Learning/Strategy/Working Groups

Working Groups

Meta Working Group

chair: Mark Surman

• Goals:
  • Programs and partners have a shared vision. We have path to impact and scale.
  • Efficient allocation of partnership resources across initiatives
  • We know we are spending money on the right things
  • We can justify donors’ investments with evidence of impact
  • We eliminate confusion about what we advocate vs. what we deliver
• Learn More:
  • Charter: https://wiki.mozilla.org/File:AcademyCharter.pdf
  • Minutes: https://wiki.mozilla.org/Learning/Strategy/Minutes

Fellows Working Group

chair: Kaitlin Thaney

• Goals:
  • Build a shared definition of what it means to be a fellow at Mozilla
  • That aligns with Mozilla’s top line org goals and strategies
  • Attracts and gives talent deep experiential learning, while maintaining what each community of practice needs.
  • Attracts new investments with evidence of the impact (collectively and individually) of Mozilla fellowships
  • Unlocks scale benefits and increase return on each dollar spent
  • Makes life easier on program leads — shared application, fellows support & administration, on- boarding, and alumni communications across focus areas
• Learn More:
  • Charter: https://wiki.mozilla.org/File:FellowsCharter.pdf

Web Literacy Working Group

chair: Chris Lawrence & An-Me Chung

• Goals: To get to a shared definition of Web literacy, we should:
  • Craft a simple and spreadable definition of…
  • Pressure test definitions and language…
  • Look at what we like about current version of the Web Literacy Map
  • Look at patterns and overlap with other frameworks for digital skills
    • e.g. How does the linked learning network define 21st Century skills
  • Plan changes for getting to Web Literacy 2.0
  • …and how it underpins Mozilla Academy thinking
  • Engage with a broad set of people connected and invested in the work
  • Design and launch pilots and prototypes that make Web Literacy real
• Learn More:
  • Charter: [1]

Inclusion Working Group

chair: Lynn Moore

• Goals:
  • Elevate inclusion—already a core value—as an essential design principle in Mozilla Learning:
    • Expanding and refining inclusive design strategies for our tools, resources, and program models
    • Designing, launching, and testing pilots and prototypes to test inclusiveness and increase representation
    • Engaging with a broad set of people and partners to develop geographically informed initiatives that specifically serve women and girls, diverse racial and ethnic backgrounds, and diverse economic status
  • Organize a roundtable on how to increase representation of the people who read, write, and participate on the Web
  • Identify strategic partnerships to implement these principles at scale
  • Establish clear metrics to evaluate our progress
  • Define a research agenda to support Mozilla Learning
• Learn More:
  • Charter: [2]

Developer Skills (MDN)

chair: David Ascher, Chris Mills

• Goals: The goal of this group is to explore how best to integrate the Mozilla Developer Network into Mozilla's overall learning plan. This will include
  • Researching audience needs
  • Building out/integrating tools
  • Creating and distributing learning content
• Learn More:
  • MDN/MoFo integration plan
  • MDN Education survey
  • Rough planning doc
  • Developer Skills minutes