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eTernity – Towards the Next Generation of Textbooks
Jan M. Pawlowski, Fabrizio Cardinali, Tore Hoel
16.01.2013
http://www.etextbookseurope.eu
Thanks to…Fabrizio Cardinali CEO eXact learning solutions North America & APACEmail: [email protected] Twitter: @CardinaliF Web site: www.exact-learning.com
Chair of Technical Committee from 2000 to 2002Board of Directors from 2009 to 2011Founding member of IMS Europe
SCORM 1.2 & SCORM 2004 Cowriter
Open Knowledge Initiative – MIT Global Strategy Advisor
Chair from 2010 to date, 3rd re-election
Active Engagement in
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Jyväskylä, Finland
Source: [http://www.jyu.fi/, http://www.jyvaskyla.fi/]
Global Information Systemsat the University of Jyväskylä
Focus areasGlobal Information SystemsSupporting globally distributed workgroupsOpen Educational ResourcesReference Modeling
E-LearningSupporting international education settingsCultural adaptationStandardization & Quality Management Mobile & Ambient LearningInnovative tools and solutions
ProjectsOpenDiscoverySpace: Open Content and Scenarios for SchoolsOpenScout: OER for ManagementTELMAP: Technology ForecastingNORDLET: Nordic Baltic Network for Learning, Education and TrainingCOSMOS: Open Science Resources: Exchange of Scientific ContentASPECT: Open Content and standards for schoolsiCOPER: New standards for educational technologies
From here…
Textbooks as a synonym for traditional, teacher-led, boring education…
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...to eTernityRe-inventing Books
“traditional” Pedagogy
“traditional” Contents
“traditional” Publishing
eLearning 2.0: InformalGrass Root Content
Self Generated
eLearning 3.0: Responsive
Digital Textbooks Marchitectures
eLearning 1.0: Formal
Labor & RecruitementManagement
Skills & Competencymanagement
Portfolio & Indentity Management
Performance & Talent Management
Web 2.0 Viral & Social Content
Distribution
Mobile & Location Based
Content Distribution
Personal Knowledge
Management
Formal Learning Informal Learning
Personal DevelopmentPlans
Summarising 15 Years of educational publishingTowards Next generation (Personal & Social) Responsive Digital Textbooks Marchitectures
Next Generation Digital Learning Marchitectures
& Ecosystems
Motivate – Engage – Remediate Each one
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In simple words…eTextbooks as THE distribution channel, e.g. using ebook readers, tablets, smartphones
eTextbooks must be– Adaptable / adaptive– Personalizable– Responsive– Flexible– Accessible
What should be different to traditional textbooks?– Learning activities– Multimedia– Adaptation / re-authoring– (Re-)combination– Assessments– Collaboration– More to be discussed today
Freedom of Choice?!
Ease of Use!
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Jan M. Pawlowski, University of Jyväskylä
eTextbooks around the world…
Strong developments in Asia– China has proposed an approach based
on their national eTextbook/eSchoolbag specification
– South Korea has a competing approach, based on a Digital Smart Content specification, which is a national profile of EPUB3 extended with IMS Question and Test Interoperability, IMS Tools Interoperability specifications, and other national specifications
Few activities in Europe…
Time to Act!
Jan M. Pawlowski, University of Jyväskylä
CEN Workshop Learning TechnologiesStarted its activities in February 1999
Development and use of relevant and appropriate standards for learning technologies for Europe
Supporting European Stakeholders to engage in standardization activities and create European consensus
Creating models, specifications, agreements, guidelines or recommendations
Providing a forum for the development and implementation of requirements-driven Learning Technologies e.g. through the development of a network or test bed for interoperability testing or through the creation of reference examples
Carefully examining and taking into account the various effects on learning and training technology standards which are due to the diversity of cultural backgrounds and languages that exists within Europe
Publicizing the Learning Technologies Workshop's activities and results to Relevant European projects, Technology developers and End users
Providing a forum for discourse and discussion for European project initiatives
Encouraging participation in global initiatives in order to ensure that diverse European requirements are properly addressed by those global initiatives
Jan M. Pawlowski, University of Jyväskylä
eTernity: Role of CEN WS LTBringing European Stakeholders together!
A state of the art analysis on international initiatives, in particular DITA and EPUB3 from a publishing perspective, and activities within ISO/IEC JTC1 SC36 WG6– a clear picture of related activities in particular in the e-book publishing
sector,
Requirement gathering of European stakeholders, in particular publishers, educational service providers and school networks– bring together current strategies of publishers and publishing
standards (such as EPUB3 and DITA) and educational requirements– Ensuring that e-textbooks for learners can be enriched by educational
services, supporting adapting activities, re-mixing, tracking, sequencing, licensing, etc
Initial framework for adaptable e-books for learners: Based on the initial mappings, the CEN WS-LT will provide an initial abstract framework consisting of publishing standards and educational services as a basis for further standardization
Discourse, consensus, position development, international participation!
