University Information System Standards - How to participate in and to

improve current European Development

Workshop prepared by Tore Hoel, Erlend Øverby,

Scott Wilson and Simone Ravaioli

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Agenda14:00 - 14:40

Short introduction (Tore Hoel)On standards and standardisation Who are doing standards

The MLO project (Erlend Øverby)Doing standards the lightweight way (Scott Wilson)

14:40 - 15:20Mapping the domain

15:20 - 17:00The Industry perspective (Simone Ravaioli)Discussion Conclusions and ideas for further work (Scott Wilson)

Let’s start with the beginning

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What are Standards– why bother?

Tore HoelOslo University College

A Standard is...

... design references for products and processes

Mogens Kühn Pedersen -www.cbs.dk/ostea

Not only technical specifications

consensus on privacy

consensus on quality

documented best practices in Learning, Education and Training

In practice, standards could be consensus on any process!

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Who are doing standards?

Standard Setting Bodies vs. Consortia

How Initiatives Relate - in theory

Need for standards becoming accepted

Formal Certified

Standards

Early Inter-company collaboration

Consortia formed

‘De Novo’

Specifications produced

Specifications Implemented

Standards bodies refine existing best

practice

+ve & -ve experience gained

AICCADLne

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IEEEISO

IMS

CEN/ISSS WS-LT

CEN TC353

How Initiatives Relate - in reality

AICC

ADLnet

IEEE LTSC

ISO

IMS

ARIADNE

CEN/ISSS WS-LTLO Metadata

SCORM

Dublin Core & early LO Metadata

DINBSI

Japan

PROMETEUS

MoU

LOM

How Initiatives Relate - in reality

AICC

ADLnet

IEEE LTSC

ISO

IMS

ARIADNE

CEN/ISSS WS-LT

SCORM

Dublin Core & early LO Metadata

DINBSI

Japan

LOM

MLRDCMIW3C

CEN TC 353MLR as EN

Consortia in HETerena

The Trans-European Research and Education Networking Association offers a forum to collaborate, innovate and share knowledge in order to foster the development of Internet technology, infrastructure and services to be used by the research and education community.

Internet2

a not-for-profit advanced networking consortium comprising more than 200 U.S. universities in cooperation with 70 leading corporations, 45 government agencies, laboratories and other institutions of higher learning as well as over 50 international partner organizations

Internet2 University Corporation for Advanced Internet Development (UCAID) Internet2 Middleware Architecture Committee, with working groups on

DirectoryIPv6 (new Internet protocols to manage differentiated services on the Internet)Quality of Service (also referred to as QOS)Measurement (of network traffic and patterns of use)Network ManagementRoutingTopologySecurityMulticast Network Storage

RS3G - Rome Student

Systems and Standards Group

The Bologna Process is mandating attention to exchange of student and curriculum data between Higher Education Institutions – RS3G is taking on the role of an influential reference point in this market.

CEN/TC 353 Information and Communication Technologies for Learning, Education and Training

CEN/ISSS Workshop on Learning Technologies

Scope CEN Technical Committee 353

To produce standards in the field of information and communication technologies relating to learning, education and training. The European Standards (EN), Technical Specifications (TS) and Technical Reports (TR) that are developed will have a well-defined European scope. These may also include:

Guidelines for the implementation of international standards from a European perspective

mature CWAs converted into standards if appropriate

Europeanization of national standards

Current work items TC 353

Curriculum Exchange Formats and vocabularies

European Learning Mobility Model

Adoption of ISO/IEC 19796-1 (LET Quality Management, Assurance and Metrics - part 1)

In pipeline

Metadata on Learning Opportunities

Adoption of ISO/IEC 24751 (Accessibility)

Standardisation Work Timeframe

As Standard should be available within a maximum of 36 months

+6M – Circulation of first working draft+6M – Dispatch of Enquiry draft+2,5M – Submission of Enquiry+8M – Dispatch of Formal Vote draft+3,5M – Submission of Formal Vote+2M – Closure of Formal Vote+1 M – Ratificaton+2M – Definitive text available

CEN/ISSS WS-LT Objectives

Encourage participation in global initiatives

Create specifications, agreements, guidelines or recommendations where appropriate

Provide a forum for the development and implementation of requirements-driven Learning Technologies

Carefully examining and taking into account the various effects on learning and training technology standards

Current WS-LT Work Items

A Simple Publishing Interface for Learning Object Repositories

Metadata for Learning Opportunities

Curriculum Exchange Format

Agricultural learning resource metadata application profiles

Participation in European

Standardisation

CEN TC 353: Trough national standards bodies

CEN/ISSS WS-LT: Open for all

Liaison with ISO/IEC JTC1 SC36

Consortia contributions to European

standardisation

Consortia develops specifications for fast-tracking

Or, consortia participate in standards fora, e.g. CEN/ISSS WS-LT

Model the Domain

How do LT standards relate to educational practice?

SJC, HOTBED Presentation, RSAMD, 16 July 2002.

administration

learning resources

competencies

registry/authority course

delivery system

student

pedagogy

tests & assessment

activities

dialogueteacher

librarylibrary

Original diagram by C. Duncan

Cross-Domain Service Factoring

Jane Hunter and Matthew Dovey/The University of Queensland, Australia

http://maenad.itee.uq.edu.au/wp5/#toc_2

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CourseAdvertising

Acquired/RequiredCompetence

EntryRequirements

EntryProfiles

PathwaysAdvice

Portfolio

CourseApproval

Evidence ofAchievement

TranscriptsPersonalDevelopmentPlanning

LearnerTrails

E-Admission

PersonalStatements

CurriculumManagement

CourseModification

E-Application

StudentRecords

AssessmentResults

References

ApplicantFeedback

LearnerGoals

AdmissionStats

CourseSearch

CourseDetails

R3SG focus areas

European Learner Mobility

Security / authentication

Description of course units / unit catalogue

Curriculum versioning

Curriculum rules

Academic history of individual

Graduation documents Course equivalency/matching

Assessment criteria

Indeed…Seriously

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