Technical Book Development/Interview Protocol
Current Job Role
editHow would you describe your current working role?
Preferred learning style
editHow would you describe the way you prefer to learn? (vocab: hands-on, methodical, experiential, reflective, pragmatic, eager, lazy, peer-to-peer, group, taught)
Recent Learning Task
editFor the purpose of the remainder of the interview, please recall a recent significant learning task in the broad professional area of the software practitioner, and for a few minutes, think back over the learning period before answering.
Learning Subject
editWhat was the specific subject of the learning activity? (vocab: a language, framework, development approach...)
Learning Objective
editWhat was the purpose of this learning activity? (vocab: to develop, to gain familiarity, to be able to manager others, to teach others, to advise clients, for personal interest .. )
Learning Strategy
editHow would you describe the learning strategy you adopted?
Resources used
editUsing the resource checklist as a starting point, which THREE resources did you use most in this learning activity, in what order and what did you gain from each?
Books
editSpecifically, what books did you buy or consider buying and how were they used?
Focus
editHow did you maintain focus on the subject without following lots of interesting side-issues?
Validation
editHow did you validate your understanding? How do you know when you know enough?
See One, Do one, Teach one
editWhat was the proportion of passive learning, active learning and teaching?
Review
editWhat would you change about this learning process with hindsight?
Handing on
editWhat advice would you give to a colleague about to undertake the same learning task?