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Educational Technology Interoperability Standards and CETIS an introduction and overview

Educational Technology Interoperability Standards and CETIS an introduction and overview Sarah Currier & Phil Barker CETIS Educational Content & Metadata SIGs with thanks to Charles Duncan, Lorna M. Campbell, Niall Sclater and Boon Low.

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Educational Technology Interoperability Standards and CETIS an introduction and overview

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  1. Educational Technology Interoperability Standards and CETIS an introduction and overview Sarah Currier & Phil Barker CETIS Educational Content & Metadata SIGs with thanks to Charles Duncan, Lorna M. Campbell, Niall Sclater and Boon Low

  2. What are educational technology standards and specifications? Standards and specifications that are designed to facilitate the description, packaging, sequencing and delivery of educational content, learning activities and learner information

  3. Why do we need educational technology standards and specifications? • To prevent content becoming “locked in” to proprietary systems. • To ensure educational content can be reused. • To enable educational content & learner information to be shared. • To facilitate interoperability.

  4. Who is developing educational technology interoperability standards & specifications? • IMS Global Learning Consortium. • Advanced Distributed Learning (ADL). • European Centre for Standards/Information Society Standardisation System Learning Technologies Workshop (CEN/ISSS WS-LT). • Dublin Core Metadata Initiative. • Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) Learning Technology Standards Committee (LTSC). • International Standards Organisation (ISO) Sub Committee 36 (SC 36).

  5. What do educational technology interoperability standards & specs do? (1) • Enable users to search for, locate and retrieve appropriate content – DCMI, IMS & IEEE Metadata, IMS Digital Repositories. • Plan educational scenarios and formulate instructional design – EML & IMS Learning Design. • Deliver educational content tailored to learners’ requirements – EML, IMS Learning Design, IMS Simple Sequencing, ADL SCORM.

  6. What do educational technology interoperability standards & specs do? (2) • Share content between systems – IMS Content Packaging, ADL SCORM. • Create and deliver computer aided assessments – IMS Question and Test Interoperability. • Record and share learner information – IMS Learner Information Packages (LIP), IMS Competencies, IMS Enterprise. • Ensure educational content is accessible to all users – IMS Accessibility, W3C WAI.

  7. How do educational technology standards & specs relate to educational practice? administration pedagogy learning resources teacher dialogue student delivery system / vle competencies library tests & assessment library activities registry/authority course Original diagram by C. Duncan

  8. How do educational technology standards & specs relate to educational practice? Existing administration pedagogy IMS Enterprise IMS LIP learning resources teacher dialogue student Meta-data delivery system / vle IMS QTI competencies library tests & assessment library activities IMS Competency Definition IMS Content Packaging registry/authority course Original diagram by C. Duncan

  9. How do educational technology standards & specs relate to educational practice? Existing administration pedagogy IMS Enterprise IMS LIP learning resources Meta-data teacher dialogue student delivery system / vle IMS QTI competencies library tests & assessment library activities IMS Competency Definition IMS Content Packaging registry/authority course Original diagram by C. Duncan

  10. How do educational technology standards & specs relate to educational practice? Drafts administration pedagogy IMS Enterprise IMS LIP learning resources teacher dialogue student Meta-data IMS Learning Design delivery system / vle IMS DRI IMS QTI IMS DRI competencies library tests & assessment library activities IMS Competency Definition IMS Content Packaging registry/authority IMS Simple Sequencing course Original diagram by C. Duncan

  11. How do educational technology standards & specs relate to educational practice? SCORM administration pedagogy IMS Enterprise IMS LIP ADL SCORM learning resources teacher dialogue student Meta-data IMS Learning Design delivery system / vle IMS DRI IMS QTI IMS DRI competencies library tests & assessment library activities IMS Competency Definition IMS Content Packaging registry/authority IMS Simple Sequencing course Original diagram by C. Duncan

  12. CETIS: Supporting the UK FE/HE community • Centre for Educational Technology Interoperability Standards. • Funded by the JISC since 1997. • Supports UK higher and further education. • Supports JISC programmes and initiatives. • Represents UK HE/FE on international educational standards initiatives, e.g. IMS, CEN/ISSS. • Advises universities and colleges on the strategic, technical and pedagogic implications of educational technology standards. • Manages 7 Special Interest Groups (SIGs).

  13. CETIS coordination with other groups • New UK members of IMS • UfI • SUfI • BECTa • eUniversity • UK Co-Lab • Metadata for Education Group (MEG) • Vendors • Others

  14. The CETIS SIGs • Accessibility SIG • Assessment SIG • Computer aided assessment and QTI. • Educational Content SIG • Content Packaging, Learning Design, Simple Sequencing, SCORM, EML, etc. • Learner Information and Enterprise SIG • Metadata and Repositories SIG • Focused on Learning Resource Metadata & Digital Repositories Interoperability. • FE Focus Group • Supports the interests of FE colleges. • Pedagogy Focus Group (forthcoming)

  15. The CETIS SIGs • Established to support the UK FE/HE sector’s uptake and implementation of interoperability standards and specifications. • Track the development of educational technology interoperability standards and specifications. • Advise the sector on the relevance of different standards and specifications. • Channel the sector’s requirements back to CETIS and international standards initiatives. • Support communities of practice.

