International CORDRA™ Workshop: February 4-5, 2005 Melbourne, Australia
When: February 4-5, 2005
Where: Victoria University, Melbourne, Australia
About the Workshop
What is CORDRA? CORDRA™ (Content Object Repository
Discovery and Registration/Resolution Architecture) is an open model
for how to build systems than can share and reuse learning content.
The CORDRA project's specific goal is to describe how to establish federations of learning content repositories that will enable reuse of content.
CORDRA is just one of many international activities that are focused on the development and deployment of tools and systems that enable discovery, management and sharing of learning content.
The CORDRA project has its roots in the ADL's SCORM initiative, but the model will not be restricted to SCORM content. The project is currently a collaborative activity among a number of interested organizations.
What's the problem that CORDRA aims to solve? From a community perspective, users deserve simple models and means to seamlessly find and access appropriate learning content.
Keys to reaching these goals are providing the appropriate infrastructure and removing barriers (both technical and policy) that limit interoperability among systems as well as between systems and users.
The various ongoing international projects address parts of the content discovery and sharing problem through their particular approaches. But how these activities interrelate is not always clear.
What's the purpose of the workshop? The focus of the workshop is to foster information sharing and discussions among members of the international community who are working on projects related to the creation of an appropriate learning content repository infrastructure for managing and sharing of learning content.
It is the hope of the organizers that the workshop will encourage experts to share their project's goals, problems and directions, and will also facilitate collaboration so that the community may reach the ultimate goal of seamless access to large quantities of learning content.
We will use the CORDRA plans---and how they relate to a broader approach for describing learning frameworks---as the basis for organizing the workshop discussions.
Venue
The workshop will be held at:
Victoria University City Campus
300 Flinders Street
(Conference Centre, Level 12)
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Campus map
Who Should Attend
The workshop is targeted at technical professionals and project
leaders who are involved in building and managing learning content
repositories and digital libraries, or in developing overall learning
frameworks and system architectures for content repositories and
content management.
If your interest is primarily a high-level overview of what CORDRA is, you may find that the Repositories and Frameworks/Infrastructure sessions of the IMS Open Technical Forum on February 9 are more appropriate to meet your needs.
Format
The workshop will be organized around a series of informal presentations and
discussions over a two-day period. Experts from different organizations
and projects will present their views and discuss their directions and
plans. The agenda will provide ample opportunity for participants to
ask questions and discuss work and directions, from both policy and
technical perspectives.
A detailed agenda is available.
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Day 1 (February 4): Context Setting: Where Are We, What Are the Goals
- Registration (08:30-09:30)
- Morning Session (09:30-12:30): CORDRA in Context: Introduction.
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Afternoon Session (13:30-16:30): CORDRA in Context: Relationships.
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Day 2 (February 5): Moving Forward
- Morning Session (09:00-12:30): Where Do We Need to Go: Interoperability Issues
- Afternoon Session (13:30-16:30): How to Get There
Registration
Workshop
registration is formally closed. If you would still like to
attend, please send us
mail. We may accept additional registrations
on a space available basis.
Position Statements
While there will be no formal papers or workshop publications, we invite
participants to submit
short (one page maximum) positions statements prior to the workshop.
We invite you to outline key issues or impediments or to describe critical
activities that you feel the learning content repository community
should address.
All position statements received before January 25, 2005 will be posted to the web for interested parties and attendees to read. Position statements will not be presented at the workshop.
Background Reading
To help participants prepare for discussions, we have prepared a list
of background
readings.
Outcomes Reporting
A full report from the workshop has been published in
D-Lib Magazine (Volume 11, Number 2, March 2005)
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Related Events
The CORDRA Workshop has been scheduled in conjunction with several
related events being hosted in Australia between February 1 and
February 11, 2005.
- January 30-February 4: Austalasia Workshop on Grid Computing and E-Research (AUSGRID 2005) (Newcastle)
- January 31 What's in a Name? : the role of authorities in the 21st century, Australian Committee on Cataloguing Seminar (Sydney)
- February 1: HarvestRoad eLearning Conference (Perth)
- February 1-3: Information Online 2005 (Sydney)
- February 7-8: IMS Global Learning Consortium Project Meetings (IMS Members Only) (Melbourne)
- February 9: IMS Open Technical Forum (Melbourne)
- February 4-11: !DEA Summer 2005 (Melbourne)
Accommodations and Travel
Workshop Hotel
Duxton Hotel
328 Flinders Street
Melbourne VIC 3000 AUSTRALIA
TEL: +61 3 9250 1888
FAX: +61 3 9250 1877
Freecall Reservations 1800 060 786
Email: enquires@melbourne.duxton.com.au
Web: www.duxton.com
Reservations must be made via the
attached booking sheet
and sent to
Johanna McKenzie via
Email: workshop [at] cordra [dot]
net
or Fax: +61 3 9841 8153
Reservations must be made prior to Monday January 10 to obtain the special booking rate.
NOTE: If you respond by fax, please be aware that the fax number above is in a private home in Melbourne. Please be considerate of what time it is in Australia when you fax so that you do not disturb our Australian organizers in the middle of the night.
NOTE: You may need to get a VISA to travel to Australia. Most often this can be done when you purchase your airline ticket. Please visit your local embassy for more information.
A list of alternative hotels is available. If you select one of the alternatives, you must book the accommodations yourself.
Dan Rehak (LSAL, US)
Kerry Blinco (DEST, Australia)
Larry Lannom (CNRI, US)
Lorna Campbell (CETIS, UK)
More Information
For more information, contact:
Johanna McKenzie
Email: workshop [at] cordra [dot]
net