Agenda for Meeting of
IEEE Learning Technology Standards Committee (LTSC)

Meeting Date: March 15-19, 1999  

Location: New York, NY    Click here for lodging and other details provided by host.

This draft posted on 11 Feb 99.  Please send proposed changes to Jim Schoening at schoenin@mail1.monmouth.army.mil.

• Agenda for Monday, March 15, 1999

• 8:30 Continental Breakfast
• 9:00-12:00  Learning Objects Metadata WG (Part 1) -- Wayne Hodgins, Chair
• 12:00-1:30 Lunch (on own)
• 1:30-3:00 Architecture and Reference Model WG -- Brant Cheikes, Chair
• 3:00-3:15 Break
• 3:15-5:00 Learner Model WG -- Brad Goodman and Frank Linton, Co-Chairs

• Agenda for Tuesday, March 16, 1999

• 8:00 Continental Breakfast
• 8:00-9:00 Tool Agent Communications -- Steve Ritter, Chair
• 9:00-10:30 Course Sequencing WG -- Frank Farance, Chair
• 10:30-12:00 CBT Interchange Language WG -- Bill McDonald, Chair
• 12:00-1:30 Lunch
• 1:30-4:00 Computer Managed Instruction WG -- Jack Hyde, Chair
• 4:00-5:00  Glossary WG (Part 1) -- Kathy Sinitsa, Chair
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• 7:00  Meeting of the new IEEE Learning Technology Task Force (LTTF) ($150 meeting fee -- includes dinner -- please RSVP to Jim Schoening  j.schoening@computer.org as early as possible..   Meet in lobby of Courtyard at 7 PM.  This is separate from the meeting fee for the LTSC meeting.)
  

• Agenda for Wednesday, March 17, 1999

  Wednesday is Plenary Day!!  Since we have expanded to 5-day meetings, we're going to try putting the plenary day in the middle, so attendees can more easily choose which days to attend.

  8:30-9:00 Registration and Continental Breakfast ($100 meeting fee collected on site. Major credit cards or checks accepted.  Fee will be waived for attendees from host organization (Farance Inc.) and local attendees who are not otherwise incurring lodging expenses.  )

• 9:00-9:15  Host Welcome -- Frank Farance, Farance Inc.
• 9:15-9:40 Opening Plenary Session -- Jim Schoening, LTSC Chair
  • 1.1 Self introductions by all participants.
  • 1.4 Approval of agenda
  • 1.5 Administrative issues
• 9:40-10:40 Overview of Technical Standards Development -- Frank Farance
• 10:40-11:00 Break
• 11:00-3:10  Status Reports from LTSC Working Groups (10 minutes each)
  • .1 Architecture and Reference Model WG -- Brant Cheikes, Chair
  • .2 Learner Model WG-- Brad Goodman and Frank Linton, Co-Chairs
  • .3 Glossary WG -- Kathy Sinitsa, Chair
  • .4 Task Model WG -- Tom Probert
  • .6 Course Sequencing WG -- Frank Farance, Chair
  • .7 Tool/Agent Communications -- Stever Ritter, Chair
  • Lunch  (12:00-1:30)
  • .10 CBT Interchange Language WG -- Bill McDonald, Chair
  • .11 Computer Managed Instruction WG -- Jack Hyde, Chair
  • .12 Learning Objects Metadata WG --Wayne Hodgins, Chair
  • .13 Student Identifier WG -- Frank Farance, Technical Lead
  • .14 Semantic and Exchange Bindings WG -- Tyde Richards, Chair
  • .15 Data Interchange Protocols  WG -- Paul Siegel, Chair
  • .16 HTTP Bindings WG -- Steve Griffin, Chair
  • .17 Content Packaging WG-- Neal Nored, Chair
  • .18 Platform and Media Profiles WG -- Frank Farance, Chair
  • .19 Quality System for Technology-Based Life-Long Learning WG --Jim Schoening, Chair
• 3:10-3:30 Break

• 3:30-3:50 Proposals for New Standards Projects
  • User Icons
  • Enterprise Systems
  • Cultural Diversity

• 3:50-4:10 Briefing from Local Technology Leader
• 4:10-4:40 Liaison Activities -- Brief Status Updates (5 minutes each)
  • GESTALT -- Kevin Riley
  • Educause Instructional Management System (IMS) --
  • Aviation Industry CBT Committee (AICC) --
  • ARIADNE --- Erik Duval
  • CENN/ISSS-- Erik Duval
  • US DOD Advanced Distributed Learning (ADL) --
  • IEEE Computer Society Learning Technology Task Force -- Jim Schoening

• 4:40-5:00  5. LTSC Plenary Session (cont.)
  • Meeting locations, dates, length
• 5:00 Adjourn for Day
• 5:30-6:00  Meeting of LTSC Sponsor Executive Committee (SEC) (Comprised of Working Group Chairs, but meeting is open to all)-- Jim Schoening, LTSC Chair
• 7:00 Dinner Party at Yale Club, Manhatten -- Hosted by France Inc.   Transportation provided from Laguardia Courtyard (meet in lobby at 7 P.M.).  Men require jacket.

Agenda for Thursday 18 March 1999

• 8:00 Continental Breakfast
• 8:00-10:00  Learning Objects Metadata WG (Part 2) -- Wayne Hodgins, Chair
• 10:00-10:15 Break
• 10:15-11:30 Data Interchange Protocols WG --  Paul Siegel, Chair
• 11:30-1:00 Lunch
• 1:00-2:15 HTTP Bindings WG -- Steve Griffin, Chair
• 2:15-3:30 Content Packaging WG --  Neal Nored, Chair
• 3:30-3:45 Break
• 3:45-4:45 Task Model -- Tom Probert
• 4:45-6:00 Glossary WG (Part 2)-- Kathy Sinitsa, Chair

Agenda for Friday 19 March 1999

• 8:00 Continental Breakfast
• 8:00-9:00 Platform and Media Profiles WG -- Frank Farance, Chair
• 9:00-10:00 Semantic and Exchange Bindings WG -- Tyde Richards, Chair
• 10:00-11:00 Student Identifier WG -- Frank Farance, Technical Lead
• 11-00-12:00 Quality System for Technology-Based Life-Long Learning WG --Jim Schoening, Chair
• 12:00 Adjourn
• 12:00-5:00  Room available for additional meetings