Collaboration with ISO/IEC– http://www.etextbook-standard.info/
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Jan M. Pawlowski, University of Jyväskylä
So why are we here?
Creating an initial understanding of several communities, perspectives and interests
Developing a European perspective on global issues
Understanding educational requirements in the context of digital publishing
Creating common initiatives and work items
But most important: understanding each other and entering discourse!
Authoring Tools Learning Management Systems
Content Providers
WordPowerpoint
FlashDreamweaver
LectoraReload
Captivate Articulate
eXact Packager......
Content Consumers
Content Producers
Content Curators
Managing change in Digital Textbooks ProductionFrom here…
© Fabrizio Cardinali, eXact learning solutions
Authoring Tools Learning Management Systems
Content Providers
WordPowerpoint
FlashDreamweaver
LectoraReload
Captivate Articulate
eXact Packager......
Content Consumers
Content Producers
Content Curators
Managing change in Digital Textbooks ProductionFrom here…
10 Most Common Pain Points
1. Difficult to find existing content from past or distant productions
2. Hard to re-use templates across content productions
3. Having to produce content again for every new device
4. Having to test integration with new or multiple LMS platforms
5. Not easy to interoperate with existing HR and ERP data
6. Need to integrate content from multiple departments (i.e. Technical, Marketing, Training)
7. Many content producers/vendors to coordinate, across different nations and languages
8. A nightmare to manage large procurements processes for learning content production
9. Need to transform procurement and production towards a single stream
10.Need to standardize content production, course catalogues, access and delivery life cycles
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Content Providers
Content Consumers
Content Producers Content
Curators
Open External Repositories
Open External Tool Services
Object OrientedXml Schemas
Object Oriented Xml Stylesheets
Responsive TextBook
Folksonom
ies
Taxonomies
Business Intelligence
Learningrecords
Workflows
Single Sign On (Authentication, Authorization)
To eTernity A Sample Ecosystem
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eTernity: Some initial thoughts….
What are the key elements of a standard?– Base standards: DITA, EPUB3, …– Learning technology standards: LOM, MLR,
IMS LD/QTI, SCORM?– Technical standards: HTML5, XML, …
How to design an open architecture…– Combination of standards– APIs– Application Profiles– …
…and fulfill stakeholder interests – E.g. commercial vs open content
How to align international activities?
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Jan M. Pawlowski, University of Jyväskylä
Some issues to include
Multi Channel Publishing
Workflow-/activity embedding
Content structures and modularization
Sequencing, tracking, monitoring
Connecting heterogeneous systems: LMS, HR systems, ERP systems, administration systems, e-portfolio
Learner profiles and data
Re-combination of contents– Combination of open and commercial contents
Personalization– Recommendations– Adaptation– Own learning pathways
Rights / IPR
Accessibility
Ease of Use!!!
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w.etextbookseurope.eu
Jan M. Pawlowski, University of Jyväskylä
eTernity: Goals for todayUnderstanding the basics– Current initiatives in business development and education– Current initiatives in standardization
Standards– EPUB3, DITA, html5, …– ISO standards
Working towards a European position– Mapped and related requirements gathering for education &
publishing– Position statement– Contribution towards relevant global workgroups
Action plan– Meeting schedule – Liaisons / collaborations – (Common) working groups– Proposal for CEN/ISSS WSLT– Project liaisons
Jan M. Pawlowski, University of Jyväskylä
eTernity: CEN WSLT’s Plans
Kicking off the initiative– Stakeholder meeting and initial
requirements gathering
Work item at CEN WS LT– F2F meeting every three months– Specific online meetings– Express your support:
http://etextbookseurope.eu/?q=node/9
Input towards ISO/EC JTC1 SC36– Meeting in Paris in March– Meeting in Moscow in September
Jan M. Pawlowski, University of Jyväskylä
eTernity: Agenda
Input statements– Publishing– Standards– Initiatives
Coffee Breaks & Lunch
Workshops: Discussion on potentially relevant issues– Introduction of each stakeholder– (uncommented) collection of requirements– Requirements and solutions
• E.g. allowing learning scenarios -> inclusion of learning designs / educational pathways
– Ranking & Action planning– Summary presentation
Jan M. Pawlowski, University of Jyväskylä
Group Discussion
Workshops Topics: – Scenarios and requirements following the
lifecycle– Technical standards and architecture
Group phases– (uncommented) collection of requirements for
each phase / standards per issue (30 mins)– Developing possible scenarios and
requirements (1h)– Possible solutions
• E.g. allowing learning scenarios -> inclusion of learning designs / educational pathways
– Ranking & Action planning (30 mins)– Summary presentation
Jan M. Pawlowski, University of Jyväskylä
Jan M. Pawlowski
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