european learning technology standardisation in crisis due to lack of openness

European Learning technology standardisation in crisis due to lack of openness

Tore Hoel

Oslo and Akershus University College of Applied Sciences, Norway

Standardisation Management WorkshopI-ESA conference 24 March 2014, Albi, France

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Battle of the Standard

22 August 1138 in Yorkshire, England.

Constraint and enabler

The important Role ofthe Gardener

open-stand.org

September 24th2013

The Death

ofCEN

WS/LT

September 25th2013

The launch of EU’s

Opening Up Education

The Battle of CEN 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).

Innovation in our domain

The standardisation process

Idea

Standards (maintenance)

process

Implementation

process

Specification

Implement

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Creators

Implementers

Users

Egyedi 2008

The standardisation process

Idea

Specification

Factors in the standards

development setting

Creators

Input – from where?

Interest project, 2006

Barriers to participation

Creators, implementers and users see openness

differently

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Is formal Standards Setting Organisations

able to compete with Consortia?

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

Timing - when to start creating the standard?

Need

Product or Service

Anticipatory

standards

Participatory

standards

Responsive

standards

Implementation process

Idea

Standards (maintenance)

process

Implementation

process

Specification

Factors in the standards

development setting

Implement

-ation

Factors in the implementation

setting

Creators

Implementers

Users

User feedback

Idea

Standards (maintenance)

process

Implementation

process

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Factors in the standards

development setting

Implement

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Factors in the implementation

setting

Creators

Implementers

Users

Users do not provide feedback &

requirements (unless asked)

Standards development and implementation

are intertwined …

… standard bodies should therefore shift

their focus to also include

implementation concerns

Thank you!Questions?

tore.hoel@hioa.noTwitter: @tore