The document discusses eLearning standards and practices. It notes that without standards, everyone reinvents the wheel by having multiple URLs, logins, instructional designs, and user experiences for different eLearning platforms and services. The document advocates for common standards to allow single sign-on, sharing of WiFi networks, interoperability of education data, and transfer of learning resources across different learning systems. Standards help ensure resources and data can be shared, administration work reduced, and eLearning made more user-friendly and cost-effective.

1. eLearning Standards and
Practices – an overview
Victor Cheng
Executive Director,
Hong Kong Education City Limited
Oct 2012

2. Why Standards?
 Is it common sense? or
 Common sense is not common…

3. eLearning Enablers
 Four Key Enablers:
 Ubiquitous Network
 Mobile Learning Devices
 (Notebook, Tablet)
 eLearning Platform
 eContent / eTextbook

4. 暑期數理常識挑戰計劃 HKECL
WWF KIDS No login
粵語正音正字王 Login (教育出版)
New Magic Login (Oxford)
Read Write Inc. Login (Oxford)
朗文常識 Login (Longman)
Login (QEF project)
促進多元評估的科學學習網上平台 Cooperate with HKECL
Wels 網上學習平台 Login (Welnet)
「我愛香港兒童網」 Login (我愛香港協會)
書唔兇 閱讀網站 Login (EDB)
2012 優秀網站選舉 No Login
「做個智 Net 的」互聯網教育活動 No login
Login (EPH)
快樂學語文
STEP 可持續生活模式教育計劃 Login (WWF)
廿一世紀現代數學網 Login (現代)
廿一世紀現代小學普通話 Login (現代)
小學電腦網上資源庫 Login (現代)
小校園學習平台 HKECL
《粵音韻彙》電子版 No login
Dr.PcFamily小學電腦「學與教」平台 Login (PC Family)
學校電郵系統 Login (School)
中文備課百寶箱 Login (教育出版)
BCA 基本能力評估 Login (EDB)
Step Up Website Login (EPH)
Aero Drive - Teacher Login (Aerodrive)
Aero Drive - Student Login (AeroDrive)
E-services Login (e-service)
eclass Login (eClass – school)
教育電視 HKECL
ETV ( 只供校內使用 ) Nil
Google翻譯 No login
課程為本學與教資源庫 HKECL
網上學與教支援 No login
Google校本應用服務 Login (Google)

5. Everyone is re-inventing the wheel
 Multiple URL
 Multiple Login
 Multiple instructional design
 Multiple user experience
 Multiple data preparation for
schools / teachers
 .
 .

6. Questions
 Can I use one account to login all
services?
 Can I use one login to login all
services?
 Teacher – can I just prepare my
student data once instead of
multiple times?

7. An Example – EdConnect
供應商須提交包括
電子學習服務名稱
及其URL等資料，
申請完成後，將獲
發整合介面文件
(API Document)
以供整合個別平台
之用。

8. DATA Sharing
 To ensure interoperability of
educational systems, common
education data needs to be
standardized.
 An example …

10. Common Education Data
Standards
 A group, voluntary efforts
 For p-20 (pre-school to graduate)
 A data model

12. Question:
 All schools are using similar WiFi
standards (802.3 a/b/g), can we
share our Wifi network ?
 Yes, by adopted 802.1x standard,
you may share with thousands of
WiFi access points world-wide.
 An example – Eduroam (education
roaming)

15. Question
 Can my learning resources in my
learning system be transferred to
another system?
 Yes, but make sure your Learning
System is adopting standards like
SCORM.

16. Standards Ensure
 Share learning resources and data
 Reduce administration works
 Make eLearning more user friendly
and at lower cost.
 Make content providers and system
integrators more willing to invest.