eXact Learning Solutions Engages in the eTernity Initiative for Educational Textbooks Standards
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The initiative aims to reshape the digital educational content marketplace towards more open and interoperable architectures and formats - to increase access, affordability and the quality of learning in Europe.There’s a need to develop a European position on ‘eTextbooks for education’ and ‘digital learning content’ along with similar initiatives - and, potentially, agree a standard or a profile using European best practices in this field.” Tore Hoel, Vice Chair of CEN’s Learning Technologies working group and Head Advisor at Oslo and Akershus University College of Applied Sciences, added: “The creation, inter-mediation - or ‘curation’, distribution and varied use of textbooks must be based on open architectural and technical standards which will make the marketplace more interoperable and scalable.The CEN WS-LT will work with other international standard bodies to achieve a global consensus about educational requirements for digital textbooks.” Fabrizio Cardinali, announcing eXact learning solutions’ engagement in the initiative, explained: “We welcome any initiative that wants to move the European market from a world based on siloed and closed proprietary architecture to an ecosystem where smart, collaborative and innovative vendors can interoperate across different distribution channels and devices, delivering the right learning experience where and when the learner needs it.There’s a need to develop a European position on ‘eTextbooks for education’ and ‘digital learning content’ along with similar initiatives - and, potentially, agree a standard or a profile using European best practices in this field.”Tore Hoel, Vice Chair of CEN’s Learning Technologies working group and Head Advisor at Oslo and Akershus University College of Applied Sciences, added: “The creation, inter-mediation - or ‘curation’, distribution and varied use of textbooks must be based on open architectural and technical standards which will make the marketplace more interoperable and scalable.The CEN WS-LT will work with other international standard bodies to achieve a global consensus about educational requirements for digital textbooks.”Fabrizio Cardinali, announcing eXact learning solutions’ engagement in the initiative, explained: “We welcome any initiative that wants to move the European market from a world based on siloed and closed proprietary architecture to an ecosystem where smart, collaborative and innovative vendors can interoperate across different distribution channels and devices, delivering the right learning experience where and when the learner needs it.
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