  16. What do the Metadata & EC SIGs do? • Membership to all SIGs is unstructured and free to HE/FE staff. • Meet approx. every 3/4 months. • Provide information via web site. • Manage discussion lists. • Undertake tasks. • Work together where appropriate, and work with other related SIGs, e.g. Assessment, FE Focus Group, etc.

  17. Further information The CETIS website: • http://www.cetis.ac.uk/ • Hosts websites for all the SIGs. • Regular updates of latest developments in the field of educational technology standards & specs. • Links, definitions of terms, calendar, contacts, etc. • Described by The Technology Source as: “Probably the most comprehensive and current site devoted to educational technology interoperability standards, the CETIS Web site is an essential resource for anyone working in the fields of learning objects or learning content management systems.”

  18. CETIS Metadata and Digital Repository Interoperability Special Interest Group Coordinator: Phil Barker Learning Technology Advisor ICBL, MACS, Heriot-Watt University philb@icbl.hw.ac.uk

  19. What standards & specifications is the Metadata SIG concerned with? (1) IEEE LOM • Standard for Learning Object Metadata • >100 elements to describe reusable learning material • Used by IMS and ADL • but in different versions • Available from http://ltsc.ieee.org/wg12/index.html • final free draft.

  20. What standards & specifications is the Metadata SIG concerned with? (2) Dublin Core • 15 elements for describing general information resources. • DC-Ed, new elements and qualifiers for education resource • eg educationLevel refinement for audience

  21. What standards & specifications is the Metadata SIG concerned with? (3) IMS Digital Repository Interoperability Specification • Repository = Collection of metadata and/or content • Interoperate with • Learner or teacher (maybe using a VLE) • Information portal • Another repository (mediation)

  22. What standards & specifications is the Metadata SIG concerned with? (4) IMS Digital Repository Interoperability Specification VLE, Portal,Repository Repository Search Expose Gather Store Submit Deliver Request

  23. Current Metadata SIG tasks Survey of Educational Metadata Use • Questionnaire identifying who is doing what with which standards. • Report available on SIG website. Case Studies: Educational Metadata Use • Short case studies building on survey returns.

  24. Next Metadata SIG Meeting December, OU Milton Keynes • Free for anyone to come, but limited places. • Morning session on repositories • Afternoon on education elements in LOM

  25. How to get involved in the Metadata SIG • Check out the web site: http://www.cetis.ac.uk/metadata/ • Contact the Coordinator: philb@icbl.hw.ac.uk 0131 451 3278 • Join the discussion / mailing list: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/CETIS-METADATA.html • Come to the next Metadata SIG meeting (Dec. 2002)

  26. CETIS Educational Content Special Interest Group (EC SIG) Sarah Currier Coordinator CETIS EC SIG Centre for Academic Practice, University of Strathclyde sarah.currier@strath.ac.uk

  27. What standards & specifications is the EC SIG concerned with? (1) IMS Global Learning • Content Packaging • Simple Sequencing • Learning Design Advanced Distributed Learning (ADL) • Shared Content Object Reference Model (SCORM)

  28. What standards & specifications is the EC SIG concerned with? (2) Educational modelling languages, …primarily: Open University of the Netherlands Educational Modelling Language (EML) • IMS Learning Design spec is based on it. • Info. on other educational modelling languages in CEN/ISSS survey: http://eml.ou.nl/forum/docs/EML%20Survey%20version%201.pdf

  29. What standards & specifications bodies is the EC SIG concerned with? • European Centre for Standards / Information Society Standardisation System Learning Technologies Workshop (CEN/ISSS WS-LT) • Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers Learning Technology Standards Committee (IEEE LTSC) • International Standards Organisation. Sub Committee 36 (ISO SC 36) • BSI Committee IST/43 Information Technology for Learning, Education and Training • AICC; ARIADNE; Prometeus …

  30. What Does the EC SIG Do? (1) Meets approx. every 3/4 months • Meetings are free and are open to all interested parties. • Full reports back on IMS meetings and developments from CETIS reps. • Reports on other relevant bodies/events/news. • Presentations and live demos relevant to implementation of standards & specs. • Networking, discussion, and full involvement of the SIG in deciding on future tasks, feeding back to CETIS, etc.

  31. What Does the EC SIG Do? (2) Commissions Tasks • Tasks are in direct response to the needs of the SIG and the wider educational community. • Tasks include studies, reports, publications, etc. • Some previous EC SIG tasks: • Writing and Using Reusable Educational Material: A Beginner’s Guide (John Casey, Mhairi McAlpine) • Content Exchange Evaluation (Eddie Boyle) • Future EC SIG tasks: Use cases …

  32. How to get involved in the CETIS EC SIG • Check out the web site: http://www.cetis.ac.uk/educational-content/ • Contact the Coordinator (that’s me!) sarah.currier@strath.ac.uk 0141 548 4846 • Join the discussion / mailing list: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/CETIS-ECSIG.html • Come to the next EC SIG meeting (Feb. 2003)

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