Learning Technology Standards

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Learning Technology Standards

Presented on behalf of

The IMS Global Learning ConsortiumThe Advanced Distributed Learning initiativeThe IEEE Learning Technology Standards Committee

and related organizations

Robby RobsonChair, IEEE LTSCPresident & CEO, [email protected]

Presented on behalf of

The IMS Global Learning ConsortiumThe Advanced Distributed Learning initiativeThe IEEE Learning Technology Standards Committee

and related organizations

Robby RobsonChair, IEEE LTSCPresident & CEO, [email protected]

11/5/2001 Energy Industry CBT Alliance 2 Eduworks

Outline

The value The process The players The program Invitation to participate Questions and answers

The value The process The players The program Invitation to participate Questions and answers


The Value of Standards

Standards make learning technology:– Durable, Portable, and Scalable

Not locked in to single source solution Not built on special tricks Systems interoperate in a networked world

– Affordable and Maintainable Larger market justifies producer investment Stable industry justifies consumer investment Modularized for maintenance

Standards make learning technology:– Durable, Portable, and Scalable

Not locked in to single source solution Not built on special tricks Systems interoperate in a networked world

– Affordable and Maintainable Larger market justifies producer investment Stable industry justifies consumer investment Modularized for maintenance



Standards help the learner too!– Raise content quality

Replace time on infrastructure by time on content Define best practices and platform for innovation Support industry-wide content repositories

– Make Learning Valuable Help target competencies and certification Make learning more relevant to work context Make results more portable

Standards help the learner too!– Raise content quality

Replace time on infrastructure by time on content Define best practices and platform for innovation Support industry-wide content repositories

– Make Learning Valuable Help target competencies and certification Make learning more relevant to work context Make results more portable



Standards establish an industry Standards establish an industry

StandardsEmerge

Demonstration Adoption

Pioneers

Everyone


The Standards Process

Requirementsand

Technology

Testand Use

DefineRefine

and consolidate

AccreditedStandards


The Standards Process

Specifications,Best Practice

New Products,Pilot Programs,Testbeds

R&D Concepts

User Needs

TechnicalTrends

SpecConsortia

ProgramsTestbeds,Markets

StandardsBodies

AccreditedStandards

Consensus,Consolidation,Conformance


Standards Stakeholders

Labs, Testbeds

DomainConsortia

Standards Bodies

Learning Providers

Technology Vendors

Researchers

ContentProviders

GovernmentAgencies


Consortia gathering requirements and developing specifications– IMS Global Learning Consortium– CEN/ISSS Workshop on Learning Technology– Customized Learning Experiences Online– Aviation Industry CBT Committee– HR-XML Consortium– Energy Industry CBT Alliance

Consortia gathering requirements and developing specifications– IMS Global Learning Consortium– CEN/ISSS Workshop on Learning Technology– Customized Learning Experiences Online– Aviation Industry CBT Committee– HR-XML Consortium– Energy Industry CBT Alliance

Some Standards Players



Testbeds and Organizations Creating Reference Models– Advanced Distributed Learning initiative– Advanced Learning Infrastructure Consortium– Education Network Australia– European Commission

Testbeds and Organizations Creating Reference Models– Advanced Distributed Learning initiative– Advanced Learning Infrastructure Consortium– Education Network Australia– European Commission



Formal Standards Bodies– IEEE Learning Technology Standards

Committee– ISO/IEC Joint Technology Committee

Subcommittee on Standards for Learning, Education, and Technology

Formal Standards Bodies– IEEE Learning Technology Standards

Committee– ISO/IEC Joint Technology Committee

Subcommittee on Standards for Learning, Education, and Technology


IMS Contributing Members ADL Co-Lab Apple Artesia Technologies Becta Blackboard Boeing Campus Pipeline Centra Software CIC Cisco Systems Click 2 Learn Calif. State Universities Can Studios CMU DETYA Digital Learning Interactive Digitalthink Docent Educational Testing Service

EDUCAUSE Eduprise Epic Group Fretwell-Downing Group GIUNTI Interactive Labs IBM Corporation Industry Canada JISC LON LUVIT Miami-Dade Community

College Microsoft MIT NIST NYUOnline Oracle OU Netherlands Pearson Education

PeopleSoft Prometheus R5 Vision Saba Software SCT SUFI Sun THINQ Thomson Learning UFI Unext UC - Berkeley University of Michigan University of Wisconsin University System of Maryland US Department of Labor Virginia Tech Virtual Education Space WebCT


