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EDUPUB Requirement Review

EDUPUB Tokyo 2014

2014-9-17

Yasuhisa Tamura

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Panelists

  • F2F
  • Markus Gylling, IDPF
  • Colin Smythe, IMS GLC
  • Arete Xavier Mequi, Vibal Group
  • Online
    • Yong-Sang Cho, KERIS
    • Wu Yonghe, East China Normal University
    • Jing Du / Zhujun Yang, Tsinghua University

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Goal

  • 11 months passed since EDUPUB Boston kick-off
  • What functions of e-textbooks were specified?
    • Incl. works of IDPF, W3C and IMS GLC
    • Especially from users’ points of view
  • What are future works of EDUPUB?

  • Example criteria: 73 e-textbook requirements
    • Compiled by Tamura Lab.

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Stakeholders of e-Textbooks

Government,

Ministry

Local

Officials

Publishing

Companies

Schools

Teachers

Authors,

Editors

Standardization

Communities

Educational

Service Providers

Learners

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Yasu’s Functional Requirements

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Requirement List

http://goo.gl/Xfnx19

(editable)

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Classification of Requirements

  • Accessibility (17)
  • Added Information by Learners (13)
  • Authentication & Copyright (6)
  • Contents Representation (14)
  • Learning Support (19)
  • Related Information (4)

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Questions for Panelists

  • Overs and shorts of requirements?
    • Based on design, implementation, and experiment of your e-textbook projects
  • Items already covered by existing specification?
  • High priority items to be specified?

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  • Comments & questions from audiences welcome!