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Objectives
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- To incubate the development of an Internet of Education (IoE) ecosystem governance framework (EGF) and a suite
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- of shared, public-good utilities based on IEEE’s Integrated Learner Record Recommended Practices
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- To facilitate the creation or selection of
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- a neutral and appropriate governance authority
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Copyright Policy
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- the IoE EGF.
Background/Context
The Internet of Education - A global network and vision to connect all humans on earth to education and economic opportunity.
Approved Deliverable Patent Licensing (other than source code)
The patent mode for this Task Force is: W3C Mode
- Licensing Commitment. For materials other than source code developed by the Task Force, each Task Force Participant agrees to make available any of its Essential Claims, as defined in the W3C Patent Policy, under the W3C RF licensing requirements Section 5, in Approved Deliverables adopted by that Task Force as if that Approved Deliverable was a W3C Recommendation. Source code developed by the Task Force is subject to the license set forth in this Task Force charter
- For Exclusion. Prior to the adoption of a Draft Deliverable as an Approved Deliverable, a Task Force Participant may exclude Essential Claims from its licensing commitments under this agreement by providing written notice of that intent to the Task Force chair (“Exclusion Notice”). The Exclusion Notice for issued patents and published applications must include the patent number(s) or title and application number(s), as the case may be, for each of the issued patent(s) or pending patent application(s) that the Task Force Participant wishes to exclude from the licensing commitment set forth in Section 1 of this patent policy. If an issued patent or pending patent application that may contain Essential Claims is not set forth in the Exclusion Notice, those Essential Claims shall continue to be subject to the licensing commitments under this agreement. The Exclusion Notice for unpublished patent applications must provide either: (i) the text of the filed application; or (ii) identification of the specific part(s) of the Draft Deliverable whose implementation makes the excluded claim an Essential Claim. If (ii) is chosen, the effect of the exclusion will be limited to the identified part(s) of the Draft Deliverable. The Executive Director will publish Exclusion Notices.
Source Code
Participants contributing source code to this Task Force agree that those source code contributions are subject to the Developer Certificate of Origin version 1.1, and the license indicated below.
- MIT License, available at: https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT.
- Source code may not be a required element of an Approved Deliverable specification.
Background/Context
The Ed 3.0 Research Network (60-min 1/17/20 launch) is a global movement to support lifelong, personalized, competency-based learning at the scale of the Internet. Four initial nodes include:
- ASU Trusted Learner Network (60-min 2/21/20 interview). ASU TLN is the leading example of blockchain-based, reverse transfer education network and application.
- Broward OpenCLR Lab (4-min video, 60-min 3/20/20 interview). Broward is the 6th largest K12 district in the nation. The Broward OpenCLR Lab is partnering with Algebra Project, Broward College, the Greater Fort Lauderdale Alliance, ETS, PCG, and others to transform postsecondary success for the most vulnerable young learners.
- Colorado C-Lab (60-min 4/15/20 interview). The C-Lab is leveraging the state's leadership in distributed digital identity and verifiable credentials, data trusts, and ecosystem innovation to create a decentralized but unified state learning economy.
- Digital Credential Consortium (5/16/20 interview). DCC is a MIT/Harvard-led network of leading universities to enable education record exchange that preserves personal data control.
- Asia-Pacific (AP) Lab - The AP-Lab is a flagship pilot network leading Asia-Pacific’s adoption of standardized protocols for learning, focused specifically on cross-border mobility and evolving global digital equity and access. It acts as a proof case for other nations and regional ecosystems for incubating new trust networks and marketplaces of learning, testing, pathways, and skills-based applications.
In addition, the IEEE Learning Technology Standards Committee (6/5/20 call for participation) of is working on the Conceptual Model for Learning Technology Systems (integrating USED CEDS and DOD TLA) and Integrated Learner Record (ILR) Recommended Practices (integrating the work of W3C VC, IMS Global CLR, US Chamber T3 Innovation Network / LER Hub, US DOC AWPAB and others).
Organizing Committee
- Alex Jackl, Bardic Systems, CA Community Colleges, A4L SDPC
- Chris Purifoy, Learning Economy Foundation
- Dummond ReedDrummond Reed, Evernym
- Greg Nadeau, PathCheck Foundation (PCG/EY/MIT), IEEE, IMS Global
- Matt Gee, BrightHive
- Nick Ris, Evernym
- Phil Long, ASU TLN, US Chamber T3
- Simone Ravaioli, Digitary, IEEE
- Takis Diakoumis, Digitary/Australia
- Taylor Kendal, Learning Economy Foundation, C-Lab
- Victor Golubkov, Canada
Deliverables
Key deliverables will include, but are not limited to:
- A draft IoE Ecosystem Governance Framework (EGF) that is open, inclusive, and representative of the needs of the IoE community as a whole. (IMPORTANT: The ToIP Foundation does not produce or approve operational governance frameworks. The role of ToIP Foundation in general and the Ecosystem Foundry WG in particular is to assist existing or prospective governance authorities (governments, consortia, NGOs, companies, cities, etc.) in the job of drafting or revising ToIP-compatible governance frameworks that meet their requirements for trusted interactions.)
- An initial design for an extensible IoE Authoritative Issuer Registry (AIR) for VCs (verifiable credentials) as specified by the draft IoE EGF. (IMPORTANT: This proposed deliverable is an initial AIR design, not the proposal of a new Issuer Registry). As an example of such a registry, see this European SSI Framework (ESSIF) specification for a Trusted Issuer Ledger.
- An IoE Ecosystem Development Plan (EDP) for implementing the IoE EGF and IoE AIR via instantiation (or selection) of the governance authority and procurement of the necessary funding.
Intellectual Property Rights
*This includes: Copyright, Patent, Source Code
As a Task Force (TF) of the Ecosystem Foundry WG (EFWG), the IoE TF inherits the IPR terms from the EFWG JDF Charter. These include:
- Copyright mode: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0. For the IoE TF, this is probably the only relevant licensing provision.
- Patent mode: W3C Mode (based on the W3C Patent Policy). The IoE TF is not expected to produce any deliverables subject to patent rights.
- Source code: Apache 2.0, available at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.html. The IoE TF is not expected to produce source code.
- An open, inclusive ecosystem governance framework
- An extensible meta-registry of trusted VC issuers
Milestones
Key milestones will include, but are not limited to:
- Connect nodes of the Ed 3.0 Research Network (E3RN), T3 Innovation Network, Learning Economy Co-Labs, and other interested/aligned parties.
- Produce one or more requirement documents.
- Publish a draft of the IoE EGF for open review.
- Publish a draft of the IoE AIR design for open review.
- Publish a draft of the IoE EDP for open review.
The work of the IoE ETTF will be complete when the participants are ready to instantiate an IoE governance authority to implement the IoE EGF.
Meeting Schedule
Coming soon...