LIFE

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LIFE

• eLearning Interoperability Framework for Europe
• Frans Van Assche
• Senior Manager European Schoolnet
• Vice-Chair CEN/ISSS WSLT
• Member of the board of Directors European IMS
  Network

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Partners

• European Schoolnet
• European IMS Network
• Bolton University (CETIS)
• University of Vigo (LTSO)
• Norwegian eStandards project
• Universty of Paris
• CEDEFOP
• SUN Microsystems

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Why Interoperability

• Being able to interoperate with others
• Costs timeliness not reinvent the wheel
• Quality through sharing and reuse, quality
  increases
• Stimulate creativity by taking out the tediousness

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Interoperability
Technical
Semantic
Political
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Interoperability is Transversal
Schools
Universities
Vocational Training
Electronic Publishing Industry
IT Industry
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Objectives

• To explore the topic of practice in e-learning
  interoperability, and to identify its dimensions
  of real importance to Europe, exploring
• the current state of art
• the trends and challenges
• the important issues to be addressed
• and guidelines and recommendations for the target
  groups.

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Approach

• Organising and facilitating of 4 workshops, 2
  working conferences, and 2 plugfests to support
  cooperation and dialogue, both at a
  cross-European level and at a regional level

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Areas

• Assessment
• IMS QTI
• Learning Activity and Learning Content
• IMS Content Packaging
• ADL SCORM
• IMS Learning Design
• IMS Simple Sequencing
• IEEE CMI
• IMS Active Content
• ISO Collaborative Learning
• Enterprise/MLE
• IMS Enterprise 1.1
• Enterprise Application Profiles
• IMS Digital Rights Management
• IEEE DREL SIG
• IMS Digital Repositories
• OKI OSIDs
• Schools Interoperability Framework
• IMS Enterprise 2.0 (Exchange)

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Areas

• Learner Information
• Learner Information Package
• European Diploma Supplement
• LIP Application Profile
• IMS ePortfolios
• Metadata Learning Object Repositories
• Dublin Core Metada Initiative
• IEEE LOM
• Pedagogical Metadata
• LOM Application Profile
• Accessibility
• IMS Accessibility Guidelines
• IMS Additions to LIP
• IMS Additions to Metadata

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Audiences

• Researchers
• System developers
• Content developers
• Users
• Policy/decision Makers

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Expected Results

• A Roadmap to eLearning Interoperability. The
  roadmap will be published as a report and will
  not only be a practitioners guide to
  interoperability, but also include policy
  recommendations concerning the practical
  application of interoperability

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Tasks over a spec lifecycle
Tasks
1. Raise Awareness 2. Support Effective General
Use
Identify Needs Develop Prototype Specs
Input Needs, Experience Expertise
EstablishConsistent Good Practices
1. Open Source Ref Implementations 2. Implement
in Tools Systems 3. Establish Interoperability
Stages
Needs
Multiply-Sourced Systems Content used for
Learning
Implemented in Systems
Content Creation Exchange
R D
LT Specs
New Needs
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