Learning Technology Standards Observatory

Luis Anido-RifónGrupo de Ingeniería de Sistemas Telemáticos (GIST)University of Vigo

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Contents

1. Introduction2. Timeline3. LTSO Overview4. New functionalities5. LTSO endorsement6. LTSO Maintenance

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Contents

1. Introduction2. Timeline3. LTSO Overview4. New functionalities5. LTSO endorsement6. LTSO Maintenance

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Introduction

The output of this work will be A dynamic Observatory for Learning

Technology Standards A set of administration tools to manage the

entire web site. A multilingual-capable observatory will be

provided as a result of this work. Further population will be based on

administration tools with restricted permissions over the observatory data.

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Contents

1. Introduction

2. Timeline3. LTSO Overview4. New functionalities5. LTSO endorsement6. LTSO Maintenance

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Key dates (year 2003):1. March/april (Q1 meeting). First prototypes.

2. July (Q2 meeting). Fully functional version for admin tools and 50% of client functionality.

3. October (Q3 meeting). Functionality completed. Some contents already introduced.

4. January 2004. Functionality and contents completed. Period for comments finished.

Timeline

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1. After the completion of the development of the LTSO, the Observatory shall be offered for commenting to the outside world (CEN/ISSS/WS-LT and its liaisons) to receive comments on both the LTSO functionality and the contents themselves.

Decissions from Vienna

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2. Two new functionalities will be added to the LTSO (supported by an extension of the current contract): (a) the development of an XML binding for the LTSO structure and contents and (b) the development of a pdf version of the LTSO for downloading.

Decissions from Vienna

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3. The structure for the user's guide (for the general administrator) has been accepted.

4. LTSO sections: "Metadata", "Content Aggregation" and "Learner Information" has been reviewed and accepted. The PT will introduce the remaining sections before the commenting period (item 1 above).

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5. The PT proposed to use specification "Standards Metadata Element Set, v3.0" as the basis to describe standards in the LTSO. This conceptual model will be bound to XML to support standards descriptions exchange with external sites. This proposal has been accepted.

6. RSS will be used for both news and events

Decissions from Vienna

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7. The PT will deliver a translation document that will be filled by volunteers in order to produce the remaining language version (English version already available).

Decissions from Vienna

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LTSO Overview

1. Introduction2. Timeline

3. LTSO Overview4. New functionalities5. LTSO endorsement6. LTSO Maintenance

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LTSO Overview: home page

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LTSO Overview: contents example

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LTSO Overview: contents example

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LTSO Overview: contents example

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LTSO Overview: contents example

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LTSO Overview: contents example

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LTSO Overview: contents example

Contents currently covered by the LTSO:

• 13 institutions and bodies

• 17 standardisation areas

• More than 50 standards/specifications

• More than 7,000 visits since June 2003

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LTSO Overview: Events

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LTSO Overview: News

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LTSO Overview: Notification system

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LTSO Overview: RSS interface

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LTSO Overview: Newsletter

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LTSO Overview: Expert’s info

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LTSO Overview

LTSO experts registered so far: Luis Anido-Rifón. Yolaine Bourda. Lorna Campbell. Frank Farance. Daniel Gondouin.

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LTSO Overview

LTSO experts registered so far: Andy Heath. Charalampos Karagiannidis . Kinshuk. Anastasios Koutoumanos . Rolf Lindner.

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LTSO Overview

LTSO experts registered so far: Rory McGreal. Claude Ostyn. Daniel Rehak. Robby Robson. Colin Smythe. Thomas Watson.

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LTSO Overview: Forum

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LTSO Overview: Standards finder

The standard used for this is :Standards Metadata Element Set, v3.0

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LTSO Overview: Authoring Tools

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LTSO Overview: Authoring tools

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LTSO Overview: Authoring tools

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LTSO Overview: Administrators management

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Contents

1. Introduction2. Timeline3. LTSO Overview

4. New functionalities5. LTSO endorsement6. LTSO Maintenance

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LTSO PDF book

Development of a “ready-to-print” version of the LTSO contents:

This work item provides a pdf Book containing the whole contents of the LTSO in a “ready-to-print” (pdf) format.

This would let those interested in learning technology standardization access a every-day updated State-of-the-Art.

Current contents generate a 417 pages book

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LTSO PDF Book

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LTSO PDF Book

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LTSO PDF Book

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LTSO PDF Book

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LTSO PDF Book

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LTSO PDF Book

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LTSO IMS Package

The LTSO generates a IMS-like package daily. It contains the whole contents in the LTSO following the IMS Content Packaging Specification v 1.1.3.

This allows external systems to import contents from the LTSO

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LTSO IMS Package

The manifest contains information to recover the current LTSO content structure.

Actual contents are packaged both in HTML and XML.

XML contents are described in a XSD that can be downloaded from the LTSO itself.

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LTSO IMS Package

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LTSO IMS Package

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LTSO IMS Package

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LTSO IMS Package

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Contents

1. Introduction2. Timeline3. LTSO Overview4. New functionalities

5. LTSO endorsement6. LTSO Maintenance

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LTSO endorsement

Commenting period initiated by Nikolaus Kovacs in November 4th, 2003. Deadline: December 15th, 2003.

Some comments received by Robby Robson, Luc van den Berghe, Rolf Lindner, Nikolaus Kovacs, Mike Collet and Frans van Assche.

All these comments were taken into account by the PT and implemented by the end of 2003.

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LTSO endorsement

Can we accept the current LTSO version as the final deliverable by this PT?

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Contents

1. Introduction2. Timeline3. LTSO Overview4. New functionalities5. LTSO endorsement

6. LTSO Maintenance

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LTSO Maintenance

1. Translation process:

A call for volunteers was launched in November 26th.

No answers received

New call for volunteers?Machine translation?

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LTSO Maintenance

CEDEFOP and the European SchoolNet will sponsor the LTSO maintenance during one year more.

Contract to be signed in the near future.

The LTSO is alive!!

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Please send your comments to

lanido@det.uvigo.es

http://www.gist.uvigo.es/~lanido/LTSO

Thanks

VIGO