%0 Journal Article %J Open Source Business Resource %D 2010 %T Developing a Successful Open Source Training Model %A Belinda Lopez %X Training programs for open source software provide a tangible, and sellable, product. A successful training program not only builds revenue, it also adds to the overall body of knowledge available for the open source project. By gathering best practices and taking advantage of the collective expertise within a community, it may be possible for a business to partner with an open source project to build a curriculum that promotes the project and supports the needs of the company's training customers. This article describes the initial approach used by Canonical, the commercial sponsor of the Ubuntu Linux operating system, to engage the community in the creation of its training offerings. We then discuss alternate curriculum creation models and some of the conditions that are necessary for successful collaboration between creators of existing documentation and commercial training providers. %B Open Source Business Resource %I Talent First Network %C Ottawa %8 01/2010 %G eng %U http://timreview.ca/article/319 %N January 2010 %9 Articles %1 Canonical Belinda Lopez is a Senior Learning Consultant, currently working as the Training Project Manager for Canonical, the commercial sponsor of the Ubuntu Linux distro. For the past 15 years she has helped create innovative learning solutions for everyone from preschoolers to astronauts. Before moving into the open source world, she was an Instructional Designer and Curriculum Developer in the Human Spaceflight Training program at NASA's Johnson Space Center. Prior to that amazing experience, she worked in the Center for Technology in Teaching and Learning at her alma mater, Rice University. Belinda has been following the Ubuntu Linux project for several years, being drawn into the project by the potential to use Ubuntu in education and learning environments. She has since become active in the Ubuntu Women's Project, the Ubuntu Learning Project and Edubuntu and hopes to encourage others to become more active in the various open source communities.