Third meeting of the Valkenburg Group  Informal network of EML implementers and developers.  Established following the “Developing an EML Authoring and Content Management Environment” Conference. Valkenburg, March  Paris, October EC SIG, Stafford, October 2002

Participants  CETIS  University of Waterloo  Perot Systems  OUNL  University of Innsbruck  European Schoolnet  Intrallect EC SIG, Stafford, October 2002  Penn State University  University of Newcastle  Pompeu Fabra  Industry Canada  Athabasca University  Web MCQ

Universitat Pompeu Fabra: SCOPE Project  Using EML to deliver a training course for medical professionals through an object oriented Java library.  The project will create a tagging tool and an authoring tool.  One of the main objectives is the development of standard API for managing EML developments.  Library documentation release: November  Tagging tool release: December  Authoring tool release: June EC SIG, Stafford, October 2002

Athabasca University : EduSource  $6 million project to create prototypical but functional national learning object repository infrastructure.  Aims to develop specifications and tools for a “repository in a box” that can be shared with organisations across the country.  Uses P2P and client server and CanCore m/d. EC SIG, Stafford, October 2002

Intrallect Ltd: EUMETSAT EML implementation  Provide e-learning solutions and have created the digital library IntraLibrary.  Have created an EML implementation for EUMETSAT who provide weather satellite imagery for Europe and Africa.  Modular courses with a high level of granularly supporting non- linear navigation and an authoring interface to produce courses.  Used a modular form of the EML dtd. Plugged in IMS QTI for interactions and added customised interactions where QTI did not meet requirements.  EUMETSAT will make all the resources freely available to the meteorology community via their website. EC SIG, Stafford, October 2002

Bolton Institute & University of Strathclyde: X4L RE-LOAD Project  Reusable E-Learning Object Authoring and Delivery  Will produce a set of open-source tools.  Extend the functionality of the Colloquia VLE to facilitate the packaging, delivery and use of learning objects.  Will implement IMS Content Packaging, Meta-data, SCORM, Simple Sequencing, Learning Design specifications.  Builds on EC-Pac and PackageIt! package editors and Colloquia VLE. EC SIG, Stafford, October 2002

Perot Systems: EduBox  Developed in cooperation with the OUNL.  Have tried to create a generic and reusable implementation of EML in a web environment.  Two tools: 1.Enables the management, finalization and publication of courses. 2.Facilitates interaction between students, learners and the pedagogical model  Uses client server architecture, no information stored locally on the client, entire application is browser based.  Does not include authoring tools or portal functionality. EC SIG, Stafford, October 2002

EduZope Consortium  Consortium of companies developing open source software.  Aims to combine educational technology standards with an open source implementation. Interoperability is very important.  Produced a demonstrator from existing open source components with XML as the common denominator.  Have implemented a portion of the EML architecture.  System separates presentation, content and logic and is multilingual and Unicode compliant. EC SIG, Stafford, October 2002

Valkenburg work plan  Inception phase  Establish feasibility,create business case, identify requirements & critical risks.  Elaboration phase  Create executable architecture, define quality attributes, capture use cases, detail construction plan. EC SIG, Stafford, October 2002

Valkenburg work plan  Inception milestones  Initial use cases & architectures model, glossary, technical prototype, business case, project plan, risk assessment.  Elaboration milestones  Detailed use cases & architecture model, updated vision document, technical prototypes, business cases. EC SIG, Stafford, October 2002

Current issues & requirements  Abstract model needed to inform runtime and editing tool development.  Hour glass model:  multiple authoring tools  multiple runtime environments  one point of constraint between.  Need to identify constraints.  Address granularity of architecture components & define interfaces.  Global use cases that run right through the hour glass.  Share working implementations. EC SIG, Stafford, October 2002

CEN/ISSS WS-LT: IEEE LTSC LOM Update  LOM standard approved 12 th June  IEEE LTSC Learning Object Metadata Standard  Standard will be published shortly.  Early drafts will be removed from website.  Copyright remains unclear. EC SIG, Stafford, October 2002

IEEE LTSC LOM Committees  Data Model Group  Infrequent revisions will continue  Binding Group  XML Binding Group  Number of schemas proposed, including IMS.  May develop modular schemas for each LOM category along with over arching schema.  Namespaces: one for each category or one for the whole LOM?  Vocabularies binding out of scope for the LOM.  RDF Binding Group. EC SIG, Stafford, October 2002

LOM & ISO SC36  LOM will not be fast tracked through ISO.  Due to “cultural, internationalisation, localisation and technical issues.”  If submission of LOM to ISO would result in changes the IEEE will not proceed. EC SIG, Stafford, October 2002

CEN/ISSS project teams  Completed:  Quality Assurance  Availability of alternative language versions of a learning resource in the IEEE LTSC LOM specification  LOM Internationalisation  EML Survey  Ongoing  Taxonomies and vocabularies  Digital rights EC SIG, Stafford, October 2002

CEN/ISSS project teams  Forthcoming:  Interoperability frameworks for exchange of information between diverse management systems.  Handling of Learner Profiles in IT - supported learning environments from a European perspective.  Learning Technology Standards observatory (deadline 10 th November). EC SIG, Stafford, October 2002