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=Theme 2 Table 8 (Blue) = Implications of continuously emerging technologies for infrastructure and policy makers

Facilitator: Jen Millea Provocateur: **Delia Browne** Topic: Copyright


 * Theme 2: Infrastructure**

What are the drivers for common infrastructure? - 21st century learning - DER - BER - Building Workforce Capability

What are implications of continuously emerging technologies for infrastructure, including physical infrastructure, software infrastructure, interoperability standards and guidelines?
 * Examples of physical infrastructure are servers, PCs, laptops, broadband.
 * Examples of software infrastructure are identity services, trust federations (e.g. AAF), persistent identifer sevices, cloud computing services and data interchange services such, repository services (e.g. TLF/Scootle, LORN), E-Portfolio services.
 * Examples of interoperabilty standards/specifications are EduPerson (identity), LOM and DC (metadata), SIF (data interchange), OpenID(Web 2.0 identity), Shibboleth (Federated access control), Creative Commons and AEShareNet (licencing).

Another question is: what should be national shared infrastructure and what should be devolved to state/local levels?


 * Comments from the Table to be added below**



teachers mainly doing what they've always done.

is copyright act playing catch up with technology? does it need to be technologyneutral - tried in 2000 extending the photocopy stuff to the internet but it didn't work - internet not a giant photocopier

if we completely rethough it. what could we do?

- a new Act? - can't because party to international treaties so needs to be a change internationally Aust can't suddenly throw its Act away

is there any international will for that? EU green paper onknowledge economy and UK the gower report reviewing their laws appointed a minister of intellectual property

strong lobbying from copyright owners and refusal to look at new business models

shift to user dominated envrionment that copyright holders have not come to terms with

facebook terms and conditoins not enforceable as a contract schools will need to have policies to frame usage of third party services - warn of copyright ownership issues if they are arise.

What are the implications for the physical spaces provided for learning? How can digital technologies be integrated into exisitng spaces? How can learning spaces be reingineered for 21st century learning? What would they look like?
 * Learning spaces**

How do we transform current learning spaces for 21st century learning that reflect new pedagogies?


 * learning commons/flexible/adaptable/virtual spaces

Is there a role for a national shared software infrastructure in a time of continual change? If so, what services could or should be delivered as national shared infrastructure and what should be devolved to state/local levels? If not, what are the challenges and opportunities for individual jurisdications and organisations?
 * Software infrastructure**


 * identity/trust federations/data interchange/persistent identifiers/repository/e-portfolio

What are the bandwidth implications of new/emerging technologies now and in to the future? Will the new NBN address these? Apart from speed, what is needed?
 * Physical infrastructure**

Are their issues around equity and access?

What about remote and isolated areas?


 * new learning spaces/broadband connectivity

The implications of using and mission critical dependence on external (offshore), public access web services for learner identity and content: - privacy - IP - reliability - vendor independence - data ownership - data portability - longevity
 * External services**

cloud computing/virtual worlds/Web 2.0/Web3.0

Is there a governance model appropriate for the infrastructure lifecycle so that we can continuously upgrade? change? improve? - management - policy - roadmap strategy - operations
 * Australian legislation, policy, guidelines**

What legislation and policy needs to be in place to enable this?


 * Other**