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Purposes of this BOF
• Give the community visibility into our current educational activities
• Get feedback on our ideas to enhance and expand IETF educational activities
• Reach consensus on how these activities should be organized and run
Scope of this Discussion
• Internal education for IETF participants– Including newcomers, editors, WG chairs, etc.
• Focus on process and role education– Help people come-up-to-speed quickly and succeed in
their roles and responsibilities
– Includes technical training required to succeed in each role, such as security training
• NOT outward-facing education/tutorials• NOT WG-specific training
EDU BOF Agenda
• Intro and Agenda Bashing – Margaret (5 min)• Review Existing Programs and Resources – Margaret (10 min) • Plans/Direction for Participant Education
– Newcomer's and General -- Margaret (10 min)– Security Tutorial – Radia Perlman (10 min)
• Plans/Direction for Editor Education – Avri Doria (10 min)• Plans/Direction for WG Chair Education – Margaret (10 min)• Organization Strawman – Margaret (10 min)• Open Discussion (30 min)• Next Steps and Action Items (20 min)
Current Educational Activities
• Formal training classes– Participants
• Newcomer's training
• Security tutorial
• Occasional plenary presentations
– Working Group Chairs • Introductory training
• Topical training sessions
Current Educational Activities
• Web Resources– Overview web page– WG chairs web page
• Published Documents– "Tao of the IETF"
Education Pointers
• For Newcomers:– http://www.ietf.org/newcomer/frame.htm– http://www.ietf.org/overview.html
• For WG Chairs:– http://psg.com/~mrw/WGChairs_Training_Mar03.ppt– http://www.ietf.org/IESG/wgchairs.html
• Examples of Participant Training:– http://www.ietf.org/proceedings/01dec/slides/plenary-3/
index.html– http://www.ietf.org/proceedings/02mar/slides/plenary-3/
index.html
Current Organization
• Training resources have grown from different sources– IESG, secretariat, grass roots
• Informal group has started loosely coordinating these activities– No web presence, mailing list, etc.– Minimal community visibility and input
How can you help?
• Let us know what type of help you need– Your current educational needs– Things that would have helped you earlier
• Volunteer– For education team– To teach topical sessions– To help us develop materials, websites, etc.
EDU BOF Agenda
• Intro and Agenda Bashing – Margaret (5 min)• Review Existing Programs and Resources – Margaret (10 min) • Plans/Direction for Participant Education
– Newcomer's and General -- Margaret (10 min)– Security Tutorial – Radia Perlman (10 min)
• Plans/Direction for Editor Education – Avri Doria (10 min)• Plans/Direction for WG Chair Education – Margaret (10 min)• Organization Strawman – Margaret (10 min)• Open Discussion (30 min)• Next Steps and Action Items (20 min)
Newcomer's Session
• Newcomer's session held Sunday afternoon at every IETF
• Provides brief introduction to processes and culture of the IETF
• Historically developed and taught by the secretariat, now by Scott Bradner
Ideas for Participant Education
• Regular training sessions for participants– On process, culture, roles, timely topics or
technical issues with wide impact– During plenaries or brown-bag lunches?
• Mentoring program– Formal or more informal
• Educational resources for non-North American participants
What do you think?
• Feedback on newcomer's training
• Ideas for participant education moving forward
EDU BOF Agenda
• Intro and Agenda Bashing – Margaret (5 min)• Review Existing Programs and Resources – Margaret (10 min) • Plans/Direction for Participant Education
– Newcomer's and General -- Margaret (10 min)– Security Tutorial – Radia Perlman (10 min)
• Plans/Direction for Editor Education – Avri Doria (10 min)• Plans/Direction for WG Chair Education – Margaret (10 min)• Organization Strawman – Margaret (10 min)• Open Discussion (30 min)• Next Steps and Action Items (20 min)
EDU BOF Agenda
• Intro and Agenda Bashing – Margaret (5 min)• Review Existing Programs and Resources – Margaret (10 min) • Plans/Direction for Participant Education
– Newcomer's and General -- Margaret (10 min)– Security Tutorial – Radia Perlman (10 min)
• Plans/Direction for Editor Education – Avri Doria (10 min)• Plans/Direction for WG Chair Education – Margaret (10 min)• Organization Strawman – Margaret (10 min)• Open Discussion (30 min)• Next Steps and Action Items (20 min)
Current WG Chair Education
• Formal training sessions– Introductory training, repeated each IETF– Topical sessions– Both held at WG chairs training lunches
• WG Chairs Web Site
Previous Discussions
• Group of WG chairs and IESG members met in SF to discuss WG chairs education– Feedback on current introductory training
• Has been incorporated into latest materials
– Many other suggestions included here
• Identified need for editors training, as well• Notes can be found at:
http://www.psg.com/~mrw/WGChairs_Training_Notes_Mar03.txt
Ideas for WG Chairs Education
• Training sessions on timely topics
• Open discussion sessions
• WG Chairs FAQ
• WG Chairs mentoring program– Often covered by having two chair(s), including
one with experience
EDU BOF Agenda
• Intro and Agenda Bashing – Margaret (5 min)• Review Existing Programs and Resources – Margaret (10 min) • Plans/Direction for Participant Education
– Newcomer's and General -- Margaret (10 min)– Security Tutorial – Radia Perlman (10 min)
• Plans/Direction for Editor Education – Avri Doria (10 min)• Plans/Direction for WG Chair Education – Margaret (10 min)• Organization Strawman – Margaret (10 min)• Open Discussion (30 min)• Next Steps and Action Items (20 min)
Scope of the Effort
• Internal education for IETF participants– Including newcomers, editors, WG chairs, etc.
• Focusing on process and role education– Help people come-up-to-speed quickly and
succeed in their roles and responsibilities– Includes technical training required to succeed
in each role
Nature of the Effort
• Web pages and web-based educational resources
• Regular classes, taught on an ongoing basis
• One-time sessions for ongoing participants
• Programs to help people come up-to-speed quickly and be successful in their roles
Not quite like an IETF WG
• Don't produce standards or technical docs
• "Customers" are internal, not external
• Materials and resources are not permanent
• Requires logistical coordination and tactical planning for each IETF meeting
• Need to update existing material and develop new material for each IETF
But, we do need…
• Community visibility– Web presence, open mailing list archives,
periodic open meetings?
• Community feedback– Quality/relevance feedback from participants– Program/priority feedback from community
• Support/mandate from the community– To coordinate/manage these efforts
Organization Strawman
• Form an education team to run this effort– General AD appoints a leader– Leader and AD choose team from volunteers,
refresh and expand the team as needed– Team membership publicly known
Community Visibility Feedback
• IETF web page for educational activities
• Public discussion mailing list
• Education team archives publicly available
• Occasional (~yearly?) open meetings at IETF
Comments or Questions?
Next Steps
• Do we have agreement on how this effort should be organized going forward?
• What are the top two or three priorities for this effort?
