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IEEE LTSC SPONSOR REPORT. March 9, 2005. LTSC Mission. The IEEE Learning Technology Standards Committee (LTSC) is chartered by the IEEE Computer Society Standards Activity Board to develop accredited technical standards, recommended practices, and guides for learning technology.
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IEEE LTSC SPONSOR REPORT March 9, 2005 SAB Vice Chair's Report
LTSC Mission • The IEEE Learning Technology Standards Committee (LTSC) is chartered by the IEEE Computer Society Standards Activity Board to develop accredited technical standards, recommended practices, and guides for learning technology. SAB Vice Chair's Report
IEEE Standards Produced by the LTSC • 1484.12.1 - 2002 IEEE Standard for Learning Object Metadata (LOM) • 1484.1 - 2003 IEEE standard for learning technology-learning technology systems architecture (LTSA) • 1484.11.2 - 2003 - IEEE Standard for Learning Technology - ECMAScript application programming interface for content to runtime services communication (SCORM API) • 1484.11.1-2004 – IEEE Standard for Learning Technology - Data Model for Content Object Communication (CMI Data Model) SAB Vice Chair's Report
LTSC Working Groups • Learning Object Metadata • Chair: Wayne Hodgins (CA) • Technical Editor: Erik Duval (BE) • CMI • Chair: Kerry Blinco (AU) • Technical Editor: Scott Lewis (US) • Digital Rights Expression Languages • Chair: Magda Mourad (US/EG) • Technical Editor: Jon Mason (AU) • Reusable Competency Definitions • Chair: Claude Ostyn (US / BE) • Technical Editor: Scott Lewis (US) SAB Vice Chair's Report
LTSC Standards in Progress • XML bindings of • CMI Data Model • LOM • Learning, Education & Training Requirements for a Digital Rights Expression Language • Resource Aggregation Models for Learning, Education and Training (early stages) • Reusable Competency Definitions SAB Vice Chair's Report
General Program • Bringing together communities while focusing on applications to learning • Standards based on existing practice • SCORM 2004 & future ADL work to be based on voluntary consensus standards • In process of looking forward 3 – 5 years SAB Vice Chair's Report
Collaboration & Coordination • Advanced Distributed Learning Initiative • Aviation Industry CBT Committee • CEN/ISSS Workshop – Learning Technology • Digital Library Federation • Dublin Core Metadata Initiative • IEEE-CS Learning Technology Technical Committee • IMS Global Learning Consortium • ISO/IEC JTC1: SC36 (LET) & SC29 (MPEG) SAB Vice Chair's Report
Membership & Participation • Dues - $200 per year (to be lowered) • Working Groups use Breeze / Conference Calls • Typically meet every week or every other week • About 25 active members – many times that many on mailing lists • F-2-F meetings making a comeback SAB Vice Chair's Report