jon mason ieee, ltsc seattle, june 2002 digital rights management & the australian education...
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• Largely publicly funded
• History in distance education; early adoption of technology
• National, collaborative framework (K-12, VET, HE)
EdNA …1996 -> (maximizing the benefits of Internet)
AICTEC … 2001->
- Decentralized approach (political interoperability)
- Principle of aggregating value
- Australian content - developing & managing learning objects
- Providing integrated online services
Context – Australian Education
• Schools Online Curriculum Content Initiative (SOCCI) http://socci.edna.edu.au/
• Initial discussion papers & planning in early 2000
• Phase 1 build underway – LO Exchange, DRM integral
• Collaboration of all schooling systems with CommonwealthGovernment
• AUD$68 million
Context – SOCCI
• Develop pool of nationally-funded curriculum content
• Develop this content within a framework that supports distributed access
• Systems (state jurisdictions) exchanging learning objects
• Re-usable, customisable learning content
• In longer term, use the framework & content to stimulate further contributions to the pool of material, meeting agreed standards
SOCCI - Aims
• Initially branding LO’s with one rights statement
- objects free to schools - maybe more than one standard referenced - plug-in to LMS to view SOCCI-endorsed objects
• Enforcement
• Trading
SOCCI – Workplan
• Collaboration of five Australian universities – Macquarie, Newcastle, New England, Southern Queensland, and Tasmania.
• Establish a test-bed for the development of collaborative online learning and information services
• Develop scalable standards-based model for institutional interoperability enabling seamless sharing of online learning and scholarly information
• Contribute more fully to the work of the IMS
• Strengthen links with industry
Context – COLIS
• Education community needs (& wants) to articulate its own needs- doesn’t want just a legal or technical solution
• ‘Open’ environment- e-content not just about passive consumption - learning object re-purposing- multiple levels of exchange
• Educational institutions as ‘trusted’ environments• Open scholarship/research movement• DRM vs ‘Fair Use’• IP is more about recognition, not protection• DRM implementations need to be ‘easy’ to be viable• Australian universities supportive of open & free standards
Issues – Cultural
Technical:• DRM an end-to-end solution• Most of DRM takes place at usage• Integration with other systems: LCMS, LMS, library systems,…• Multiple jurisdictions
Strategic:• Alignment with international standards & related initiatives• Alignment with ‘open’ systems• Closer alignment of education, industry & research
Issues – Technical & Strategic
Education Network Australia (EdNA)http://www.edna.edu.au/
Le@rning Federation (SOCCI)http://www.thelearningfederation.edu.au/
Collaborative Online Learning & Information Services (COLIS)http://www.colis.mq.edu.au/
Australian ICT in Education Committee (AICTEC)http://www.aictec.edu.au/
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