June 13th

Working Group

The Learning Materials and Working Group goal is developing open source training material (licensed as specified by the Hyperledger Charter) to educate people interested in expanding their knowledge of Hyperledger and its projects. The working group will consult with other Hyperledger working groups, Hyperledger team members, and the project maintainers to identify training needs and develop strategies, as well as, material to address those needs. The output of this working group will be targeted towards both technical and non-technical audiences.

Working Group Health

The Learning Materials working group's  big initiative  to increase membership is underway and is gaining momentum and we are well on our way to achieving our goals. The group's Wiki page under went a format change and now it  is easier to find  information. The Resource Library is currently the main source of communication where member go to sponsor a task. Our effort to support the Special Interest group is progressing , with LMDWG member attending  80% of all Special Interest Group calls with a push to have 100% coverage in the Special Interest Groups.  The group is ready to assist with the edits for the new EdX course "Blockchain for Business" with a June / July deadline. We have no new information on processing the GITHUB updates. We have had Two request 1) Burrow needs guidance in documentation, 2) The Public Sector Working Group has requests edit on the Whitepaper when completed. 

Issues

Increasing membership is our focus next quarter. Participation in calls typically 5- 6 individuals. Our work load is forecasted to increase.

Open items from our resource page include:

• Developing Standard /  Best Practices Badges  for all Learning Materials
• Organizing current projects documentation into the Learning Materials Library and give  guidance towards earning  Best Practice Badge
• Support - Documentation support in the form of editing and creating new materials
• New Member Onboarding
• Wiki Management
• Creating KEY TERMINOLOGY to be used in all documentation
• Working Groups Liaison
• Develop Use Case Library

Overall Activity in the Past Quarter

Currently the Bi-weekly calls, Agendas , minutes, meeting recordings and Wiki Management are conducted regularly. The chat channels and mailing list activity  show little action since our membership is low.

Work Product:

Meet-up: We had a request to organize information for Meerut-up Leaders   

Working Group

The Learning Materials and Working Group goal is developing open source training material (licensed as specified by the Hyperledger Charter) to educate people interested in expanding their knowledge of Hyperledger and its projects. The working group will consult with other Hyperledger working groups, Hyperledger team members, and the project maintainers to identify training needs and develop strategies, as well as, material to address those needs. The output of this working group will be targeted towards both technical and non-technical audiences.

Working Group Health

The Learning Materials working group's  big initiative  to increase membership is underway and is gaining momentum to achieve goals. The group's Wiki page under went a format change and now it  is easier to find  information

The Resource Library is currently the main source of communication where member go to sponsor a task. . Our effort to support the Special Interest group is progressing , with LMDWG member attending  80% of all Special Interest Group calls with a push to have 100% coverage in the Special Interest Groups as well as the Working Groups..  The group is ready to assist with the edits for the new EdX course "Blockchain for Business" with a June deadline. WE stll have no new information on how were are to handle the GITHUB updates , with Burrow making a request for support. 

Overall Activity in the Past Quarter

The group went through a transitional phase with dwindling membership. The focus of the group was on the EdX update, which every one agrees is a VITAL piece to the success of the Hyperledger projects, but with the product revisions deemed to be an overwhelming undertaking for volunteers . The group shifted its focus to vetting,maintaining an updating learning materials that the experts for each project and group are developing. Members also created original learning material that have been added to the Resource Page.   

Planned Work Products

• Creation of Standard - Best Practices -The group plans on creating a system by which all the documents on the Resource Page have been checked against Standards that represent  the Hyperledger Community. By creating a set of standards for documentation and video presentations, and by vetting the resources available on the Learning Materials page against those standards, we can be assured the message is a accurate, up to date and consistent. 
• It  is our plan to have representation from all the Frameworks and Projects in the Learning Materials Working Group. Each group will be responsible for submitting the documentation and learning materials created by project teams.
• Use Cases : Learning Material working group will collect Hyperledger use cases and organize them for easy access.

Participant Diversity

Since the membership has decline we are actively seeking new leadership.  We have issued a Google poll to recruit a new leadership team. New recruitment has begun in the project groups and we are reaching out to our contacts in the Education sector. We plan on getting the Special Interest Groups and Working Group involved so the Resource Page accurately reflects the work product produced.

Additional Information