I also second the online training course. Adding to what scott said, I think you can start with screen casts as well. You can provide basic free screen casts for free and then charge money for advanced topics.
You should look at Rail Casts by Ryan Bates: http://railscasts.com/ -bhaarat On Fri, Jun 5, 2009 at 10:31 AM, Martin Gainty <mgai...@hotmail.com> wrote: > > good idea scott > > one option is to use Backboard > http://www.blackboard.com/Teaching-Learning/Overview.aspx > (University of Cincinatti uses this for the online courses) > I taught a course way back 00-01 using their WebCT product > this is an excellent and more cost-effective alternative for busy > professionals > > the problem i see are folks who get busy schedules and miss a few classes > so they're playing catchup (while those who attend all classes stay right > on track) > > the other scenario is getting paid..you need a strict policy of paying > upfront > > feel free to ping me offline for setting this up! > Martin Gainty > ______________________________________________ > Note de déni et de confidentialité > Ce message est confidentiel et peut être privilégié. Si vous n'êtes pas le > destinataire prévu, nous te demandons avec bonté que pour satisfaire > informez l'expéditeur. N'importe quelle diffusion non autorisée ou la copie > de ceci est interdite. Ce message sert à l'information seulement et n'aura > pas n'importe quel effet légalement obligatoire. Étant donné que les email > peuvent facilement être sujets à la manipulation, nous ne pouvons accepter > aucune responsabilité pour le contenu fourni. > > > > > > Date: Fri, 5 Jun 2009 08:11:19 -0500 > > Subject: Re: [friday] training for Struts 2 > > From: stanl...@gmail.com > > To: user@struts.apache.org > > > > Hey Wes -- > > > > Travel and paper is so 80's bro. Have you considered an online format? > I > > think a five day session where 2-3 are basics and the remaining 2-3 are > > advanced topics would be flexible. This way you could price the two > > separately and allow clients one or both enrollments. As far as course > > materials goes, I think S2iA and your S2iP would be great resources, and > > hey, they are already written and have labs! The marketing piece is > outside > > my area of expertise. I was a corporate trainer for several years and > would > > be interested in pair-teaching with you if this pans out. > > > > Peace, > > Scott > > > > > > > > On Fri, Jun 5, 2009 at 7:54 AM, Wes Wannemacher <w...@wantii.com> wrote: > > > > > Hello fellow-struts-ers, > > > > > > I have been toying with the notion of hosting a struts training, but > > > I'm not convinced that it is a good business move for me. I am > > > wondering about a few things and figured who better to ask than the > > > community... Questions / Discussion Topics - > > > > > > 1.) I'm in Ohio, US, so naturally this is where I would want to host > > > it, but I'm not sure if there would be enough interest to get people > > > to actually fly here. I have been working out of Dayton which has a > > > large airport and plenty of hotels (that I could probably work out a > > > deal on a discount), is that enough or is there another area (SF, NY) > > > where I might be better off traveling myself to host something. > > > > > > 2.) What topics would you guys pay to learn? I think there are a few > > > what I would call basic struts2 trainings available I've seen... If I > > > (as one of the committers) were to host a training, would basic be > > > okay, or would you guys want something more advanced? If so, what sort > > > of topics would you guys want to see? > > > > > > 3.) How should I advertise something like this? Obviously there are > > > google keywords and an announce list (I think there is an announce > > > list), but I think there are more than a few large-ish companies using > > > Struts 2 or WebWork and I would want to reach into there and I don't > > > think a lot of those users don't participate in the mailing lists, > > > etc. > > > > > > 4.) Training format... I've been to training in classrooms where all I > > > had was a notebook (actual paper, not laptop/notebook) and other > > > trainings in classrooms with PCs. For a Struts training, which would > > > people prefer? > > > > > > Anyhow, I'm invoking the lazy friday and hopefully no one gets too > > > angry about my off-topic spam. > > > > > > -Wes > > > > > > -- > > > Wes Wannemacher > > > Author - Struts 2 In Practice > > > Includes coverage of Struts 2.1, Spring, JPA, JQuery, Sitemesh and more > > > http://www.manning.com/wannemacher > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: user-unsubscr...@struts.apache.org > > > For additional commands, e-mail: user-h...@struts.apache.org > > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Hotmail® has ever-growing storage! Don’t worry about storage limits. > > http://windowslive.com/Tutorial/Hotmail/Storage?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_HM_Tutorial_Storage_062009 >
