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LTSC Report

LTSC Report. 6 – February - 2007. LTSC Status. No significant change Next meeting (plenary): March co-located with ISO/IEC JTC1 SC36 and CEN/ISSS TC-Learning Technology Work plan: Update to 1484.12.1 - 2002 (Learning Object Metadata) Work on competency standards

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LTSC Report

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  1. LTSC Report 6 – February - 2007

  2. LTSC Status • No significant change • Next meeting (plenary): March co-located with ISO/IEC JTC1 SC36 and CEN/ISSS TC-Learning Technology • Work plan: • Update to 1484.12.1 - 2002 (Learning Object Metadata) • Work on competency standards • Collaboration with other organizations

  3. LETSI • Interested organizations are invited to participate in the formation of a future-oriented, global collaboration to advance the interoperability of technical systems enabling learning, education and training (LET) through the use of reference models based on de jure standards. • The working name for the proposed organization is The International Federation for Learning-Education-Training Systems Interoperability (LETSI). • The anticipated participants are government agencies, organizations developing LET specifications or standards, and organizations representing LET communities of practice.

  4. Background • SCORM = Sharable Content Object Reference Model • Reference Model = A collection of profiles of specs and standards • Uses five specifications & standards. Three are IEEE standards. Two are IMS Global Learning Consortium specifications • Maintained by the Advanced Distributed Learning (ADL) initiative • ADL is a U.S. DoD Initiative • Costs $2M+ per year to maintain (help desk, documentation, test suites, Web site, community, “Plugfests,” conferences, and overhead) • Adopted by commercial learning technology vendors • Adopted world-wide (biggest single adopter is Korean K-12 system) • For global “stewardship” it is better to have neither U.S. nor DoD. • ADL is focused on leading edge research (on one hand) and DoD applications (on the other hand) – not stewardship • No single organization is suitable. Need representation from many verticals, market segments, regions, etc.Hence an “organization of organizations” focused on catalyzing rather than doing standards.

  5. Why This Matters • US Training & Education Industry Stats • 2nd largest industry behind Healthcare • Almost $1 Trillion per year • 90% in pre-K through Higher Ed (formal education) • “e-learning” penetration: 2% in education, 20% - 40% in other segments. CAGR of 25% • Corporate e-learning industry: $6 Billion in 2006 to grow to $25 Billion in 2010 • 2% of payroll is spent on training (!) • THIS SPELLS “OPPORTUNITY” • Huge, growing industry with societal benefits • On the beginning of the standards curve

  6. What’ Next • LETSI will have an organizational series of workshops and meetings in London in March • Restricted to serious potential organizational participants • No fee for being at the table, but requires a “good faith” commitment to contribute $10K when chartered (assuming the charter is acceptable) • Propose that • The IEEE Computer Society participate as a founding organization • Potentially: Pending the identification of a sponsor to fund participation • Notes: • This is not just of interest to standards. It is also of interest to electronic publications! • Robby Robson will be at the meeting representing the LTSC. However, could represent both, or could send another representative • There may be no fee for certain organizations (e.g. the LTSC) that have contributed to the existing reference model (SCORM).

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