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CETIS and the Special Interest Groups Vashti Zarach CETIS Enterprise SIG Coordinator. CETIS . Centre for Educational Technology Interoperability Standards… represents UK HE and FE institutions on international learning technology standards initiatives
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CETIS and the Special Interest GroupsVashti ZarachCETIS Enterprise SIG Coordinator
CETIS • Centre for Educational Technology Interoperability Standards… • represents UK HE and FE institutions on international learning technology standards initiatives • disseminates information on learning technology standards via workshops, conferences, publications and forums • funded by JISC; and managed by Bolton Institute, partnered by Open University and University of Wales, Bangor
IMS • CETIS began as the UK branch of IMS • IMS: a global consortium of organizations developing e-learning specifications • www.imsglobal.org
E-learning standards and specifications • “A specification is a documented description. Some “specs” become a standard, which means they have received the stamp of accreditation…” • (MASIE Centre: “Making Sense of Learning Specifications and Standards”) • http://www.masie.com/standards/S3_Guide.pdf
IMS Specifications • Metadata • Enterprise • Learner Information Package (LIP) • Question and Test Interoperability (QTI) • Content Packaging • Digital Repositories • Accessibility • Simple Sequencing • Learning Design
CETIS SIGs: Remit • 1.represent UK arguments on the development of a specification • 2.track all standardisation efforts in the particular area • 3.test and evaluate any released specification, hopefully using real life examples • 4.disseminate their work widely across UK HE and FE
CETIS SIGs • Communities of Practice for UK HE and FE staff working with e-learning specifications and standards. • Hold free quarterly meetings, with presentations and discussions. • Maintain websites with resources and information, and JISCmail discussion lists for communication between SIG members.
Educational Content SIG (ECSIG) • Specifications: Content Packaging, Simple Sequencing, Learning Design • The ECSIG is meeting today in Huddersfield. Notes and presentations will be posted up on the website. • Coordinator: Sarah Currier: sarah.currier@strath.ac.uk • Website:http://www.cetis.ac.uk/groups/20010809144711/viewGroup
Assessment SIG • Question and Test Interoperability (QTI) • Next meeting to be held in August • Coordinator: Rowin Cross rowin.cross@strath.ac.uk • Website: http://assessment.cetis.ac.uk/
Metadata SIG • Metadata • Coordinator: Phil Barker. Philb@icbl.hw.ac.uk • Website: http: metadata@cetis.ac.uk
Accessibility SIG • IMS Guidelines for Developing Accessible Learning Applications • Meeting in Preston 24th June • Coordinator: Sharon Perry. s.perry@bangor.ac.uk • Website: http://www.cetis.ac.uk/members/accessibility/index
3rd CETIS-TECHDis Accessibility SIG Meeting: Agenda • Tuesday 24th June, 10.30 to 16:00 in the Harris Park Conference Centre, Preston. • Dynamic Stylesheets: Customising the User's Experience. Mick Wood will talk about the issues regarding dynamic stylesheets. • Breaking down Barriers and Bridging the Gaps. Sue White from the Virtual College will give a presentation on the Virtual College's experiences in making web-based content accessible. • The NoVA (Non-Visual Access) Report.Jenny Craven from CERLIM (Centre for Research in Library and Information Management), will give an overview of findings from the NoVA Report, which examines the issues regarding making library and information services accessible to people with visual impairments.
Learner Information Package SIG (LIPSIG) • Learner Information Package • Coordinators: Peter Rees Jones. p.r.jones@leeds.ac.uk • Website:http://www.cetis.ac.uk/groups/20010801124300/viewGroup • See also Centre for Recoding Achievement (CRA): http://www.recordingachievement.org/
Enterprise SIG • Enterprise • Next meeting in July, Brockenhurst College, Hampshire. • Coordinator: Vashti Zarach. v.zarach@bangor.ac.uk • Website:http://www.cetis.ac.uk/members/enterprise/
FE Focus Group • Crosses the specs. Discusses e-learning issues relating to Further Education institutions, and promotes awareness of interoperability in the FE sector. • Coordinators: • Clive Church: cchurch@newark.ac.uk. • Steve Jeyes:sjeyes@newark.ac.uk. • Website: http://www.cetis.ac.uk/groups/20010926111402/viewGroup.
Pedagogy Forum • A new group which aims to provide a forum to examine and discuss the pedagogic implications of interoperability standards and identify requirements that can be input into the specification process. • Launched in Manchester in March • Coordinator: Lisa Corley. L.Corley@bolton.ac.uk. • Website: http://www.cetis.ac.uk/members/pedagogy/
Links • www.cetis.ac.uk • www.imsglobal.org • Contact: v.zarach@bangor.ac.uk.