Learning Technology Standards

1. Learning Technology Standards Presented on behalf of The IMS Global Learning Consortium The Advanced Distributed Learning initiative The IEEE Learning Technology Standards Committee and related organizations Robby Robson Chair, IEEE LTSC President & CEO, Eduworks rrobson@eduworks.com

2. Outline • The value • The process • The players • The program • Invitation to participate • Questions and answers Energy Industry CBT Alliance

3. 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 Energy Industry CBT Alliance

4. The Value of Standards • 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 Energy Industry CBT Alliance

5. Everyone Standards Emerge Pioneers Demonstration Adoption The Value of Standards • Standards establish an industry Energy Industry CBT Alliance

6. Refine and consolidate Define Test and Use Requirements and Technology Accredited Standards The Standards Process Energy Industry CBT Alliance

7. Technical Trends R&D Concepts Spec Consortia Programs Testbeds, Markets Standards Bodies Accredited Standards User Needs Specifications, Best Practice New Products, Pilot Programs, Testbeds Consensus, Consolidation, Conformance The Standards Process Energy Industry CBT Alliance

8. Standards Bodies Domain Consortia Content Providers Government Agencies Researchers Learning Providers Labs, Testbeds Technology Vendors Standards Stakeholders Energy Industry CBT Alliance

9. Some Standards Players • 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 Energy Industry CBT Alliance

10. Some Standards Players • Testbeds and Organizations Creating Reference Models • Advanced Distributed Learning initiative • Advanced Learning Infrastructure Consortium • Education Network Australia • European Commission Energy Industry CBT Alliance

11. Some Standards Players • Formal Standards Bodies • IEEE Learning Technology Standards Committee • ISO/IEC Joint Technology Committee Subcommittee on Standards for Learning, Education, and Technology Energy Industry CBT Alliance

12. 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 Energy Industry CBT Alliance

13. ADL Plugfest Participants Energy Industry CBT Alliance

14. 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 Energy Industry CBT Alliance

15. Existing Content LMS The Program: Learning Content Create Learning Content Authoring Tools Chunk Repurpose Assemble Learning Catalog Find Import Track Deliver Energy Industry CBT Alliance

16. 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 Energy Industry CBT Alliance

17. 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 Energy Industry CBT Alliance

18. IEEE Program • Metadata about to be standardized • Liaisons with other organizations and standards bodies • Active work on • Content • Identifiers • Architecture • Vocabulary • Graphics • Other topics Energy Industry CBT Alliance

19. 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 Energy Industry CBT Alliance

20. 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 Energy Industry CBT Alliance

21. Invitation to Participate • The Advanced Distributed Learning initiative • Co-laboratories • corporate, federal, and academic • Dissemination and Participation • publications, • plugfests, • work with other organizations Energy Industry CBT Alliance

22. Invitation to Participate • 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 Energy Industry CBT Alliance

23. 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 Energy Industry CBT Alliance

24. Questions & Answers • Value • Process • Players • Program • Participation www.imsproject.org www.adlnet.org ltsc.ieee.org rrobson@eduworks.com www.eduworks.com 541-754-1215 (Phone) 541-760-6899 (Mobile) Thanks! Energy Industry CBT Alliance