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MDN is a well known resource for average and advance users but we are still failing to address beginners needs. W3School and other similar web sites remain a place of choice for them, even if they are flawed. As we have the row material, now we need to turn it into something more appealing for beginners. Organizing the current content and writing the missing parts will be the biggest part of that project.
<strong>Main content for the Learning Area project has [https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/MDN/Plans/Learning Moved to MDN].</strong>


= Goals =
The Learning Area weekly meeting takes place in the [irc://irc.mozilla.org/mdn #mdn] channel on irc.mozilla.org at 6:00 UTC (10:00 PDT, 19:00 CET). [http://arewemeetingyet.com/UTC/2014-11-03/18:00/w/Learning%20Area%20Weekly%20Meeting See the meeting time in your time zone.] It's open to anyone that would like to participate, so please feel free to join in!


In a more detailed fashion, this project tend to cover the following goals:
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* Improve the discoverability of beginner contents: We have some existing contents but it is pretty hard to find. We need to organize it in a better way for beginners.
* [[Media:Learning Area January 2015.pdf|January 2015]]
* Improve the quantity of beginner contents: While writing we mainly focus on average and advanced users. As a consequence, we lack some serious beginner oriented contents. We need to write those missing contents and organize them with the existing contents to make easier for everybody to access and contribute to them.
* [[Media:Learning Area February 2015.pdf|February 2015]]
* Improve the quality of beginner contents: Still, we have some existing content for beginners but we need to organize it, complete it and make it more appealing.
* [[Media:Learning Area March 2015.pdf|March 2015]]
* Make sure beginners are taught well during their journey to the Web: MDN is not the only resource out there to learn the Web. Beyond our own contents, it's part of the Mozilla mission to help discover and found useful good resources to learn about the web.
* [[Media:Learning Area April 2015.pdf|April 2015]]
* [[Media:Learning Area May 2015.pdf|May 2015]]
* [[Media:Learning Area June 2015.pdf|June 2015]]
* [[Media:Learning Area July 2015.pdf|July 2015]]
* [[Media:Learning Area August 2015.pdf|August 2015]]
* [[Media:Learning Area September 2015.pdf|September 2015]]
* [[Media:Learning Area October 2015.pdf|October 2015]]
* [[Media:Learning Area November 2015.pdf|November 2015]]


== Related metrics ==
==Meeting agendas and notes==
 
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In order to get some rational measurement about the success of our actions, the following metrics are suggested:
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* ''Measure the increase number of unique visitors on beginner contents'': <br>That would be a good sign that our beginner contents is easier to reach.
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* ''Measure the increase number of returning visitors on beginner contents'': <br>That would be a good sign that the beginners content is appealing for them.
* ''Measure the increase of time per page on the beginners content'': <br>That would be a sign that more beginners read and learn from that content.
* ''Measure the decrease of bounce rate on the beginners content'': <br>That would be a sign that more beginners read and learn more from content on MDN
* ''Measure bounce to third party resources we selected'': <br>That would be the sign that more users trust MDN as a reliable source of information regarding third party content.
* ''Measure the increase of incoming links to MDN beginner contents'': <br>That would be the sign that MDN is considered as a trustable resource for beginners.
 
Extra point:
* Try to gather some direct feedback about the improvement which will be made.
 
'''NOTE:''' ''This project is action driven rather than time driven. It means that we do whatever is needed to reach our goals, whatever the time it requires. However, in order to not to be swamped into an endless project, we try to cut into small actionable steps that allows to measure progress as often as possible.''
 
= Critical path =
 
To ensure the success of the project, the following schema detailed its critical path in term of actions.
 
[[File:Mdn-learning-area.png|628px|thumb|center|Critical path]]
 
It can be summarize as follow:
# Identify what's missing to MDN to make it suitable for beginners
# Inventory existing content available for beginners on MDN
# Organize content
# Write missing material and build missing features
 
== Aside ideas ==
 
The following ideas are not critical for the project but could be some very nice enhancements.
 
* Add a "search per level" option on our search engine
 
= Get involved =
 
Any one who wish to get involved with this project is welcome. This page will provide information about the project and its progress. Everything is discuss directly on [https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-mdc the dev-mdc mailing list]. Schedule and progress are summarized on the [https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/mdn-drivers the mdn-drivers mailing list].
 
[[User:Jeremie Patonnier|Jeremie]] is the resource leading that project, feel free to contact him for any question. He's available, for sure, on IRC every Monday (European time) on the various MDN Chanel (#mdn,  #mdndev) and more.
 
