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CETISan introduction and overview

Lisa CorleyCETIS Pedagogy Forum Co-ordinator


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 – ‘e-learning’

Why?

To facilitate ‘interoperability’


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).


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.


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.


How do educational technology standards & specs relate to educational practice?

administration

learning resources

competencies

registry/authority course

delivery system /

vle

student

pedagogy

tests & assessment

activities

dialogueteacher

repository

Original diagram by C. Duncan

repository


How do educational technology standards & specs relate to educational practice? Existing specifications

administration

learning resources

competencies

registry/authority course

delivery system /

vle

student

pedagogy

tests & assessment

activities

dialogueteacher

repositoryrepository

IMS Competency

Definition

Meta-data

IMS ContentPackaging

IMSQTI

IMS Enterprise

IMS LIP

IMS DRI

IMS Simple

Sequencing(draft)

IMS Learning

Design IMS DRI

Original diagram by C. Duncan


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 8 Special Interest Groups (SIGs).


The CETIS Groups

Accessibility SIG Assessment SIG Educational Content SIG Learner Information Packaging (LIP) SIG Enterprise SIG Metadata and Repositories SIG FE Focus Group Pedagogy Forum


CETIS coordination with other groups

• New UK members of IMS– UfI– SUfI– BECTa– eUniversity

• UK ADL Partner Lab• Metadata for Education Group (MEG)• Vendors• Others


The CETIS Groups

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.

Networking, discussion, and full involvement of the SIG in deciding on future tasks, feeding back to CETIS, etc.

Support development of communities of practice.


Why do we need a Pedagogy Forum?

e-learning specifications are moving up from the infrastructural leveland beginning to directly impact on pedagogical issues.

important that the e-learning standards meet educational needs as well as fulfilling technical requirements

we need to generate a meaningful dialogue with those whose focus is on pedagogy.


Why do we need a Pedagogy Forum?

As IMS notes:

"The development of a framework that supports pedagogical diversity and innovation, while promoting the exchange and interoperability of e-learning materials, is one of the key challenges in the e-learning industry today".

http://www.imsglobal.org/learningdesign/ldv1p0pd/imsld_bestv1p0pd.html


Key Questions…

The Forum will discuss issues such as:

With the increasing use of learning technology, how will this affect teaching and learning practice?

What role do standards play in the development (and use) of learning technologies?

What are the limitations and opportunities which arise when standards are applied?

As the technologies evolve, how can these support various educational models, and vice versa?


Pedagogy Forum details

Membership to all CETIS groups is unstructured and free to UK 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.


Further information

The CETIS website:

http://www.cetis.ac.uk Hosts websites for all the SIGs, FE Focus and Pedagogy Forum. 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.”


How to get involved in the Pedagogy Forum

Pedagogy Forum Launch: 14 April 2003, ManchesterFree for anyone to come, but limited places.Key speakers and discussion

Check out the web site:http://www.cetis.ac.uk/pedagogy

Contact the Coordinator, Lisa Corley:[email protected] 903851

Join the discussion / mailing list:http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/CETIS-PEDAGODY.html


Questions?

• What are the key issues for the Pedagogy Forum?

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