Network Training Materials (trainmat)

Charter 
 
Chair(s):
     Ellen Hoffman  <ellen_hoffman@um.cc.umich.edu>
     Jill Foster  <jill.foster@newcastle.ac.uk>
 
User Services Area Director(s) 
     Joyce Reynolds  <jkrey@isi.edu>
 
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Description of Working Group:

Widespread familiarity with global network services and competence in
using them brings benefit to individual users, enriches the information
skills and resources of the community and optimises the return in
investment in networked services.

The Network Training Materials Working Group is chartered to enable the
research community to make better use of the networked services.
Towards this end, the Working Group will work to provide a
comprehensive package of ``mix and match'' training materials for the
broad academic community which will: 1) enable user support staff to
train users to use the networked services and 2) provide users with
self-paced learning material.  In the first instance, it will not deal
with operational training.

This Working Group is the IETF component of a joint RARE/IETF group
working on Network Training Materials.

The Working Group will create a catalogue of existing network training
materials (using the TopNode cataloguing fields where appropriate),
identify the gaps in Network Training Materials and work to identify
the problems associated with hands on training workshops using
networked services providing a real service.

Goals and Milestones: 
 
   Mar 93 First Working Group meeting. Review and approve the Charter with a 
          review of documents and materials to be written. x                   

   Jul 93 Post the catalogue of training materials as an Internet-Draft.       

   Dec 93 Submit the catalogue of training materials to the IESG for review and
          publication as an informational RFC.