european learning technology standardisation in crisis due to lack of openness
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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
-ation
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
Specification
Factors in the standards
development setting
Implement
-ation
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
