SKSI/MeetingNotes/2022-03-02 Meeting

Present

 * Roland, Varunesh, Wayne, Dave, Will, Nehru

Agenda

 * Look at list of SKSI video tutorials
 * going to do tutorial of creating a MailCow instance for MESC/UNESCO, et al.
 * Address email blacklist (OERF emails being blocked by MESC/NUS email service)
 * Update on DS4OERS demonstrator project on MiLLL services
 * DS4OERS course site: https://course.milll.ws/ds4oers/
 * DS4OERS Moodle site: https://moodle.milll.ws/course/view.php?id=2
 * DS4OERS Forum topics on Discourse: https://forum.milll.ws/c/courses/ds4oers/7
 * Demo of MiLLL Forum syndication
 * Planning offering of DS4OERS demonstrator
 * Status of badges and Certificate of Completion (background image)
 * Date
 * Two MESC facilitators to work with OERF
 * Invites to school IT admins
 * Project website links
 * SKSI?
 * MiLLL?

Meeting notes

 * Dave showed the various tutorial videos
 * Wayne suggested Dave does another synchronous video tutorial session for folks in Apia showing how some of these FOSS tools we've created video resources for to help people understand how they can be applied. Varun agreed that would be useful, and Nehru agreed, too - "the more info available to Samoan users and admins, the better". Wayne and Dave will develop a proposal for such a meeting, including an meet
 * Dave explained the issue with about.oerfoundation.org emails being blocked by the "lima" mail service used by MESC and NUS, and Nehru asked that Dave provide the name of the RBL provider and the OERF's server IP addresses so that they can be whitelisted.
 * Wayne demonstrated the OERu Courses now available on course.milll.ws, including DS4OERs, and noted that these courses would cost, on average $25-30k to develop, which means that a set of courses on the MiLLL infrastructure represent a substantial value to Samoa, and great power for those in Samoa who learn how to make and remix such course materials (OERs), namely by completing the DS4OERS course. Wayne also mentioned the use of OERF's Mautic instance (for sending course-related emails to participants). He also demonstrated the pre-population of the MiLLL discourse instance with topics supporting course-related interaction. Finally, he demonstrated the way the aggregation of posts in the DS4OERS course feed shows how posts in the MiLLL discourse appears alongside those from other course sites. We noticed a 'bug' in the posting - Dave needs to fix the WEnotes client to ensure that content originating from the MiLLL Course site are labelled properly.
 * Wayne demonstrated the digital badges in the DS4OERS Moodle instance. He asked Will about the graphic designer availability to finialise the Certificate of Completion background image... and he also asked Nehru and Will about a good date for running the course (noting, too, the idea that the course could be run with learners both remote and based in the MiLLL facility)... Wayne also asked to have 2 representatives from MESC who could work with Wayne as a facilitator, so that they could run similar sessions in future after the contract with OERF is completed. They could then 'train the trainers', including educators and other technologists in Samoa to make this programme viable in the longer term.
 * Will responded that the graphic designer is away from Apia attending Moodle training, so he will talk to that person on their return...
 * Wayne requested that Will send new badge images (with new embedded language)... Wayne posted a link to the badges.
 * Will said that the two facilitators from MESC who'll work with Wayne will be Will and Timothy. Nerhu has also expressed interest in joining the facilitation team.
 * Finding a date for the demonstrator capacity development tutorial for technologists: Nehru suggested doing it the first week of the new term from 11 April... That'll minimise the stress for teachers. (Schools go back on 19 April after the term break) - Nehru and Wayne agreed on scheduling a face-to-face launch event on 11 April for participants to continue DS4OER studies online. (Nehru would then be able to provide support for the participants). Suggested starting time of 10 or 10:30... Wayne will liaise with Nehru and Will. Nehru also suggested getting a minister (a former school principal) to speak as part of the session which will add gravitas/support for the MiLLL and its mission.
 * Wayne asked about reference links for the SKSI and MiLLL programmes so that the logos on course sites can be linked to them... Nehru will look into the MiLLL site (one was supposed to be developed). Varun said that NUS has a SKSI site but it seems to have gone away. Wayne has found the site via Archive.org. Varun will follow up with NUS.
 * Wayne suggested that Dave could set up a Rocket.Chat on the MiLLL infrastructure as a backchannel for DS4OER facilitators and for people wanting to collaborate withing MESC and Samoa in general in planning the demonstrator pilot initiatives. Varun and other agreed this would be valuable, so Dave will do that.

There is a recording of the meeting.