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Organizational Update: The Next IMS/GLC

Organizational Update: The Next IMS/GLC. Ed Walker NLII 2005. Success Means - Learning is …. Convenient: “easy to use” - low end-user effort to access, use, etc. - think Amazon front-end

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Organizational Update: The Next IMS/GLC

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  1. Organizational Update:The Next IMS/GLC Ed Walker NLII 2005

  2. Success Means - Learning is … • Convenient: “easy to use” - low end-user effort to access, use, etc. - think Amazon front-end • Effective: “does what I want” - meets learner/teacher objectives for learning outcomes; meets learning provider objectives for learning outcomes and volume of usage • Affordable: “reasonable cost/benefit” - meets learning supplier objectives for acquisition, installation, and maintenance cost/benefit; meets learner/teacher objectives for time and effort viz outcome • Profitable: “successful business” - meets supplier business objectives for market size, production cost, margins, etc.

  3. Released specifications Meta-data v 1.2.1 Content Packaging v 1.1.4 Question and Test v 1.2.1 Learner Information v 1.0.1 Enterprise v 1.1 Simple Sequencing v 1.0 Learning Design v 1.0 Digital Repositories v 1.0 Competencies v 1.0 Accessibility for LIP v 1.0 Vocabulary Definitions v1.0 Shareable State Persistence v1.0 Enterprise Services v1.0 Resource List Interoperability v1.0 AccessforAll Meta-data v1.0

  4. Downloads

  5. Activities • Communications • Newsletters • Member Website - Forums/Collaboration • Public Website • Member Activities • Member Surveys • Quarterly Meetings • Technical Exchanges • Open Technical Forums • Project Management • Document Production

  6. Results CP, QTI, LIP, Ent, LD, SS, RDCEO ELF eGIF Framework IEEE LIP BSI Competencies Metadata, CP ACC ADL DCMI,W3C IMS/GLC ACC, QTI Sakai SIFA Metadata LIP Simple Sequencing EDS NCAM Content Packaging QTI SIF Sharable State HR/XML ISO SCORM ACC

  7. Non-financial Equity • Body of work products • P roven processes • Contributing Members (49) • Board of Directors • Staff • Affiliates • Relationships

  8. Renewed Vision and Objectives • Consolidated by IMS/GLC Board • Board meetings Sept 2003, March 2004, July 2004 • Planning meetings Sept 2004, Jan 2005 (with facilitator) • Input by IMS/GLC members, affiliates, and others • Meetings: alt-I-lab 2003; Anaheim (Oct 2003); Zurich, Amsterdam, London (Feb 2004); alt-I-lab 2004 • Survey of members: Fall 2003 • Facilitated interviews/surveys: June-July 2004

  9. Elements of 2005 Plan • Destination • Vision, Mission, Goals • Map and compass • Objectives, tasks and schedules • Dials and gauges • Milestone deliverables, metrics of progress

  10. Vision Convenient, effective, affordable, and profitable learning is available to every learner and teacher in the world.

  11. Mission To promote the development of global distributed learning by facilitating and leading cooperative and collaborative efforts to develop, evolve and use advanced distributed learning environments

  12. Goals Serve vendors, buyers, and the community of practice to a high professional standard of effectiveness and efficiency.

  13. Objectives • Remove technical problems slowing adoption • Content and tool interoperability, tools, techniques • Facilitate implementation by users • Compliance, communication forums • Increase marketplace acceptance and demand • Open Technical Forums, alt-i-lab • Maintain on-going processes and activities

  14. General Metrics • Economic impact • Profit margins/acquisition cost • Product lifetime/life cycle cost • Overall production cost and cost of use • Policy/Program Impact • Learner/Teacher goals (number, type) • Quality goals (test scores, employment) • “Market share”

  15. Measures of Progress • Scenarios (from critical use cases) • Implementation: functional requirements, acceptance test, cost/benefit outcomes • Development: UML Models, system design, performance metrics, interoperability reqs, product testing • Implementation milestones • TBD examples - eGIF, SCORM, Sakai, SIF, 1M teachers, 20M learners, sales/use targets, etc.

