Training others on Cocoon - suggestions?

[Derek Hohls <DH...@csir.co.za>]

Hi
 
I am planning on running a small training session with 
some colleagues, and need to communicate my learning
and insights (!?)  to them in an effective a way as 
possible.
 
Obviously I am planning to make use of all available 
resources (Cocoon website; wiki site; various mailing 
list archive messages + 2 cocoon books) - but I would 
welcome any suggestions on how to structure the sessions 
(eg. order of presenting topics etc). I am planning on 
covering XSLT in the first part, as their skills are 
weak in this field and I believe this is a key topic 
for effective use of Cocoon.

Comments?  Ideas?  Links?!

Thanks
Derek

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Re: Training others on Cocoon - suggestions?

[Bertrand Delacretaz <bd...@codeconsult.ch>]

>  I am planning on
> covering XSLT in the first part, as their skills are
> weak in this field and I believe this is a key topic
> for effective use of Cocoon.

I don't know your public, but what I've found when mentoring or 
teaching people to use Cocoon is that they are often overwhelmed by the 
many different technologies and skills involved.

IMHO you can do a lot with some XSLT, some sitemap config, some log 
exploration skills, etc. without having to go deep in any of these at 
first.

What my students/colleagues found distracting was using all the 
different components involved without understanding any of them in 
detail (at first).

OTOH I think it's a good idea to start with some XSLT, which can be 
disturbing enough for people to warrant being treated separately from 
Cocoon.

Hope this helps,
Bertrand


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