1. IEEE Standards University
James Irvine, Standards Education Committee
Yatin Trivedi, Standards Education Committee
Susan Tatiner, IEEE Standards Association
Jennifer McClain, IEEE Educational Activities
Year-end report
16 September 2016
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2. Introduction
The IEEE Standards University is a 3 year project. The NIC has funded years 1 and 2. This presentation focuses on year 2 achievements and requests year 3 funding.
The IEEE Standards University is a multi-track initiative intended to greatly expand IEEE’s standards education content and resources for educators, students and professionals focusing on the development and use of standards; the impact of standards on business; an understanding of patents and standards; and the role of conformity assessment.
The following are the 6 tracks within the IEEE Standards University
On-Line University Experience Track (time frame: 1 year)
Publication Track (time frame: 3 years)
Standards Education Video Channel Track (time frame: 3 years)
Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) Track (3 years)
Standards Simulation Game Track (time frame: 2 years)
Workshop Track (time frame: 3 years)

3. IEEE Standards University
James Irvine, Yatin Trivedi, Susan Tatiner, Jennifer McClain
Project description:
Multi-year project designed to expand IEEE’s standards education content and resources for students, educators, professionals.
Developing content and resources on the development and use of standards; the impact of standards on business; understanding of patents and standards; and the role of conformity assessment.
Key stakeholders: Faculty, students in engineering, business, law schools, young professionals; IEEE IT; IEEE EA and SA; IEEE Foundation; MGA
Level of stakeholder engagement: X
Success metrics:
Title
Start
Planned finish
Actual finish
Status
Collect feedback from participants of Standards Simulation Workshop at Capstone Design Conf and incorporate into Standards Game improvements
June 2016
July 2016
Boxed game prototype and examples of assets created for the conference; feedback from attendees was incorporated into Game improvements.
Complete Development of Standards Simulation Game
Jan 2015
Dec 2016
All game assets created and under volunteer final review, including scripts for 2 intro videos; web page is complete and will be live as of 27 Sept; business plan outlined.
Develop new workshop type aimed at Young Professionals
Jan 2016
Oct 2016
Pilot workshop for Young Professionals happening in Oct 2016 at ICES in Frankfurt, Germany. To be model for new workshop.
Milestones:
Title
Start
Planned finish
Actual finish
Status
Create 8 New Standards Education Videos
Jan 2016
Oct 2016
8 videos created, including 6 for new series, 3rd basic standards education video with teaching guide and Young Professionals video.
Deliver 3 Standards Workshops and create one new type of workshop
April 2016
Nov 2016
2 workshops held with 70 attendees. Holding 2 more 2016, including new type for Young Professionals in Oct.
Website content, improvements, publication
Site improvements and additions completed, including for eZine, published quarterly. Content development and search engine optimization strategies implemented.
Create Standards Simulation Game
Jan 2015
Dec 2016
Game creation to be complete by Dec., includes 2 videos, web page, all game assets.
Key issues
Target date
Owner
Status
Coordinate marketing efforts with EA and SA marketing teams.
Dec 2016
S Tatiner/ J McClain
In progress. Engaged in heavy promotion of Standards University and eZine to greatly increase traffic to sites.
Develop search engine optimization (SEO) strategy and analytics for website
Sept 2016
SEO-based clean-up of website complete
Key actions:
Highlights/Lowlights:
Highlight #1: Standards MOOC featured on Standards University Course listing had 2,900 participants and excellent survey feedback.
Highlight #2: Innovative new “Webisode” video series with host and animation.
Highlight #3: Simulation Game mockup demoed at Capstone Design Conference.
Lowlight #1: Standards Simulation Game has taken more effort than expected, using contingency, but still on target to finish according to end-of-year schedule. 3 3

4. Detailed budget, actual spending, and year-end financial projections
Project Specific Expense Categories
2016 Budget
2016 Actual YTD
2016 Budget – YTD
2016 Year-end Forecast
Stds Education Video Channel Track, includes new educational videos and eLearning modules
47.4K
0.0
22.0
Workshop Track, includes creation of new workshop formats
22.5K
2.9
4.1
Publication Track, includes development of new content, marketing of newly designed and launched eZine
8.2K
33.0
47.0
Standards Simulation Game Track, includes development, launch, and promotion.
22.0K
27.0
NOTE: Pending invoices include $32K to IEEE.tv: $22K in Video Channel track and $10K in Game Track
Total Expenses
$100.1
$62.9
Higher spending on Publication Track offset by reductions in other areas, in particular Workshops and Videos, where savings were made through integration of several activities, including Game, Web, and Video. All NIC goals and deliverables met.
10/2/2016

