LETSI The Vision and the Plan Kickoff Meeting London March 18, 2007

What is LETSI? An international, not-for-profit, civil organization A catalyst for global eLearning adoption across all market sectors: compulsory education, higher education, corporate training, military training A community of teachers and technologists Collaborating with standards bodies and industry associations Supporting national eLearning standards efforts Encouraging innovation in eLearning technology Whatever the initial sponsors decide it will be Mission, scope, membership categories, budget, & fees are all to be determined by the Organizing Committee The future steward of SCORM – a public trust LETSI will have many activities It’s first major responsibility will be to take over stewardship of SCORM from the ADL But the sponsors will decide the mission, scope

History of SCORM Stewardship Effort Nov 1997 ADL Initiative started Jan 2001 SCORM 1.1 released Nov 2004 Dr. Mayberry signals future transfer of SCORM at Masie Center meeting, NYC Oct 2005 Melbourne Declaration – agreeing to agree on future SCORM steward July 2006 Stewardship meeting in Madison – resolves to begin implementation of the Melbourne plan Oct 2006 SCORM 2004 3rd edition released Jan 2007 LETSI Prospectus – The International Federation for Learning-Education-Training Systems Interoperability (Working Name) Madison meeting: US, Canada, Korea, Japan, Australia, UK, ILCE, ADL, IEEE, ISO

Current Stewardship of SCORM at the ADL Technical Stewardship (Administration, Support, and Planning) Vendor Support and Conformance Testing Outreach and Market Development Help Desk, Public Website, Technical Support Maintain & Release SCORM documents, reference software, conformance tests, content examples, … SCORM Change Control Board Independent Certification Facilities Academic Co-Lab (Madison) Partnership Labs: Australia UK Canada Korea Latin America Taiwan (pending) SCORM Technical Working Group (Vendor and Adopter Volunteers) Workforce Co-Lab (Memphis) Specification Development (with organizations like IMS, IEEE, AICC) Plugfests - testing systems interoperability Joint Co-Lab (Orlando) The vision material developed in one system can be sharable content objects systems interoperability market mechanisms to promote innovation and quality and reduce costs through compatibility and re-use. SCORM has outgrown the ADL International community of vendors, adopting companies, and nations have a vested interest in SCORM and related standards Cross-sectors, not just military training The panel which follows, and the World of SCORM panel tomorrow will speak to the breadth and diversity of the SCORM community ADL SCORM will become a “profile” of the international standard as it evolves Just as MedBiquitous has profiled SCORM for medical training Th ADL has moved on SCORM is not required across the DoD for procurement of training systems and content Building an infrastructure to support SCORM content sharing across the DoD To reduce costs via re-use and re-purposing of existing materials To create a single, unified marketplace for innovative training systems This effort requires new technology (CORDRA, componentized design) and organizational change (incentives for re-use) This will be the ADL’s focus for the next several years. Long-term planning: expert panels, workshops, and consultants Proposed “SCORM Forge” Project Annual Implementation Fest Studies of training impact, technology innovations, and market trends US Gov. Interagency Coordination Liaison with Standards Bodies Partially funded by ADL Not funded by the ADL Funded by ADL Legend: www.adlCommunity.net Participation in I/ITSEC, ITEC and other conferences 30 January 2007

Proposed Structure for LETSI Stakeholders Minimal Staff Project Manager Chief Architect Steering Committee Sponsors Spec. Development & Standards Bodies Product Groups e.g. SCORM Marketing, Outreach User input Partners Experts This is notional. The idea is the new steward have a skeletal paid staff and that all work be done by volunteers.

LETSI – Next Steps By design, the LETSI Prospectus left many questions unanswered, to be decided by the community: Is a new organization needed? Who should participate in LETSI? Who can vote? How should the organization be governed? What is a fair membership fee structure? Monday’s Open Form on Global Governance Tuesday Morning’s working meeting Identification of potential sponsors and volunteer organizers from the international community Formation of an Organizing Committee to produce LETSI’s charter and operating plan Chartering meeting, September ‘07, Toronto (tentative) The Prospects and future documents will be available at www.adlCommunity.net

The Steward’s Responsibilities Promote, sustain, update, and extend the SCORM standard and the vision of objects, interoperability, and sharing Oversee the Change Control Board and maintenance of the documents, test suite, and sample runtime environment Globalize SCORM through efforts for recognition by national and international standards bodies Embrace and support the SCORM community and continue to develop SCORM human resources around the world Promote and support vendor adoption of SCORM and provide certification services, problem-solving support, and avenues for vendor input Certify and coordinate national and regional SCORM authorities Maintain the quality and reputation of SCORM and protect the integrity of standard Develop a business model to for necessary operations, supported in a fair manner by all stakeholders