1. Standards Aware Course Review
Standards Education Society (SES)
SCOPE: Review each Standards Aware course for quality and suitability and assure that each course doe not advocate positions that are different from those of the IEEE-SA and that the course in not US-centric.

2. Standards Aware Course Review
Review considering, but not limited to, the following areas:
Internationalization: Does the course content fit with the global perspective of the IEEE-SA?
IPR: Does the course recommend the ANSI patent policy as a model?
Process: Is the course very ANSI-specific in its description of process and procedure?

3. Standards Aware Course Review
Recommended Actions:
1. Place course on the SEC website as is
2. Refrain from placing the course on the SEC website
3. Work with SES on making specific recommended changes before placing the course on the SEC website

4. Standards Aware Course Review
101 - What are Standards?
Definitions
Types of Standards  
Design versus Performance  
Legal Side of Standards 
102 - Why are Standards Used?
Benefits for Consumers
Industry - Cost Savings  
Industry - Market Access  
Government Use of Standards  
Benefits for Society 
103 - Who Develops Standards?
Companies
 Industry Standards Developers  
Government Standards Developers  
Geographic Classification 

5. Standards Aware Course Review
104 - Standards Development Process
The Generalized Process 
Industry Standards Development Example 
National Standards Development Example 
International Standards Development Example 
Financing the Process
105 - Standards and Trade
Global Trade 
Harmonization 
Trade Agreements
106 - Conformity Assessment
Definitions and Principles 
Certification 
Accreditation 
US Conformity Assessment System 
Removing Trade Barriers

6. Standards Aware Course Review
107 - Strategic Standardization
Standards Strategy 
Using Standards Strategically 
Strategic Participation 
Implementation Benefits of Standardization
108 - Finding Standards
Identifying Standards 
Buying Standards 
Keeping Up-To-Date 
Format
Copyright Aware
What is Copyright? 
What Copyrights Protect 
Copyright Ownership 
Using Copyrighted Standards

7. Standards Aware Course Review
101 – 37 min.
102 – 34
1010 – 44
Total 415 min. ~ 7 hours

13. Standards Aware Course Review
1. The courses are very professionally done and easy to navigate. Voice dialog is provided with written dialog also available.
2. The IEEE is always noted as the “The Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers”, which is now deprecated.
3. The course material is very internationally focused with global markets stressed.
4. Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) are never mentioned. This might be pointed out as an opportunity for SES to expand its course material.
5. The Standards Development Process in course 104 discusses the process in a general way and covers its application in national and international context.

14. Standards Aware Course Review
6. In Part 4 of Course 107 dealing with Strategic Standardization, it is stated that in formulating positions on issues that relate to your company's strategic objectives, assure that your representatives present the company position and not a personal one. From an IEEE perspective this might better read that you should assure that your representatives are aware of you companies strategic objectives and positions, since IEEE members are individual members.
7. Recommend that the Copyright Aware course also be included. The IEEE has a vested interest in protecting copyrights and education about copyrights is appropriate.
8. Each of the courses provides, upon successful completion of an exam, a certificate for credit hours, which should equate to a Professional Development Hour (PDH).