Re: [edu-team] IETF 99 Tutorial Survey Results

[Alexa Morris <[e-mail]>]

Fred,

> On Aug 23, 2017, at 3:11 PM, Fred Baker <[e-mail]> wrote:
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>> On Aug 23, 2017, at 1:30 PM, Alexa Morris <[e-mail]> wrote:
>>> I'm not sure how to do a brief overview of 120+ working groups. Probably not.   Maybe a better idea is to do another session with one AD from each area doing a 5 minute 2 slide brief - the IETF Newsreel of current topics.  It doesn't actually have to be an AD, but should be someone familiar with the area.  Get each AD to do a slide covering their owned WGs and topics.
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>> We’ve talked — many times — about having brief online introduction videos for various technical topics and/or working groups. If we had something like that for each working group, you could make a simple statement pointing people to videos available in the Datracker, or some such. Online videos will reach more people than any in-person tutorial is likely to, and can be viewed anytime. 
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>> We would need to develop a template for the video format, and strictly limit the time as well. If people like this idea I have some notions on how to do this and can pursue it further.
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> I'm OK with the idea of an introductory video. I get uncomfortable if I think it needs to be updated more frequently than the charter, and I wonder why the charter isn't adequate to the purpose. I suspect the difference between "the charter" and "a video about the charter" is data format. Speaking as a working group chair, what would you want the chair to say that isn't already in the charter?

Good questions, and this idea clearly needs to be further developed.  I wasn’t actually thinking that the video would be a repeat of the charter; I was thinking it would serve a different purpose. For example, see this video that Cullen did in 2015, while onsite at an IETF meeting, to talk about WebRTC and the RTCWEB working group: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1llPCXmxGak <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1llPCXmxGak>. Note: I had nothing to do with the production of this video, but I remember thinking it was a great idea. And it’s at almost 7,050 views, which is considerably higher than most IETF videos (which are generally just recordings of a presentation designed for and presented to a live audience).  If you look in the WebRTC video description you will see:

"What is WebRTC all about? Why are people so excited about this activity? What work is the IETF doing within the RTCWEB working group? Where is this all going? How can people get involved?”

I think that working group videos would address the “Where is this working group going? Why should I care/what does this mean? How can I get involved?" sort of questions. 

Alexa


> A thought - we have a rogue's gallery of WG chair photos. We could include the video in that, or duplicate the photos and video with the charter.
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> I'd like you to share your ideas. I'm pretty sure I'm not tracking...