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Specifications vs Standards: the adoption dilemma
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European workshop, 9th November 2007 in Rome
Defining standards and procedures for the exchange of student curriculum data between Higher Education Institutions
40 participants from 13 countries
Rome Student Systems and Standards Group (R3SG)
RecommendationsoPermanent Observatory
oDelegation of Experts to CEN
oPromote technical subgroups
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… new kid on the block
•Market attention
ReportsoPESC
oAcademy One
oGartner
CEN (European Committee for Standardization)oMLO (Metadata for Learning Opportunity)
oNWI (New Work Item) on European Learner Mobility
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… The Road to Dublin
•Actions on the Recommendations
Permanent ObservatoryoReport on MLO activities
o2° workshops
Delegation of experts to CENoDone – 3 representatives
oBruxelles and Paris meeting
Promote Technical subgroupsoGlossary (considered also at MLO level)
oBusiness Cases – to be fed to MLO
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Dublin Worshop
Sharing Perspectives for the Rapid Development of Standards for Course Description and Curriculum Data
Implementersi.e. R3SG
Standardization authoritiesi.e. CEN
2 “standard” perspectives:
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Building momentum
European workshop, 25th April 2008 in Dublin
Sharing Perspectives for the Rapid Development of Standards for Course Description and Curriculum Data
37 participants from 11 countries
2 “standard” perspectives – implementers vs. standardization authorities
Business Cases: the need for standardization
Focus AreasoGraduation Documents (Diploma Supplement)
oEuropean Learner Mobility (EUROPASS)
oCourse Unit Description
oCourse equivalencies
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The opportunities for standards
Student Observatory
STUDY PROGRAMMES & COURSE UNITS CATALOGUE
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STUDY PROGRAMME DETAILS
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COURSE UNIT DETAILS
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LEARNING AGREEMENT
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TRANSCRIPT OF RECORDS
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DIPLOMA SUPPLEMENT
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CURRICULUM VITAE
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Business Cases Flow
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Focus areas
European Learner Mobility
Security / authentication (identity and tamper-evidence)
Description of course units / unit catalogue
Curriculum versioning (snapshot)
Curriculum rules / Degree Structure / Pathway
Academic history of individual
Graduation documents (European Diploma Supplement and other)
Course equivalency/matching
Grading Scheme (how the grading scales and distribution are built
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Principles agreed by the group
1.Manage diversity
2.Integrate and acknowledge existing activities by always checking other work first, i.e. don't reinvent where there has been work done elsewhere such as by PESC, CEN, ISO, HR-XML, IMS
3.Use pilot implementations and feedback from users to advance standards activity
4.Publicise the work of the group as possible with keynotes at major conferences
5.Generally use of pointers is better than transfer of data, where appropriate
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Destination Stuttgart
“Growing pains” - from group to organization
Visibility and Proliferation of workshop resultsoEUNIS (RS3G mentioned in 4 presentation)
oEAIE 2008 (Antwerp) – RS3G invited to host a workshop on Digital Student Data Portability at EAIE 2009 (Madrid)
CEN experts delegationoActive on MLO (standard in the making)
oExpert pool for European Learners Mobiliyt
oAdoption “scout” (PLOTEUS)
Euro AFI project (University of Stuttgart)
Liason with Terena, EUNIS, CEN, NEC (National Europass Centers)
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Specifications vs Standards: the adoption dilemma