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Jon Mason IEEE, LTSC Seattle, June 2002

Digital Rights Management & the Australian Education Sector. Jon Mason IEEE, LTSC Seattle, June 2002. Context Requirements - higher education - K-12 Issues. Context – Australian Education. Largely publicly funded History in distance education; early adoption of technology

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Jon Mason IEEE, LTSC Seattle, June 2002

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  1. Digital Rights Management & the Australian Education Sector Jon Mason IEEE, LTSC Seattle, June 2002

  2. ContextRequirements- higher education - K-12Issues

  3. Context – Australian Education • Largely publicly funded • History in distance education; early adoption of technology • National, collaborative framework (K-12, VET, HE)EdNA…1996 -> (maximizing the benefits of Internet)AICTEC … 2001-> • - Decentralized approach (political interoperability) • - Principle of aggregating value • - Australian content - developing & managing learning objects • - Providing integrated online services

  4. Context – SOCCI • Schools Online Curriculum Content Initiative (SOCCI)http://socci.edna.edu.au/ • Initial discussion papers & planning in early 2000 • Phase 1 build underway – LO Exchange, DRM integral • Collaboration of all schooling systems with CommonwealthGovernment • AUD$68 million

  5. SOCCI - Aims • Develop pool of nationally-funded curriculum content • Develop this content within a framework that supports distributed access • Systems (state jurisdictions) exchanging learning objects • Re-usable, customisable learning content • In longer term, use the framework & content to stimulate further contributions to the pool of material, meeting agreed standards

  6. SOCCI – Workplan • Initially branding LO’s with one rights statement - objects free to schools - maybe more than one standard referenced - plug-in to LMS to view SOCCI-endorsed objects • Enforcement • Trading

  7. Context – COLIS • Collaboration of five Australian universities – Macquarie, Newcastle, New England, Southern Queensland, and Tasmania. • Establish a test-bed for the development of collaborative online learning and information services • Develop scalable standards-based model for institutional interoperability enabling seamless sharing of online learning and scholarly information • Contribute more fully to the work of the IMS • Strengthen links with industry

  8. Issues – Cultural • Education community needs (& wants) to articulate its own needs - doesn’t want just a legal or technical solution • ‘Open’ environment - e-content not just about passive consumption - learning object re-purposing - multiple levels of exchange • Educational institutions as ‘trusted’ environments • Open scholarship/research movement • DRM vs ‘Fair Use’ • IP is more about recognition, not protection • DRM implementations need to be ‘easy’ to be viable • Australian universities supportive of open & free standards

  9. Issues – Technical & Strategic • Technical: • DRM an end-to-end solution • Most of DRM takes place at usage • Integration with other systems: LCMS, LMS, library systems,… • Multiple jurisdictions • Strategic: • Alignment with international standards & related initiatives • Alignment with ‘open’ systems • Closer alignment of education, industry & research

  10. Further Information • Education Network Australia (EdNA)http://www.edna.edu.au/ • Le@rning Federation (SOCCI)http://www.thelearningfederation.edu.au/ • Collaborative Online Learning & Information Services (COLIS)http://www.colis.mq.edu.au/ • Australian ICT in Education Committee (AICTEC)http://www.aictec.edu.au/

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