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• «The policy officer [responsible for the
implementation of the European Union
Opening Up Education Action plan] made it
clear that by open standards was meant free-
of-charge specifications (which is clearly
clashing with CEN's business model)…»
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European Learning technology standardisation in crisis due to lack of openness
This document discusses issues with standardization in European learning technology due to a lack of openness. It notes that the European Commission's policy of requiring free and open specifications clashes with the business model of formal standards organizations like CEN. It also examines differences in how creators, implementers, and users view openness. The document argues that standards bodies should consider implementation factors and seek more user feedback to help address challenges in both developing and adopting standards.
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- 1. European Learning technology standardisationin crisis due to lack of openness Tore Hoel Oslo and Akershus University College of Applied Sciences, Norway Standardisation Management Workshop I-ESA conference 24 March 2014, Albi, France
- 2. Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike This workis licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.
- 3. Battle of theStandard 22 August 1138 in Yorkshire, England.
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- 5. The important Roleof the Gardener the Gardener
- 6. open-stand.org September 24th 2013 The Death of CEN WS/LT September 25th 2013 Thelaunch of EU’s Opening Up Education
- 7. The Battle ofCEN WS/LT • «The policy officer [responsible for the implementation of the European Union Opening Up Education Action plan] made it clear that by open standards was meant free- of-charge specifications (which is clearly clashing with CEN's business model)…» (CEN/CENELEC, 2013).
- 8. Innovation in ourdomain
- 9. The standardisation process Idea Standards(maintenance) process Implementation process Specification Implement -ation Creators Implementers Users Egyedi 2008
- 10. The standardisation process IdeaSpecification Factors in the standards development setting Creators
- 11. Input – from where? Interestproject, 2006
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- 13. Creators, implementers and userssee openness differently KenKrechmer(2005)OpenStandardsRequirements
- 14. The range ofOpens http://e-infranet.eu/output/e-infranet-open-as-the-default-modus-operandi-for-research-and-higher-education/ e-InfraNet:‘Open’asthedefaultmodusoperandiforresearchandhighereducation
- 15. Is formal StandardsSetting Organisations able to compete with Consortia?
- 16. Standardisation for Learing,Education and Training • Pre-standardisation • Actors – CEN Workshop on Learning Technologies – CEN TC353 – ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC36 – Consortia • Research organisations • EU projects • Vendors
- 17. Timing - whento start creating the standard? Need Product or Service Anticipatory standards Participatory standards Responsive standards
- 18. Implementation process Idea Standards (maintenance) process Implementation process Specification Factorsin the standards development setting Implement -ation Factors in the implementation setting Creators Implementers Users
- 19. User feedback Idea Standards (maintenance) process Implementation process Specification Factorsin the standards development setting Implement -ation Factors in the implementation setting Creators Implementers Users
- 20. Users do notprovide feedback & requirements (unless asked)
- 21. Standards development and implementationare intertwined …
- 22. … standard bodiesshould therefore shift their focus to also include implementation concerns
- 23. Thank you! Questions? tore.hoel@hioa.no Twitter: @tore Twitter:@tore Twitter: @tore Twitter: @tore
Editor's Notes
- #4 England vs. Scotland 1138 Carraccio
- #7 Grim, pessimistic picture
- #8 2 days in September 24 Sep The Workshop has been on a wrong track for more than ten years: To produce standards that are open and freely available for download and use for all is wrong. CEN standards are documents for sale. The experts that are contributing their work for free in the workshop need to buy the standards back in order to read and use them. This is a matter of principle, compromising this system will put all CEN standardisation in jeopardy. It must be stopped, even if not a single euro is earned by selling the CWAs of the Workshop. 25 Sep Alle educational materials supported by EU projects should be available to the public under open licenses. Open interoperability standards are necessary to ensure economics of scale, and «such standards must remain open». Therefore, the Commission will «promote the development of open frameworks and standards for interoperability and portability of digital educational content, application and services, including OER, in cooperation with European standardization organisations and programmes».
- #12 Open vs. closed innovation Knowledge widely distributed - found outside the company. Inbound & outbound flows of knowledge
- #15 Actors - Engaging research Process - Openness Output (product / document) - Quality and Timeliness
- #16 Standards bureaucrats Researchers - University
- #19 Expenses, flexible process, positive for my research, my expertise relevant, knowledge about the process, influence, cost…
- #20 Creators, implementers and users see openness differently (Kretschmer, 2005)
- #24 Research willing to do anticipatory Industry more reluctant Participants role: «Wait!»
- #31 Standards characteristics ⁃Small is beautiful ⁃How to engage implementers and users - need of agencies to promote; what if the vendors don't botherUnderstanding the market ⁃Is formal standardisation able to compete with consortia? Example, MLR vs. LRMI
- #32 Accounting principles inspired frameworks: correctness, clarity, relevance, comparability, economic efficiency, and systematic design Asking the users: “larger models tend to be negatively connected with quality” (Mendeling et al. 2007) Athens declaration (MLO-AD): “Harmonization efforts should focus on small, simple models based upon existing commonalities that can be expanded upon at national or regional level, rather than all- inclusive monolithic standards.”