IMS Global Learning Consortium Quarterly Meetings & Workshop
National College for School Leadership
Nottingham, UK
Sponsored by JISC - Joint Information Systems Committee / CETIS
20-21 February 2012
Draft Agenda -
Events During The Week
Attendance:
IMS members and afflilates can attend all meetings. We encourage Non-Members to attend the workshop on Tuesday
There is a meeting fee for all attendees to support the costs of the meetings. All meetings are open to the public., but you must register to attend.
ALL ATTENDEES MUST REGISTER BY 13 FEB - 12 Noon EST- SIGN UP NOW
Quick Links:
Monday - Timetabling, Learning Information Services, Forum on QTI Conformance Worldwide/Regional
Tuesday-IMS's Educational Technology Standards Workshop - Learn about Common Cartridge, Learning Tools Interoperability, Question and Test Interoperability and Accessible Portable Item Profile, Learning Information Services and Common File Format/ Interactive WhiteBoard
IMS Quarterly Meetings
9-5pm Learning Information Services & Timetabling
09:15-9:30 |
Introductions |
9:30-10:15 |
UseCases |
10:15-10:30 |
Break |
10:30-12:00 |
LIS Overview |
12:00-13:00 |
Lunch |
14:00-15:00 |
Specification |
15:00-15:15 |
Break |
| 15:15-16:00 | Charter Discussion and review of current draft |
| 16:00-16:30 | Wrap-Up |
10-5pm Forum on QTI Conformance Worldwide/Regional
| Objective: Identify where we have enough participation to establish regional profiles and conformance, such as is happening with APIP in the U.S. and with CvE AI (Dutch Exam Board Assessment Initiative) in the Netherlands and how can IMS best facilitate. | |
09:00-09:15 |
Introductions |
09:15-9:45 |
Update on IMS Assessment work (QTI, APIP, regional developments) |
9:45-10:30 |
Demonstrations of QTI implementations: |
10:30-10:45 |
Break |
10:45 - 12:00 |
Continue Demonstrations of QTI implementations |
12:00-13:00 |
Lunch |
13:00-15:00 |
Discuss the interoperability needs and points of convergence evident in the demos |
15:00 - 15:30 |
Break |
15:30 - 17:00 |
Agree to actions we can take to facilitate regional or community specific profiles and conformance for QTI |
IMS Quarterly Meetings
9-5pm IMS's Educational Technology Standards Workshop - Learn about Common Cartridge, Learning Tools Interoperability, Question and Test Interoperability and Accessible Portable Item Profile, Learning Information Services and Common File Format/ Interactive WhiteBoard
| 9:00 | Introduction to the Day - Rob Abel |
| 10:00 | New Developments in Common Cartridge Find out who is using IMS Common Cartridge, how it is being implemented and learn about its use in K-20 evironments. We will discuss how Common Cartridge has evolved and what is on the roadmap for the future. We will also detail tools for developing Common Cartridge and how to ensure conformance. |
| 10:30 | Break |
| 11:00 | Question & Test Interoperability Learn about the various ways QTI is being used across the world. |
| 11:30 | Accessible Portable Item Profile What is APIP, how is it being used and how does APIP differ from Question and Test Interoperability? In addition, you will find out about the many projects utilizing APIP. |
| 12:30 | Lunch |
| 1:30 | IMS Learning Tools Interoperability with Outcomes Exciting things are happening with Learning Tools Interoperability. Look for details on who is implementing the specification and the types of tools and rich interactions enabled by LTI. |
| 2:30 | Interactive WhiteBoard/Common File Format Learn about IWB/CFF and its use for sharing compatible whiteboard data. We will detail who is involved and the plan for its future. |
| 3:00 | Break | 4:00 | Learning Information Services We'll explore how LIS is being used by major providers and how it is impacting their success. |
| 5:00 | Adjourn |
5pm - Regional Learning Impact Competition
AIRPORT/ TRAVEL DETAILS:
East Midlands Airport is the closest to National College for School Leadership
For more travel details visit: http://www.nationalcollege.org.uk/index/about-us/learning-and-conference-centre/find-us-lcc.htm
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