Attending

Jill Abbott
Avron Barr (notes)
John Campbell
Clark Christensen
Nina P. Diebler
Danny Fowler
Frank Polster
Don Holmes
Tyde Richards (convener)
Robby Robson
Valerie Smothers
Schawn Thropp
Ginny Travers

Approvals

Minutes from 30 October approved without comment.

LETSI News

The ISTO relationship is moving forward. About half the sponsoring organizations have already paid.

C&G WG is attempting to come up with a draft charter for consideration by the SEC before Wayne leaves for points unknown.

A new edition of the LETSI Update Newsletter is planned for the near future. Contributions/ideas are welcome.

Update on activities relevant to WG

Invitations have been sent out by SC36 for the LETSI/SC36 WG on SCORM standardization. Chaired by Canadian national body. Tyde is technical lead. Kyoshi Nakabyaishi, Jon Mason, and others are participating. The pace of SC36 activities may require that the group's deliberations extend to Sept 2008.

Content aggreagation: ADL has submitted a proposal to SC36 to use MPEG 21-2 as a standard content aggreagation format. Wiki discusssion has brought up alternative suggestions (CP 1.2, DITA, RAMLET, ...). Whetehr we have an abstract model with multiple was to implement, or one implementation is also on the table. Proposed that we have a Tech Roadmap WG working meeting  to make a final decision on February 1, 2008 in conjunction with the AICC meeting in San Jose. One page position papers would be solicited.

ACTION: Invite the right people to this meeting so that all voices are heard (including MPEG, DITA, IMS, LTSC, ...). Post to ADLnet.gov, LETSI newsletter, SC36 WG, .... Jill and Schawn volunteered to help. Make arrangements with AICC and Adobe (the host).

The AICC and ADL are working together on Content Services Architecture – the technical means for LMS/SCO communication in a modern services oriented enterprise software architecture. First call of the new WG was yesterday. 15-20 people, including some major vendors. The expectation is that SCORM 2.0 will incorporate this interface spec. Eventually, AICC membershp  ($500/yr for observer) will be required to participate, but the WG is open to all intersted parties during its early deliberations. If you are interested in participating, please contact Tyde.

DITA, a content format developed in OASIS, has a WG on Learning Content which has just sent a proposed spec on the the main DITA body for approval. OASIS has expressed interest in having LETSI be part of OASIS. ADL is interested in starting a study/project to explore DITA and future SCORM. Schawn suggests some prototypes or experiments (R&D) are required to evalute the DITA spec, e.g. for the ADL/DoD community. Other CoP's may have similar needs for clarification.

The LETSI SEC has approved formation of a new WG on "Teaching and  Learning Strategies" (TLS) to gather requirements for future SCORM from the education/training communities. Jackie Haynes and Nina Diebler are heading this effort. They have proposed formal focus groups be held in the different SCORM communities to gather ideas about what kind of eLearning SCORM needs to support in the future. Professional facilitation would help participants think about their future needs, not just their current problems. A plan is yet to be developed – input/participation is welcome.

Framework Discussion

Tyde presented his first-draft of a framework for the Technical Roadmap. Frank suggested that a "so what" column be included (how with including each spec support an objective for SCORM 2.0). He and Avron also suggested that due diligence is needed to make sure that all options are considered. Val mentioned "evaluation" (including assessment and other kinds of feedback) as a possible SCORM 2.0 capability that should be considered. Comments and participation are welcome. Contact Tyde. (Frank and Jill already volunteered.)

Infrastructure Issues

We are working with Skype to join their new fee-based service. Expect a new dial-in number for next meeting.

The end of daylight savings time has created an extra hour spread between participating locations. A change may be needed to promote participation (two separate calls at different times, alternating inconveniences, splitting the group with two co-chairs, ...).

Next Meeting

Next meeting in two weeks same time as usual.