iCoper

Interoperable Content for Performance in a Competency-driven

Society

iCoper properties

• eContentplus framework project• Start September 2008• Finish February 2011• Duration 2.5 years• Budget € 4.8 m (€ 62.4 th for TLU, 15.9 th self

fin)• Workload 961 person months (30 for TLU)• Project coordinator Bernd Simon WUW• Number of partners 23 • Webpage http://www.icoper.org/

iCoper Objectives

• Develop and implement reference model that integrates technology enhanced learning (TEL) related standards and specifications

• Focus on best practices (use cases) in adoption of standards for European Educational Content.

iCoper Workpackages

• Content Space - Michael Totsching WuW• Learning Needs Analysis - Jad Najjar WuW• Instructional Modeling - Petra Oberhuemer UNIVIE • Content Development and Re-use - Peter Schott OU• Learning Delivery - Volker Zimmermann IMC• Assessment & Evaluation - Delgado Kloos UC3M • Reference model development - Jan M. Pawlowski JYU • Dissemination - Vana Kamtsiou NCSR, Tore Hoel OUC • Training, Consulting & Piloting - Katherine Maillet

GET/INT, Fabrizio Giorgini Guintilabs • PM - Bernd Simon WUW

iCoper Reference Model

• Conceptual model for linking the standards used in iCoper project

• Integrate standard adoption experiences• Provide tool for standard integration• Validate the reference model in practice

iCoper Reference Model

Content space

• Integrating learning content and tools• Standards:

– OpenID– Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata

Harvesting (OAI-PMH)– Simple Publishing Interface (SPI)– DOI/OpenURL

• http://kmstage08.km.co.at:9092/oics/

CET and Content Space

• Done: Integration of Waramu and LeMill• More: Integration of Tats and Pets?

Analysis of Learning Needs

• Exchange of competency models and learning outcomes

• Standards for describing learning needs– CEN Metadata for Learning Opportunities (MLO)– HR-XML Competency– IEEE Competency Profile (CP)– IEEE Reusable Competency Definition (RCD)– ISO's Quality standard– Identifiers specifications and standards

Needs Analysis

CET and Needs Analysis

• Done: Analyse of LEAP2A• More: Standard based descriptions of

competences in e-portfolio course ???• Seos IntelLeo projektiga – pädevuste

kirjeldamine

Instructional Design

• Provide access to instructional models• Standard based descriptions of teaching

methods • Standard – IMS Learning Design

CET and Instructional Design

• Done: Introduction of learning patterns• More: Implementation of IMS LD based course

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Content Development

• Best practices of content development and reuse methodologies

• No specifications. Focus on WEB2.0 technology

• Use Cases– Content authoring or modification– Learning unit creation

CET andContent Development

• Done: None• More: Using LeMill as test bed for content and

UoL creation

Learning Delivery

• Delivery of activity-based learning scenarios with open content

• Standards:– IMS LD– OAI-PMH– OpenID– SCORM

Learning Delivery

CET and Learning Delivery

• Done: creation and analyze of one learning scenario

• More: Using Google wave instead of IMS LD ???

Learning assessment

• Tracking the skills acquired and evaluating the quality of the learning delivered

• Standards – IMS QTI Question and Test Interoperability

CET and Learning Assessment

• Done: description of the e-portfolio based assessment

• More:– Integration of Tats and Pets– E-portfolio based course– Contribution by IMS QTI analyse and

implementation

Dissemination

• Outreach and Road Mapping• Contacts with standardization bodies

CET and Dissemination

• Done: Introduction of iCoper• More: ???

Training, Consulting & Piloting

• The ICOPER Institute for Training & Consulting• Knowledge transfer and training • Networking players in TEL area• Goal is to integrate 40 interfaces with Content

Space

CET and Training

• Done: None• More: LOR training course

iCoper Big PictureICOPER content space

ICOPER Test beds

Specification Discourse Database

ICOPER Reference Model

ICOPER Technical Roadmap

ICOPER Institute for training and

Consulting

Standards and Specifications

Work Package Standard/Specification

1 OpenID, Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting (OAI-PMH), Simple Publishing Interface (SPI), DOI/OpenURL

2 XML Schemas of Human Resource XML (HR-XML), Open Applications Group Integration Specification (OAGIS), IEEE Reusable Competency Definitions (IEEE RCD)

3 IMS Learning Design (LD)

4 ISO/IEC 19796-1:2005 (Information technology for learning, education and training - quality management, assurance and metrics).

5 IMS Learning Design (LD), IMS Content Packaging (CP)

6 IMS Question & Test Interoperability (QTI)

7 SCORM

The End

Martin Sillaots