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=== Defining a Learning Standard === | === Defining a Learning Standard === | ||
According to [http://www.iso.org/iso/home/standards.htm ISO] (the International Organization for Standardization), a standard is, "a document that provides requirements, specifications, guidelines or characteristics that can be used consistently to ensure that materials, products, processes and services are fit for their purpose." Essentially, standards are about coordination of effort. And that is precisely what we're aiming for: coordinated effort in creating and defining this common goal | According to [http://www.iso.org/iso/home/standards.htm ISO] (the International Organization for Standardization), a standard is, "a document that provides requirements, specifications, guidelines or characteristics that can be used consistently to ensure that materials, products, processes and services are fit for their purpose." Essentially, standards are about <em>coordination of effort</em>. And that is precisely what we're aiming for: coordinated effort in creating and defining this common goal. | ||
But why a <em>standard</em> at all? To identify this work as vital to many people for many reasons, to emphasize its communal creation, and to ask for its continual review. The framework will be co-developed with the community to create a reference document against which learning activities and credentials can be mapped by formal and informal educational bodies, individuals, and businesses alike. | |||
=== Learning Pathways and Badges === | === Learning Pathways and Badges === | ||