Joint ITU-GISFI-DS-CTIF
Standards Education Workshop
(Aalborg, Denmark, 8-9 October 2012)
Concluding Remarks
Albena Mihovska
CTIF
Aalborg University
albena@es.aau.dk
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Summary of Discussions (1)
Standardization is important:
For Economic growth in a global
context-both for developed and
developing countries; strong tool for
creating a green economy
Within education with new technologies
In a social dimension
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Summary of Discussions (2)
How to teach standardization?
Incorporate standards education into the
curriculum, teach it early on; however a single
curriculum is not enough
Different dimensions of standardization (Henk
de Vries): all must be included in the
harmonized curricula, a good example of a
curruculum design
All types of standards throughout curricula (DS)
Project-driven approach (PBL) for applied
knowledge and ensure real-life experiences
Students should and want to be involved in
standardization writing
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Summary of Discussions(3)
How to harmonize educational curricula?
Content sharing:orchestrated action is very
important for developing successful national
and international research programs for
standardization
Align research and standardization lifecycles;
harmonize terminology; practical aspects’
Broad range of social aspects to be included
Global aspects of standardization
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Conclusions
Answering the ’why’ question:
Define common basic requirements and
target audience (e.g., students at what
level)
Answering the ’how’ question:
Focus on acquiring the required standards
skills through building ’management skills
pyramid’
Focus on how to enable funds for
launching educational programs about
standardization
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Join the Process
TSB Director’s Ad Hoc Meeting on
Education about Standardization:
First meeting held on October 8-9, 2012,
Aalborg, Denmark
Next meeting: April 25, 2012, Kyoto, Japan
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document in the website:
Instructions: see last slide here
More information:
AHG website: itu.int/go/standardseducation
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Join the Process (2)
Journal of ICT Standardization by
River Publishers
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