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Editor╒s note: These minutes have not been edited.
Trainmat Meeting Minutes
Network Training Materials (trainmat)
User Services Working Group
March 6, 1996, Los Angeles
Co-Chairs:
Jill Foster (University of Newcastle)
Mark Prior (University of Adelaide) (unable to attend) Margaret
Isaacs (University of Glasgow) (unable to attend)
Minutes: Tom Newell (InterNIC)
Meeting Agenda
1. Discussion and approval of agenda
2. Trainmat Catalogue
- draft-ietf-trainmat-catalogue-05.txt
- final revisions
3. Introductions and sharing of project information between meeting
participants
- Netskills Project
- InterNIC
- Others
4. Using the network to deliver training
Meeting Notes
1. Discussion and approval of agenda
Jill Foster made introductions and reviewed the proposed agenda,
soliciting approval and suggestions for additional discussion items.
2. Trainmat Catalogue
The motivation for pursuing a catalogue of Internet training resources
grew from discussions two years ago in recognition that no similar
resource existed.
Mark Prior, Margaret Isaacs and Jill Foster led the initial efforts as
working group chairs. Mark developed a WWW forms-based
submission capability for interested people to nominate training
resources for inclusion.
http://coolabah.itd.adelaide.edu.au/TrainMat/catalogue.html
A mailing list was used to review submissions and discuss the draft.
List Address:
network-training-tf@mailbase.ac.uk
Mailing lists software address:
mailbase@mailbase.ac.uk
(subscribe network-training-tf firstname lastname)
Note: new submissions via the web form were emailed to a small
editorial board for review.
At the Stockholm IETF meeting, the decision was made to prune the
number of entries and begin making a qualitative assessment of training
resources submitted for inclusion in the catalogue. At the same time, it
was decided to organize entries around categories and to standardise
the values in the fields of the entry form/template. Margaret Isaacs
(University of Glasgow) took on much of the work and completed this in
January.The existing entries are currently being verified by the
Netskills team (Newcastle) with the authors or responsible agencies.
The working group chairs believe it is time to close the work on the
document. If the review process is allowed to continue, the project has
the potential for never ending. Jill will issue the document as a final
internet-draft by the end of April.
It was agreed that the effort should avoid becoming a forum for
commercially-based training vendors to use as an advertising or
promotional venue.
If this were to become a living document, volunteers would be needed to
maintain it. It was suggested that an editorial board could be an
appropriate mechanism for reviewing items submitted for inclusion (as
suggested in Stockholm) but that this should not be taken on given the
volunteer nature of the exercise. This was met with little discussion.
3. Introductions and sharing of project information between meeting
participants
Jill said that, following brief presentations regarding the Netskills
project and the InterNIC "15 Minute Series", she would ask
participants to highlight training related initiatives which they or
their institutions are pursuing.
Donal Hanna (Netskills programmer) provided an overview of the
Netskills project. The Netskills project is principally a collection of
modular training packages focused upon supporting the higher-ed
community by providing materials and resources for trainers. The
project does include some user-based training materials in the form of
WWW-based interactive tutorials. (Initial version in the final stages
of development.) This preserves "state" between sessions and records
user progress. The service is built upon Perl scripts.
Donal went on to provide a synopsis of the Information Gateway and
the Network Education and Training Electronic Gateway (NETEG)
services as repository programs for collecting training resources. The
overview highlighted an organizational schema for resources
accessible via the WWW. More information about Netksills can be
found at the URL: http://www.netskills.ac.uk/
Tom Newell of the InterNIC provided an overview of the "15 Minute
Series" program. The InterNIC in a partnership with the American
Library Association, Library and Information Technology Association,
has begun developing an Internet-accessible resource for Internet
trainers. The "15 Minute Series" will be a collection of modular and
extensible training packages from which an Internet trainer may
construct a curriculum which meets the needs of a local community or
specific environment. The packages will be made available in a
variety of formats using the Internet as a delivery medium. The
InterNIC brings to the partnership a unique positioning within the
community to promote and disseminate Internet information. The
library community provides the effort a concern and empathy for the
needs of information-seekers. The InterNIC is developing a prototype
currently and hopes to have a set of core materials available by late
this summer.
Kesh Bakaru of San Diego State University discussed a project
exploring real-time delivery of of sound and image data and its
application in long-distance education.
April Marine mentioned the NASA NIC training efforts.
Joyce Reynolds indicated she would like to see the project continue in
some useful capacity. She is especially interested in examples of using
the network to deliver training. She mentioned the idea of using
MBONE technology. Tom Newell (InterNIC) expressed an interest in
exploring the potential of such a project as a tool for R&E communities.
A Systems Architect for Bell Atlantic demonstrated a JAVA applet
tool for network metering with a training potential.
4. Using the network to deliver training
Jill discussed projects in the UK which used ATM and MBONE networks
to provide (amongst other teaching applications) surgery observation
capabilities over long-distances.
Tom Newell mentioned that the InterNIC was working with Patrick
Crispin to host the ROADMAP mailing list training program on a
regular basis. Jill Foster indicated she would be interested in mirroring
the effort in the UK.
Jill concluded with a discussion of her efforts to get PowerPoint
registered as a MIME type which has hit a brick wall. She suggested
that the Area Directors were looking into the current process for
nominating MIME types and the review mechanisms. Finally, Jill
encouraged USV folks participate in HTTP development discussions in
order to raise issues focused on user needs and interests related to
training.
Once the final draft has been approved, the working group will close
down.