
torledo

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ITIL would a be suitable Service management course as FITS is derived from ITIL, but there is no FITS qualification yet. Prince2 is the 'standard' local govt project management qualification.

 

Yes, Prince2 would be a better all-round PM methodology than six sigma which is more geared towards Quality Assurance. QA is still important but is a specific problem six sigma was devised to solve. Very popular with manufacturing types..

 

Ofcourse what's most useful to me is understanding how best to use PM techniques and how to apply those techniques when using a software tool such as Project at the outset of an IT project. Rather than understanding Prince inside out to become a PM pro. We had a PM champion at my last job and I can honestly say I can't think of anything more boring than planning other peoples projects and going around hitting people with a big stick to ensure they project manage rather than rush headlong into the techincal bits.

 

PM is vital to ensure successful delivery of you're IT projects and getting the most out of PM software tools but I'm hoping none of us actually want to end up being PM gurus.

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russdev

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right final question would people be willing/want to contribute a bank of courses. Tthis is community (read free) effort. So wouldn't get paid for it but get warm glowing feeling helping out your fellow techs

 

If you are interested then give me an email to discuss it more [email protected].

 

Russ

torledo

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right final question would people be willing/want to contribute a bank of courses. Tthis is community (read free) effort. So wouldn't get paid for it but get warm glowing feeling helping out your fellow techs

 

If you are interested then give me an email to discuss it more [email protected].

 

Russ

 

Russ, are you planning on something similar to those two guys who look like skinner and baddiel (minus the humour) with their introductory IT training vids ?

russdev

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lol

 

No completly different moodle based courses (yes of course can include video if person who created course wanted to).

 

Idea is free, containted, self study courses in a moodle install.

 

Russell

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strawberry

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i like the format of the testout stuff, with videos, demonstations, notes, and then sims.

 

I think if people are able to create topics with all the above being open to them (maybe not sims!) then they'll be able to create great topics.

torledo

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lol

 

No completly different moodle based courses (yes fo course can include video if person who created course wanted to).

 

Idea is free, containted, self study courses in a moodle install.

 

Russell

 

I think screen capturing is the way to go for any online training material.....much less embarassing than showing one's ugly mug in a training video while still providing an audio-visual experience to make learning easier and more interesting.

 

It's a great way to learn a new application and becuase it can be produced in flash video format you can embed it into practically any application. Within a Moodle context, you can provide links and text running alongside the screencast to create a true CBT experience.

Sylv3r

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I think screen capturing is the way to go for any online training material.....much less embarassing than showing one's ugly mug in a training video while still providing an audio-visual experience to make learning easier and more interesting.

 

It's a great way to learn a new application and becuase it can be produced in flash video format you can embed it into practically any application. Within a Moodle context, you can provide links and text running alongside the screencast to create a true CBT experience.

 

Hi

 

I like the idea of screen capturing - much easier to pickup for the Visual learners out there rather then the over burdening of text.

sahmeepee

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I had a great experience with my MCSA training - it was a mixture of straight reading material (online, but printable, from oreilly and others), screen captured demos with some powerpoint, live virtual machine sessions (you can get these for free on MS's site if you look around), timed tests and possibly one other element which I forget now.

 

The whole thing was tied together with a nice flash-based timeline showing you where you needed to be day-by-day and what you'd achieved. I guess it was a kind of specialised VLE really. Obviously Moodle is going to be the preferred choice of VLE here, but I think it's important not to miss out tests at the end of each module as they really do help.

 

One other thing which might be helpful for some is podcasts - perhaps just podcast versions of the reading material.

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plock

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Russ, are you planning on something similar to those two guys who look like skinner and baddiel (minus the humour) with their introductory IT training vids ?

 

Sorry what's the web address for that site? They had some interesting videos!

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