  16. Growth in Overall Function External Metrics Life long learning for anyone anywhere anytime Annual Demonstrator and Implementation Milestones Flexible author-ing, review, & distribution in the hands of professionals 2008 Integrated instruction & assessment Interoperable assessment and data management 2007 Products Adoptions Awareness etc Distributed Repository interoperability 2006 Products Adoptions Awareness etc 2005 Products Adoptions Awareness etc 2004 Products Adoptions Awareness etc Products Adoptions Awareness etc

  17. Life Long Learning Prof. Training Tech Training Perf. Support K-12/Schools Higher Ed Fulfilling the IMS/GLC Role

  18. Task breakdown World-wide eLearning Community

  19. In Process QTI (item) v2 General Web Services ePortfolio Meta-data v1.3 CP v1.1.4 update Other Activities Packaged versions of IMS specifications Review completed: SS & LIP/ACCLIP Evaluated binding automation Spec Development

  20. Timeline • February - (Melbourne) • May - US • alt-i-lab 2005 - UK • November - North America

  21. IMS TB Work Programme

  22. Tool Interoperability • Goal – achieve “on the wire” runtime interoperability • Metric – value to educators at the chalk-face

  23. Tool Interoperability Approach • Select a “value-add” tool • Target two or more Learning Environments • Define functional scope of interaction • Agree technical tasks • Do it • Document and communicate how it was done

  24. Tools Interoperability Outputs • Recommendations for working practice • Example code extracts • An interoperable tool • Two or more “tool ready” Learning Environments • Demonstration of tool interoperability at Alt-I-Lab 2005

  25. Packaging Consolidation - I • Types of packages • Learning materials • Composite object e.g. ePortfolio, QTI Assessment, LIP records, etc. • Collections of composite objects e.g. QTI Items, LIP records, etc. • Service model for packaging • Service interface definition cf. OSIDs • Binding to web-services using IMS GWS

  26. Packaging Consolidation- 2 • Data model clean-up • Sub-manifests • Alternative resources • External meta-data & metadata aggregation • Table of contents only • …

  27. Packaging Consolidation - 3 • Specification integration phase 1 • Content Packaging • LIP/ACCLIP • QTI Assessment • ePortfolio • Specification integration phase 2 • Simple Sequencing • Learning Design

  28. Techniques & Tools • Use the UML for specification development • Use the auto-generation tools to support WSDL and XSD binding creations • Release version 1 of the ‘IMS Specification Development Methods & Best Practices’ document

  29. Implementation Goal – support tool and content developers and end user organizations (i.e. adopters) as they implement specifications in their products and organizations. 2005 Activities Compliance Program Outreach and Training

  30. Compliance Program • Compliance is based on Self-testing • Phase 1 • Each Vendor responsible for its self-testing methodology • Phase 2 • Vendors self-test against reference data and a reference implementation • IMS manages reference data, compliance list and mark

  31. Communication Forums • Developer Support – specification training, technical overviews, reference information, online developer communities • End User Support – procurement advice, case studies, white papers, online adopter communities • Specific activities are motivated by Member priorities and resource availability

  32. Past HR-XML adoption of RDCEO and ePortfolio Workshops at eLearning Results Summit ePortfolio funding via EC Project Established European IMS Supported ePortfolio Secretariat Presentations Future Compliance Educational materials, guidance documents, workshops, links to Centres, Listservs Glossary proposal European IMS Board and planning Adopter and Developer Support

  33. Questions & comments ?

  34. Local Profiles Local Profiles Local Profiles Local Profiles Standards System Framework The Paradox • Everyone wants the benefits of broad interoperability, but … • Everyone must meet narrow legal, cultural, business needs Resolution: Framework, standards, profiles and flexibility

  35. Suggestions for Interoperability Metrics • Performance • Time/cost of installation, operation, migration • Effectiveness • Demonstrations, marketplace results • Satisfaction • Surveys, outcomes data

  36. Suggestions for Impact Metrics • Performance • Baseline - U of Wisc conversion data • Effectiveness • alt-i-lab Demonstrator Scenarios, case studies • Satisfaction • Surveys, outcomes data

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