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Explore the impact of DRM on Australian education, covering issues, initiatives, and collaborations in the sector. Learn about SOCCI, COLIS, and the adoption of technology in educational institutions. Understand the cultural, technical, and strategic challenges faced in implementing DRM.
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Digital Rights Management & the Australian Education Sector Jon Mason IEEE, LTSC Seattle, June 2002
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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/