LETSI Technical Working Group, April 15, 2008
Attending: Jill Abbott, Avron Barr, Bill Blackmon, John Campbell, Neil Cramer, Wayne Gafford, Don Holmes, Frank Polster, Tyde Richards, Valerie Smothers, Schawn Thropp, Tom Wason
Proposed Agenda:
1. Roll Call
2. Review/Approve Agenda
3. Review/Approve Minutes from 20080401
4. General LETSI news
5. WG Project Status Update
6. WG infrastructure (wiki, email reflector)
7. Day/Time Next Meeting
8. Adjourn
GENERAL LETSI NEWS
SEC. There will be a SEC meeting at SIFA headquarters in Washington, DC, this Friday. The goal is to have a face-to-face meting to facilitate decision making, particularly regarding a membership drive, a response to IMS, and a plan for getting to SCORM 2.0 (see below). Also on the agenda will be to make a decision about how to work with OASIS.
There was a teleconference with Scott McGraff (OASIS); LETSI leadership was invited to the OASIS annual meeting in late April, but it looks like we won't be able to attend.
Avron presented his notes (on the WIKI) about the plans for SCORM 2.0. He will present these to the SEC -- white papers for future versions of SCORM in August; 3 day meeting in September; strawman in December; world SCORM congress in January. the Teaching and Learning Group and the Business Group should submit one or more white papers. Avron emphasized that we are under some time constraints to show the world what we envision for SCORM 2.0.
Valerie asked how this syncs with the idea that LETSI will use only accredited standards. Tyde answered that core-SCORM will used fully accredited standards, but SCORM 2.0 will fill in the functionality gaps with specifications.
Avron asked and answered three questions:
* what does OASIS do? they facilitate the production of specifications that can be moved to accredited standards.
* what does OASIS do for LETSI? OASIS brings LETSI to the open standards world with credibility, and in turn, LETSI will bring *open standards* to the learning community for the first time.
* what is left for LETSI to do? LETSI will lead the implementation and adoption of SCORM.
LETSI is still exploring the idea of a relationship with LETSI. There is commonality, but no direct relationship, to DITA.
ADL TWG. This week, ADL plans to pick a date and narrow down the topics.
AICC. Meeting in 2nd week of June. Wayne and Tyde plan to attend.
Medbiq. May 13-15 in Baltimore.
IEEE LTSC. April 21-23 near Dallas. Focus on LOM; CMI Web Services. It may take 2 to 2.5 years for the CMI Web Service to become a standard, so LETSI may want to think now about the use of non-accredited standards.
LOM passed reaffirmation, and the corrigenda were approved. There is ongoing discussion of "LOMnext"
What is LETSI's position on LOM, given that current SCORM doesn't require it? The DoD requires it; AICC, Medbiq, and SIFA have all profiled LOM for their communities. Perhaps LETSI should take a stronger position on requiring LOM, instead of trying to coordinate LOM, Dublin Core, and MLR (so that communities don't try to standardize around those metadata standards). LETSI may also want to provide guidance on both how to encode metadata and how to use it.
LTSC is beginning to look at new work around competencies. Looking at (1) competency maps; (2) evidence; (3) context. SIFA, Medbiq, ADL Registry, and Jeff Franks have all looked at incorporating competencies into their work. It would useful if LETSI could gather use cases and contribute them to LTSC.
Implicitly in the IEEE schedule is: where should ADL focus its standardization efforts? Tyde's personal opinion is that ADL would do better to do the work in LTSC and use its relationship with ISO instead of trying to do the work in the SC36 group.
IMS. No update on the IMS issue. ADL is still under orders to not talk to IMS.
Next meeting is April 29.
