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| + | | Booleans | ||
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| + | | Beginner User | ||
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| + | | Technical requirements can be met by the conference facilities | ||
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| + | == Scoring == | ||
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| + | Each criteria above will be rated on a scale from 0 to 5 as follows: | ||
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| + | 0 = does not meet the criteria | ||
| + | 1 = pays lip-service to the criteria | ||
| + | 3 = fundamentally meets the criteria | ||
| + | 5 = exceeds all of the criteria | ||
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| + | Section 4 (Boolean) are ranked simply as satisfying (1) or not satisfying (0) the criteria. | ||
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| + | == Weighting == | ||
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| + | Here's where things get tricky. The criteria points do not hold even weight, nor do they hold the same weight in workshops as tutorials. | ||
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| + | For example, it has been observed during past conferences that beginner workshops are much more important than advanced or developer oriented workshops. As such, beginner workshops should be rated higher. This is not the case with tutorials, which would benefit from a more balanced distribution. | ||
Revision as of 20:04, 22 January 2009
Criteria used for ranking workshops and tutorials
The following criteria will be scored:
| 1. | Basic themes | |
| 1.1 | Meets the conference theme, "User Driven" | |
| 1.2 | Makes use of FOSS software | |
| 1.3 | Promotes FOSS software | |
| 2. | Workshop | |
| 2.1 | Demonstrates practical application | |
| 2.2 | Feedback / evaluations from previous conferences for similar workshop topic | |
| 3. | Instructor(s) | |
| 3.1 | Expertise in the topics discussed | |
| 3.2 | Previous presentation experience | |
| 3.3 | Feedback / evaluations from previous conferences | |
| 4. | Booleans | |
| 4.1 | Beginner User | |
| 4.2 | Technical requirements can be met by the conference facilities |
Scoring
Each criteria above will be rated on a scale from 0 to 5 as follows:
0 = does not meet the criteria 1 = pays lip-service to the criteria 3 = fundamentally meets the criteria 5 = exceeds all of the criteria
Section 4 (Boolean) are ranked simply as satisfying (1) or not satisfying (0) the criteria.
Weighting
Here's where things get tricky. The criteria points do not hold even weight, nor do they hold the same weight in workshops as tutorials.
For example, it has been observed during past conferences that beginner workshops are much more important than advanced or developer oriented workshops. As such, beginner workshops should be rated higher. This is not the case with tutorials, which would benefit from a more balanced distribution.