What is ISO/IEC 23126 about?
ISO/IEC 23126 specifies a framework to describe and organize learning resources in ubiquitous learning.
ISO/IEC 23126 provides features to enable dynamic aggregation of resources in different learning contexts, in which the social interactions are recorded to facilitate social learning.
The features that reflect the evolutionary history of resources based on learners’ contributions are also defined. The framework includes an aggregation model, content organization, context-aware learning services, and learning cell service providers.
Who is ISO/IEC 23126 for?
ISO/IEC 23126 on information technology for learning, education and training is useful for:
- Schools
- Education regulation authorities
- Colleges
Why should you use ISO/IEC 23126?
Traditional learning resources are designed and developed in ISO/IEC 23126 by experts for specific contexts. In some cases, the content is mostly static and cannot dynamically change to meet the diverse needs of learners who are accessing content in different environments.
In ISO/IEC 23126, the ubiquitous learning support model needs to support diverse contexts, rich social interactions, continuous evolution, and dynamic aggregation of knowledge. To that end, learning resources are the most important part for realizing the adaption of the learning process. To support that adaption, not only experts but also learners should be involved in the co-construction of learning resources.
During the resource construction, resources should align with the contextual, social, evolvable, and dynamic aggregated features. And to make the resources constructed by different contributors align with those features, a standardized guideline is needed for co-construction. However, existing standards for learning resources design and development focus on various aspects of static learning resources in terms of topic, description, related subjects, contributor, and so on, and there is no description of the contextual, social, evolvable, and dynamic aspects. To support these aspects, this document offers a ubiquitous learning resource organization and description framework, which is also referred to as a “learning cell framework.” ISO/IEC 23126 provides a description of the main framework for ubiquitous learning resources.