The Changing Face of Education in Web Development
Tiffany Tse
@tiffany_tse
tiffany@ladieslearningcode.com
ttse@coldfrontlabs.ca
Think of something you learned recently. How did you learn it?
If you had to teach it to the person beside you, would you do it the same way?
How do I improve my skills and get new ones in today's web landscape?
Willingness to learn.
Challenges
newcomers face.
Breaking into the community.
https://groups.drupal.org/ottawa
http://www.meetup.com
http://startupweekend.org
http://uxcampottawa.org
Finding new resources
Building a portfolio of work that showcases skills.
Student and Alumni from Hacker You Bootcamp, Toronto
10 Ways to better
recruit, engage,
and teach people
how to code.
Recruiting
1.
Network outside of your community.
Most people who work with Drupal, didn't start that way.
2.
Be willing to invest.
Engaging
3.
Read your audience
4.
Give them a reason to care
5.
Don’t treat learners like children, or a lost puppy.
Teaching
6.
Don't assume anything.
7.
Be transparent and authentic.
8.
Tell. Show. Try.
9.
Build, break and fix things, together.
10.
Teaching people to teach themselves.
So how should we educate the next generation of web developers, designers and site builders?
Project Based Learning
As teachers and as learners we need to stay up to date.
Update your curriculum as often as possible.
Give context, real world examples, and provide meaning for learners.
Teach people not how to copy and paste...
but rather how to problem solve.
We need to create lifetime-learners.
Thanks!
Tiffany Tse
@tiffany_tse
tiffany@ladieslearningcode.com
ttse@coldfrontlabs.ca