1. Simone Ravaioli. www.rs3g.org Jonathan Dempsey. RS3G

2. HARMONIZING HIGHER EDUCATION: “STANDARD” PERSPECTIVES IN SUPPORT OF THE BOLOGNA PROCESS RS3G. Standards.

3. Context. Approaches. Actors. Types. Dilemmas. Gaps.

4. RS3G (Rome Student Systems and Standards Group) is an established group of software implementers and stakeholders in the European Higher Education domain which is focused on contributing to the definition and adoption of standards and procedures for the exchange of data to facilitate student mobility and lifelong learning.bla bla bla bla

5. RS3G (Rome Student Systems and Standards Group) is an established group of software implementers and stakeholders in the European Higher Education domain which is focused on contributing to the definition and adoption of standards and procedures for the exchange of data to facilitate student mobility and lifelong learning.

6. Facilitate. Identify and share. Foster. Manifesto Provide expertise. Endorse. Build communities. Contribute. Liase.

7. Steering Committee  Founders o Gunnar Backelin, LADOK (SE) o Jonathan Dempsey, Digitary (IE) o Jean Francois Desnos, EUNIS (FR) o Manuel Dietz, QS unisolution (DE) o Herman de Leeuw, EAIE (NL) o Simone Ravaioli, KION (IT)  Advisors to steering committee o Jan Martin Lowendahl, Gartner Research (SE) o David Moldoff, PESC and Academy One (USA) o Mark Stubbs, Manchester Metropolitan University (GB)  Steering committee members o Gunnar Backelin, LADOK (SE) o Jonathan Dempsey, Digitary (IE) o Jean Francois Desnos, EUNIS (FR) o Manuel Dietz, QS unisolution (DE) o Herman de Leeuw, EAIE (NL) o Simone Ravaioli, KION (IT)  Advisors to steering committee o Jan Martin Lowendahl, Gartner Research (SE) o David Moldoff, PESC and Academy One (USA) o Mark Stubbs, Manchester Metropolitan University (GB)

8. Stuttgart Rome Santiago @ EUNIS 2009 Standards come through adoption! 2 “standard” perspectives MLO and ELM

9. 601742 participantscountriesorganizations

10. BOLOGNA PROCESS. EUROPEAN HIGHER EDUCATION AREA. One Framework. One Aim. Context

11. Actors Formal Standards Long development time Focus on conformance Restricted membership Complex governance Requires endorsement e.g. ISO, CEN Consortium Specifications Medium development time Focus on adoption Restricted membership Commercial-style governance Requires money e.g. IMS, OASIS Community Specifications Short development time Focus on interoperability Open membership Lightweight governance Requires geekiness e.g. OpenID, microformats

12. Types Validation: one or more implementations exist, but are not recognized by governments (ISO OOXML) Harmonization: Multiple specifications Exist, but have enough commonality to be standardized (MLO-AD, W3C Widgets) Anticipatory: Potential for new implementations if enabled by a common Spec. (HTML, Bluetooth)

13. Approaches TRADITIONAL MODEL. Sequential Process Specifications Spec. Consortia Reference models Labs, Testbeds, Markets Standards Standard Bodies Defacto Standards

14. Approaches Implementation-Driven Model. Synergies De-facto Standard Implementation Community Standards Body Standards Body Formal Standards Formal Standards

15. The Adoption Dilemma …everything else is mere specifications.

16. Meet the neighbors.. CEN (European Committee for Standardization) is the official standardization authority in Europe. It contributes to the development of standards for learning technologies for Europe through its WLST (Workshop Learning Technologies) …and I am Bill the Lawyer!

17. Meet the neighbors.. RS3G (Rome Student Systems and Standards Group) is group of software implementers and stakeholders in the European Higher Education domain focused to the definition and adoption of standards for the exchange of student data. Hello, I am Joe the Plumber !

18. The “Standard” Gap Bottom-up & Practical Top-down & Abstract but complementary NEED Cooperation & Synergy Implementers i.e. R3SG Standardization authorities i.e. CEN

19. Getting Real The collaboration between Bill and Joe produced Metadata for Learning Opportunity and European Learner Mobility Implementation community Standardization authorities

20. Getting Real Metadata for Learning Opportunity. specifications for the discovery and exchange of information about courses and other learning and training opportunities.

21. Getting Real European Learners Mobility. Consolidation and adoption of e-transparency documents: Diploma Supplement, Certificate Supplement, Curriculum Vitae, Language Portfolio, Mobility Passport

22. Standards. Problem Solvers

23. Madrid EAIE Sept.2009 Uppsala RS3G Nov. 2009

24. Simone Ravaioli. www.rs3g.org ….slides & more