[OS:N:] Technical Standards for e-learning (Australia): Open Systems, Open Networks

This is a little off-topic, being strictly regional, but it might be of
interest to others, so I'm forwarding it here. I had hoped to attend
myself, but a client has asked me to teach a course for them that week, and
in the current economic climate, I'm not going to refuse. If they cancel,
I'll be there. . .

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Program: http://standards.edna.edu.au/forum/03_forum_program.pdf
Registration is free.

Open Systems, Open Networks: An Interoperability Framework for E-Learning
The Australian Information and Communications Technology in Education
Committee (AICTEC) http://www.aictec.edu.au/ Standards Sub-Committee
http://www.standards.edna.edu.au/ Industry Forum
http://www.edna.edu.au/edna/page1542.html
Sponsored by the Department of Education, Science and Training.

Novotel Sydney on Darling Harbour, Australia
Wednesday 3 and Thursday 4 September 2003

The AICTEC Standards Sub-Committee is holding an Industry Forum that will
provide a unique opportunity for key industry participants and policy
makers from the Australian education and training sector to consider:

* New strategies and approaches to standards aimed at achieving
interoperability in the development of digital content, learning objects
and learning and content management systems.
* Frameworks and standards needed to support the management of education
and training systems.
* Ways in which firms and governments can work to achieve interoperability
between products and services.
* The value of a formal working relationship between educational technology

developers and vendors and Australian education and training sectors.

Dr Robby Robson of the US will be attending the forum as the key-note
speaker. Dr Robson is the Chair, IEEE Learning Technology Standards
Committee (http://ltsc.ieee.org/), and President and Senior Partner,
Eduworks Corporation (http://www.eduworks.com/) - a leading consultant to
the US e-learning industry. Other speakers will present case studies
demonstrating the use of technical standards to support interoperability
and the advantages of utilising commercial open standards-based products in

education and training projects.

The forum will be of interest to:
* developers and vendors of educational content, multimedia, content
management and learning management systems
* consultants and vendors in the area of online learning
* ICT industry associations
* ICT policy makers, managers and administrators in education and training.

For further information and to register for the forum:
http://www.edna.edu.au/edna/page1542.html

Best,

--- Les Bell, RHCE, CISSP
[http://www.lesbell.com.au]



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