The Simple Publishing Interface (SPI)

Ternier, S., Massart, D., Totschnig, M., Klerkx, J., & Duval, E. (2010). The Simple Publishing Interface (SPI). D-Lib Magazine, September/October 2010, Volume 16 Number 9/10, doi:10.1045/september2010-ternierThe Simple Publishing Interface (SPI) is a new publishing protocol, developed under the auspices of the European Committee for Standardization (CEN) workshop on learning technologies. This protocol aims to facilitate the communication between content producing tools and repositories that persistently manage learning resources and metadata. The SPI work focuses on two problems: (1) facilitating the metadata and resource publication process (publication in this context refers to the ability to ingest metadata and resources); and (2) enabling interoperability between various components in a federation of repositories. This article discusses the different contexts where a protocol for publishing resources is relevant. SPI contains an abstract domain model and presents several methods that a repository can support. An Atom Publishing Protocol binding is proposed that allows for implementing SPI with a concrete technology and enables interoperability between applications.European Committee for Standardization (CEN), CEN/Expert/2009/3

A Data Model for Describing and Exchanging Personal Achieved Learning Outcomes (PALO)

Published in the International Journal of IT Standards and Standardization Research Vol. 8, No. 2, edited by Tore Hoel, Paul A. Hollins and Jan M. Pawlowski, editor-in-chief Kai Jakobs. Copyright 2010, IGI Global, www.igi-global.com. Abstract: Employers seek people matching particular qualifications and graduates seek jobs matching their qualifications. This market is currently managed primarily using paper certificates and heterogeneous university management systems that capture achieved learning outcomes as well as corporate information systems that capture required qualifications. In the light of current trends towards increased student mobility, employability and lifelong learning, this situation is less than satisfactory. Therefore, we propose a schema in this paper that facilitates interoperable storage and management of Personal Achieved Learning Outcomes (PALO) based on a common data model. We present use case scenarios and implementations addressing these challenges and demonstrating the added value of using such a common model

Repository services for outcome-based learning

Despite the existence of numerous standards and specifications in technology-enhanced learning, there is a lack of interoperability of artifacts and services throughout the whole lifecycle of outcome-based education. In this paper we present the concept and prototypical implementation of an open architecture that aims to remedy these issues by providing a unified metadata and service layer for making key educational resources sharable, storable, findable, and interoperable. The reference model and its supporting technology architecture are tested by a family of prototypes implemented as extensions to or adaptations of existing mainstream systems like Moodle, .LRN, Elgg and Facebook.status: publishe

Repository Services for Outcome-based Learning

Despite the existence of numerous standards and specifications in technology-enhanced learning, there is a lack of interoperability of artifacts and services throughout the whole lifecycle of outcome-based education. In this paper we present the concept and prototypical implementation of an open architecture that aims to remedy these issues by providing a unified metadata and service layer for making key educational resources sharable, storable, findable, and interoperable. The reference model and its supporting technology architecture are tested by a family of prototypes implemented as extensions to or adaptations of existing mainstream systems like Moodle, .LRN, Elgg and Facebook

Transferring an Outcome-Oriented Learning Architecture to an IT Learning Game

Today’s technology enhanced learning scenarios focus on outcome-oriented delivery of learning processes, contents, and services. Also, learners increasingly demand for innovative and motivating learning scenarios that match their habits of using media. The European project ICOPER researches outcome-oriented learning infrastructures for higher education contexts. The German BMBF-project SpITKom aims at transferring such approaches to basic qualification. Based on a Browser Game, it uses ICOPER’s technical infrastructure which combines learning object metadata repositories, learning outcome repositories, learning design repositories and learner profile repositories. This paper initially depicts the technical infrastructure of an outcome-oriented learning scenario that was developed in the course of ICOPER and then outlines its transformation to the game-based learning approach as realized in the course of SpITKom

DEFINE Synthesis Report: DEFINE - Development of an Evaluation Framework for the Introduction of Electromobility

Das Projekt DEFINE - Entwicklung eines Evaluierungsrahmens für die Einführung von Elektromobilität - wurde vom Institut für Höhere Studien (IHS) in Zusammenarbeit mit Umweltbundesamt, der Technischen Universität Wien (TUW), dem Deutschen Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (DIW Berlin), dem Öko-Institut, Deutschland und mit dem Center for Social and Economic Research (CASE), Polen, durchgeführt

Forum DocNum - présentation des textes et commentaires

Forum DocNum - présentation des textes et commentaires d'une liste de discussion autour du document numérique. Marc Augier, Evelyne Broudoux, Dominique Cotte, Olivier Ertzscheid, Gabriel Gallezot, Yves Jeanneret, Sylvie Merviel, Niels Windfeld Lund, Jean-Discussion autour de la définition du "document numérique"Discussion about definition of "digital document