ICOPER - Interoperable Content for Performance in a Competency-driven Society

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1 ICOPER - Interoperable Content for Performance in a Competency-driven Society Bernd Simon, Michael Totschnig (Presenter) bernd.simon michael.totschnig@wu-wien.ac.at Institute for Information Systems and New Media Information Systems and New Media Univ.Prof. Dr. Gustaf Neumann Institute for Information Systems and New Media Scientific Staff Members 9 University Positions (Assistant Prof,...) 15 Research Assistants (externally funded) Currently: 3 EU Framework Projects 1 Network of Excellence: ProLEARN 1 Integrated Project: Prolix 1 Strep: icamp Large In-house Project: Learn@WU Developed out of a need Project led by faculty Partly research project, partly infrastructure Resources Folie 2

2 Our History on Standards & Specifications in Technology-enhanced Research on the applicability of LOM: J. Quemada, B. Simon: A Use-Case Based Model for Resources in Educational Mediators, Educational Technology and Society (ISSN ), 6, Issue 4, Interoperability of knowledge repositories via ontologies and open interfaces: B. Simon, P. Dolog, Z. Miklos, D. Olmedilla, M. Sintek: Conceptualising Smart Spaces for, Journal of Interactive Media in Education, (9) Development of a specification for federated search: CEN/ISSS: A Simple Query Interface Specification for Repositories (CEN Workshop Agreement #15454), Brussels, Belgium, (University Spin-off) Development of a national content federation for schools Folie 3 3 ICOPER Objectives 1/3 Making Content Accessible Open ICOPER Content Space uniting valuable learning content Integrate a large number of heterogenous repositories including repositories that were not part of the initial consortium of core partners Integration of platforms and tools Folie 4

3 ICOPER Objectives 2/3 Analysing the validity of standards & specifications Validation, adoption and improvement of different specifications and standards according to use cases Production of ICOPER Suitability Reports for Better Practice Development of the ICOPER Reference Model Folie 5 ICOPER Objectives 3/3 Promotion and adoption of standards & specifications Delivery of training and consulting on standards and specifications for educational experts Implementation of additional interface implementations resulting from that training Engagement in standardization bodies and plugfests where the ICOPER results are presented by ICOPER liaison agents Proven dissemination of ICOPER results to several EC countries. Attraction of additional three associated partners to the consortium during the project life. Folie 6

4 Work Packages WP 10: Project Management & Performance Monitoring WP2: Needs & Opportunities WP 1: icoper Open Content Space WP3: Instructional Modeling WP4: Content Development & Re-use WP5: Delivery WP6: Assessment & Evaluation WP7: icoper Reference Model Development & Liaison Management WP8: Dissemination & Outreach Usage within learning processes Large-scale adoption WP9: icoper Institute for Training, Consulting & Piloting Making Content Accessible Large-scale implementations drawing conclusions on the validity of standards and specifications Promotion & Adoption Folie 7 Standards & Specifications Needs & Opportunities Re-useable competency definitions (IMS RCDEO, HR XML), Course Descriptions (OpenQ, XCRI) Instructional Modelling Didactical patterns (IMS LD) Content Development & Re-use Unified content descriptions, content packaging (IEEE LOM, IMS Content Packaging, IMS Common Cartridge), Accessibility (ISO/IEC 24751) Delivery Context and Culture Metadata Specifications Delivery (IMS LD), Learner status and preference encoding (AICC CMI, IMS LIP), eportfolio (IMS eportfolio) Federated search, harvesting, inserting (CEN/ISSS SQI, AICC PENS, OAI PMH) Assessment & Evaluation Identity and Access Management (Shibbloleth, SAML, OpenId, IMS Enterprise Specification) Service-oriented Architectures (IMS Web Services) Re-useable item pools (IMS QTI), Quality of Offerings (ISO/IEC , Covarm SUM) Folie 8

5 Facts & Figures Proposal submitted: (11 BPNs submitted) Evaluation: Ranking 2 (78 out of 100 points), BPN #1: 79 points Invitation for negotiations: Status: negotations still ongoing Budget: 4.8 Million Partners: associated partners Duration: 30 Months Folie 9