5. 2017 NIC Budget Request
2017 budget request incorporates experience from years 1 & 2
MOOC expenditure increased
More traction than e-learning modules, rerun first MOOC (updated) & add another, smaller offering
Increase in publications & game track
More outreach activities
Videos & e-learning modules reduced
More front loading than expected, now more returns expected elsewhere
Workshop track expenditure unchanged
Collaboration with Young Professionals will increase impact, but can be done within original budget
10/3/2015

6. 2017 NIC Budget Request Project Specific Expense Categories
Video Channel: additions to Video Library
20.0
MOOC: Includes maintenance work on IEEE Standards MOOC on edX, new MOOC, and promotion
40.0
Workshop: Includes expansion of 2016 Young Professionals Workshop and creation of web workshop
22.5
Publication: includes optimization of website
10.2
Game: includes marketing of Mars Space Colony
18.0
NOTE: This 2017 Budget request matches the amount in the original NIC proposal. The amounts in each area have been reallocated to reflect what we have learned about the market as we build the ISU.
Total Expenses
$110.7
Reflects net.
Details included in backup slides. Next slide shows sample of the budget spreadsheet.
Explain that this is the summary worksheet derived from a robust excel spreadsheet that allows for a real time, dynamic capture of line item by line item revenue and expense, filtering, and what-if scenarios.
Conference activities do NOT include organizing a given conference. Included are patronage opportunities to promote the IEEE focus on cloud computing, i.e. hosting a tutorial, or meeting, expenses to attend and represent cloud computing.
Conference expenses increase year to year. Rationale, not increase in IEEE conferences, but reaching non-IEEE conferences for visibility and promotion of IEEE cloud activities.
Leadership and Sustainability: Covers all meeting and travel expenses for the team at the Meeting Series, sustainability meetings for transition and hand-off to the respective societies, councils, and OUs. Project in year 3, increase in expenses as final year of initiative and anticipate increase in meetings across IEEE.
Marcom/Branding/Visibility: Anticipate reduction, as will have hopefully, effectively established brand.
Big data: estimate net positive due to revenue from educational offerings.
Re-prioritization requires reassessing overall plan as all are interdependent and inter-related.
10/3/2015

7. Integration into IEEE Operations
Project highly integrated into operations
Run by Standards Education Committee (SEC), a joint committee of EAB and SA
Committee meets in person biannually, with monthly conference calls
Each track has an ‘Editorial Board’, with additional members, headed up by one of the SEC committee members
Meet between weekly & monthly as required by conference call during all phases of this three-year project
IEEE EA and SA have the operational resources (staff and volunteers) to maintain the Standards University once it is completed
10/3/2015

8. SEC/Standards University Structure
IEEE Educational Activities Board
IEEE Standards Association
Standards Education Committee
SEC EB Chair
(Online Experience)
Additional
Non-members
Track Editorial Boards
SEC EB Chair
(e-Magazine)
Additional
Non-members
Track Editorial Boards
SEC EB Chair
(Videos/
eLeaning)
Additional
Non-members
Track Editorial Boards
SEC EB Chair
(MOOC)
Additional
Non-members
Track Editorial Boards
SEC EB Chair
(Stds Simulation Game)
Additional
Non-members
Track Editorial Boards
SEC EB Chair
(Workshops)
Additional
Non-members
Track Editorial Boards
10/3/2015

9. Standards University Honor Roll
SEC Members
David Law
Jeffry Handal
Yatin Trivedi
Frederic Surre
Glenn Parsons
Howard Wolfman
Don Heirman
Mehmet Ulema
James Irvine (Corresponding Member)
Kishik Park (Corresponding Member)
Ex Officio/Non-Voting
S.K. Ramesh (VP EAB)
Bruce Kraemer (Pres. SA)
Volunteers from outside SEC
Don Wright
John McDonald
George Arnold
Steve Carlson
Kishik Park
Nitin Agarwal
Amin Karim
Adrian Stephens
Greig Paul
Mike Fikuart

10. Lessons Learned and Insights
Without the volunteer and staff structure set up when we began the project in 2015, we would not have successfully completed the hundreds of tasks associated with the various stages of the project. Now we are in the home stretch!
Any suggestions for the initiative process in the future?
It’s difficult to provide an end-of-year report in September. Perhaps there could be a later acceptable date for the NIC review.
10/2/2016

11. How is IEEE better off as a result of this project
IEEE Standards University is expanding the influence of IEEE Standards and benefiting humanity & IEEE members by:
(1) making standards education a viable reality at the university level by providing a critical mass of materials;
(2) modernizing the delivery method for educators, students, and industry;
(3) expanding IEEE standards education efforts; and
(4) establishing continued leadership in this area for IEEE.
IEEE is at the forefront of standards education and is continuing to pull ahead with the newly designed website, increased content, and collaboration opportunities.
We are seeing increasing evidence of this on the ground, through invites to present and run workshops at events.
Excellent example of co-operation between major boards.
10/3/2015

12. 10/2/2016