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Catalogue of Network Training Materials



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RFC 2007        Catologue of Network Training Materials     October 1996


   The rapid expansion of the user base has made it difficult for
   network trainers to keep up with the demand for training. Librarians,
   Computing Service staff and subject-based Network Support staff all
   have a vital role to play in training users. Easy access to quality
   network training materials and the pooling of resources will help
   spread the load.

   The purpose of this document is to provide a catalogue of quality
   Network Training Materials for use by Internet trainers.  By
   providing such a collection of pointers to useful resources, it is
   hoped that trainers will be relieved of much of the load of producing
   current training materials.  The intention is to make this a "living
   document".  It will be held on-line so that each section may be
   updated separately as appropriate.

2. How the information was collected

   The information contained in this report was collected over the
   network by volunteers from the Trainmat Working Group from the
   contacts for each network training resource using the Trainmat
   template (see Appendix A).  The contents of this template had been
   discussed by the Trainmat WG at its meetings and on the mailing list.
   The decision on whether or not to include an item was made by the
   members of the working group.

3. What is covered?

   This catalogue covers network training materials. These are
   categorised as follows:

   Presentation Material:  including OHP masters, speaker's
                           hand-outs and speaker's notes

   Workshop Exercises:     including workshop hand-outs as well
                           as detailed instructions for
                           undertaking hands-on exercises

   Self-Paced Material:    including online tutorials

   Some material such as selected User Guides, Resource Guides
   and Trainer Guides are of particular use to trainers and
   have been included as appropriate. The resource lists included
   are those assembled for training purposes and those frequently
   used or referred to in training.

   Special Online Collections of training materials are now
   available and a selection of these is included.




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