eBlog by Tore Hoel

International Journal of IT Standards and Standardization Research will soon publish its issue 8(2), which is a special issue on LET standardisation. Editors are Jan M. Pawlowski, Paul A. Hollins and Tore Hoel.
LET standardisation – framing the activity space using the JITSR special issue
The simple framework of Wand and Weber (2002) (Figure 1) could be [...]

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Methodology for analysing and validating standards was a major issue during the Vienna General Assembly last week. The issue is on the agenda for a Flashmeeting in two weeks, where partners will elaborate on how we go from a conceptual domain model to Data Models, Service Models and Process Models.
For some time I have been [...]

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Focussed, well defined, modular, extensible and small specification – this is the way forward in creating standards for learning technologies.
In CEN/ISSS WS-LT, one might say that this approach was started with the MLO-AD work, where the workshop passed a resolution in October 2007, coined “The Athens declaration”, where it is stated:
5 Harmonization should balance the [...]

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It is not time to prepare proposals for the next standardisation projects in CEN/ISSS WS-LT on ICT standardisation and e-learning. The call for projects are now published, and the deadline is May 15th.
This is the relevant text from the Call:
e-Skills and e-Learning e-Skills
Following the Communication on “e-Skills for the 21st Century: Fostering Competitiveness, Growth [...]

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The next meeting in CEN/ISSS WS-LT will be in Berlin 27 April. Before the workshop meeting we will have a seminar on requirement gathering for the competency domain.
See invitation

And see the agenda for the seminar. The output of the seminar should be a SIG on Competencies, so book your Berlin flight now!

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