ADL Plugfest Participants


IEEE LTSC

185 Individual Experts Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada,

China, France, Korea, Germany, Greece, Indonesia, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Hong Kong, Japan, Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, UK, US, the Ukraine, Yugoslavia

Vendors, Government agencies & contractors, Academic institutions, Consulting/solutions firms, other learning technology organizations

185 Individual Experts Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada,

China, France, Korea, Germany, Greece, Indonesia, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Hong Kong, Japan, Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, UK, US, the Ukraine, Yugoslavia

Vendors, Government agencies & contractors, Academic institutions, Consulting/solutions firms, other learning technology organizations


The Program: Learning Content

Existing Content

Learning Content Authoring Tools

Learning Content Authoring Tools

Chunk

Create

Repurpose

Assemble

LearningCatalog

LearningCatalog

LMS

Import

Find

Track

Deliver


IMS Program

Specifications that have been developed– Meta-data– Content Packaging – Question and Test Interoperability– Learner Information Packaging – Enterprise

Specifications being developed– Sequencing– Learning Design – Digital Repositories – Competencies

– Accessibility

Specifications that have been developed– Meta-data– Content Packaging – Question and Test Interoperability– Learner Information Packaging – Enterprise

Specifications being developed– Sequencing– Learning Design – Digital Repositories – Competencies

– Accessibility


ADL Program

Shareable Content Object Reference Model (SCORM) : A “Bookshelf” of specifications and standards”– Metadata from IEEE– Communication & Structure from AICC– Packaging & Sequencing from IMS

Document and test IMS and other specifications

Formal standardization through IEEE

Shareable Content Object Reference Model (SCORM) : A “Bookshelf” of specifications and standards”– Metadata from IEEE– Communication & Structure from AICC– Packaging & Sequencing from IMS

Document and test IMS and other specifications

Formal standardization through IEEE


IEEE Program

Metadata about to be standardized Liaisons with other organizations and

standards bodies Active work on

– Content– Identifiers– Architecture– Vocabulary– Graphics– Other topics

Metadata about to be standardized Liaisons with other organizations and

standards bodies Active work on

– Content– Identifiers– Architecture– Vocabulary– Graphics– Other topics


Testing and Certification

AICC has certification program in place IMS is setting up an extensive program:

– Planning phase taking place now– Will create “consortium of consortia”– Win-win financial model

ADL has developed test suites An important IEEE role is to work with

certification and testing labs

AICC has certification program in place IMS is setting up an extensive program:

– Planning phase taking place now– Will create “consortium of consortia”– Win-win financial model

ADL has developed test suites An important IEEE role is to work with

certification and testing labs


Invitation to Participate

The IMS Global Learning Consortium – Contributing Members:

specification development, review, approval leadership

– Developers Network Members: exchange of tools, techniques, and trials

– Dissemination and Participation: workshops, briefings, information

– Conformance Testing

The IMS Global Learning Consortium – Contributing Members:

specification development, review, approval leadership

– Developers Network Members: exchange of tools, techniques, and trials

– Dissemination and Participation: workshops, briefings, information

– Conformance Testing



The Advanced Distributed Learning initiative– Co-laboratories

corporate, federal, and academic

– Dissemination and Participation publications, plugfests, work with other organizations

The Advanced Distributed Learning initiative– Co-laboratories

corporate, federal, and academic

– Dissemination and Participation publications, plugfests, work with other organizations



The IEEE Learning Technology Standards Committee– Working Groups

standards, technical reports, guides open, consensus-driven process with due process

and right to appeal

– Dissemination and Participation publications, liaisons with other organizations open to all with a material interest

The IEEE Learning Technology Standards Committee– Working Groups

standards, technical reports, guides open, consensus-driven process with due process

and right to appeal

– Dissemination and Participation publications, liaisons with other organizations open to all with a material interest

Next Meeting in Hawaii in December,

2001


Benefits of Participation

Contacts and coalitions with other industries Ensure standards meet your needs Certification & conformance testing Access to information, vendors, experts, etc. Without you….

– Shift will happen– Infrastructure and interoperability won’t

Contacts and coalitions with other industries Ensure standards meet your needs Certification & conformance testing Access to information, vendors, experts, etc. Without you….

– Shift will happen– Infrastructure and interoperability won’t


Questions & Answers

Value Process Players Program Participation

Value Process Players Program Participation

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