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Re: Sunday tutorials, newcomers, and remote participants

2014-11-08 15:00:09
We certainly have room to improve on this front, but many of the tutorials have 
already been recorded (by the Meetecho team) and are available (embedded from 
YouTube) on the IETF site. See here: 

Process oriented tutorials (Newcomers, Tools, etc) are here: 
http://www.ietf.org/edu/process-oriented-tutorials.html

Technical tutorials are here: http://www.ietf.org/edu/technical-tutorials.html

-Alexa

On Nov 8, 2014, at 8:13 AM, Dave Crocker <dcrocker(_at_)gmail(_dot_)com> wrote:

On 11/8/2014 5:10 AM, John C Klensin wrote:
Done well, they have the potential to be immensely helpful to
people not familiar with a particular topic (or the IETF in
general).  
...
We've also been told, repeatedly, that, for those not extremely
able in listening to spoken English, having slides and other
materials available in advance is extremely helpful, even to the
point of making the difference between a session that is
understood and one that is an incomprehensible waste of time.


+1 to John's observations and request, but there's a point worth adding:

    Most of these tutorials have continuing benefit.

    It would be nice for someone to be able to 'attend' the tutorial in
2 weeks, 2 months and in 2 years.

Some of the tutorials won't have value in 2 years, but most will, IMO.

In other words, we should treat tutorials as an investment, not just a
consumable good, and we should record them, building an archive of
introductory material.

d/

-- 
Dave Crocker
Brandenburg InternetWorking
bbiw.net


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