= Current progress =
 
== In progress ==
* Start writing content
** Set up a streamline glossary
* Define how to structure beginner content
** Results of the [[MDN/Learning_Area/Tree_of_knowledge|"Tree of knowledge" workshop]] during the MDN Work week-end on March 2014
** It will help to tag content with http://goo.gl/vpxkP1 (Webmaker FTW)
** Draft plan is: https://etherpad.mozilla.org/learning-area-structure
** Mock up for a possible Learning Zone landing page: https://moqups.com/JeremiPat/9MbRALc2
 
== Next steps ==
* Create a learning "Zone" on MDN
* Start writing content
** Set up an FAQ section on MDN
** Set up a resources page
*** It could be a good idea to relay on http://weblitmapper.webmakerprototypes.org/
** Write a "Get started with the web" article as an entry point for beginners
 
== Done ==
 
* [https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/mozilla.dev.mdc/q1pQjy-J1H4 Kick off]
* [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1WgOsU5gINWa7H9v0w0RzJtuI9F4TDQ2lUB4Do2jLa-0/viewform Creating a survey about MDN and third party web sites for beginners]
* Gathering initial feedback ([https://groups.google.com/d/msg/mozilla.dev.mdc/P8m2wxiWISA/Nholoe2Z4SwJ We must do things with the webmaker team])
* Spreading the survey ([https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/mozilla.dev.mdc/KrY-bvGw0kE dev-mdc] [https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/mozilla.dev.mdn/Jj9B85ZBf64 dev-mdn], [https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/mozilla.education/V4Ir4B_bAko education], [https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/mozilla.webmaker/fkIX0KQ-hi8 webmaker], [https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/mozilla.engagement.developers/JGKhsR8w9sY engagement-developers], [https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/mozilla.mozillians/X4zr5UHMzQ4 mozillan], [https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/mozilla.reps.general/FZOk_xtV7gA reps-general])
* synthesize the survey and the raw feedback
* Spread the survey results: [[File:Learnin-area-survey-2014.pdf]]
* Inventory MDN content for [https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/tag/Beginner beginners], [https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/tag/Intermediate intermediate], and [https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/tag/Advanced advanced] users (considered done even if it will be subject to change)
 
== Status reports ==
 
* [https://groups.google.com/d/msg/mozilla.mdn.drivers/VXzmNhO7j_o/_Svl1m_NutkJ 01/20/2014]
* [https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/mozilla.mdn.drivers/u-fUoboL4t0 02/07/2014]
* [https://groups.google.com/d/msg/mozilla.mdn.drivers/BcnxCjObZEo/Flr06WlphP4J 03/14/2014]
 
= Useful resources =
 
* The legacy learning area (pre redesign): https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/learn
* Chris Mills awesome work:
** https://wiki.mozilla.org/MDN/Development/Beginners_MDN_material
** http://people.mozilla.org/~cmills/coding-beginners/
* Notes from MozFest 2013: https://teach.etherpad.mozilla.org/scrum7-future?
* WebMaker project info:
** https://wiki.mozilla.org/Learning/WebLiteracyStandard
** https://wiki.mozilla.org/Webmaker/Roadmap
** https://webmaker.org/standard
** '''NOTE:''' ''This project is a complement to the webmaker initiative, not a competitor. It can be considered as a concrete implementation of some of the webmaker ideas. Due to its nature MDN will focus on the following skills define by the Web Literacy Standard: [https://webmaker.org/en-US/standard/exploring#web-mechanics Web Mechanics], [https://webmaker.org/en-US/standard/building#composing Composing for the Web], [https://webmaker.org/en-US/standard/building#design Design and Accessibility], [https://webmaker.org/en-US/standard/building#coding Coding/scripting], and [https://webmaker.org/en-US/standard/building#infrastructure Infrastructure].''
** Definition of HTML tag by WebMaker: https://etherpad.mozilla.org/simple-mdn
* Pamela Fox at dotJS 2013 about "Making JavaScript more learnable": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4JdS5RHGroQ
* The Opera Curriculum
** On the W3C Wiki: http://www.w3.org/community/webed/wiki/Main_Page
** On Webplaform.org: http://docs.webplatform.org/wiki/html/tutorials
 
== Web sites made for beginners ==
 
The following web sites are sources of inspiration for the current work
 
=== English speaking resources ===
 
* http://www.w3schools.com
* http://www.codecademy.com/tracks/web
* http://ejohn.org/apps/learn/
* http://learn.shayhowe.com/
* https://www.codeschool.com
* https://www.learnstreet.com
* http://www.codeavengers.com
* https://www.khanacademy.org (not web related but good ideas for inspiration)
 
=== French speaking resources ===
 
* http://fr.openclassrooms.com/
* http://www.alsacreations.com/tutoriels/

Latest revision as of 19:14, 19 June 2017

Main content for the Learning Area project has Moved to MDN.

The Learning Area weekly meeting takes place in the #mdn channel on irc.mozilla.org at 6:00 UTC (10:00 PDT, 19:00 CET). See the meeting time in your time zone. It's open to anyone that would like to participate, so please feel free to join in!

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