Next-Generation Curriculum with Asciidoc

Back in the day, corporate training curriculum was developed in PowerPoint or, if you were lucky, Keynote. This was a tried solution, but it wasn’t quite true—at least not true to the collaborative patterns that emerged as the web replaced the client-server technologies of a generation ago. The Asciidoc ecosystem is now mature enough to provide a compelling and powerful alternative.

In this talk, I'll share a real-life experience report of how I migrated a training department from legacy delivery technologies to a more collaboration-friendly platform, using technologies like Asciidoctor, bespoke.js, svg.js, Gradle, and GitHub. We’ll share how we overcame technical obstacles like Git and GitHub skills gaps, how we trained people in the use of Asciidoc, what custom extensions we had to develop to provide the kind of development and curriculum delivery experience the organization had come to expect, and how the new platform made it easier for us to impose uniform design standards across a growing body of curriculum. We’ll look in detail at the tech stack we've developed, and equip you to consider such a transition in your own future.

About Tim Berglund

Tim serves as the VP of Developer Relations at IBM, where he and his team work to make certain parts of the IBM portfolio more accessible to developers. He is a regular speaker at conferences and a presence on YouTube explaining complex technology topics in an accessible way. He lives with his wife in Arvada, CO. He has three grown children, three step-children, and four grandchildren, with a fifth on the way.

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