The first draft of the deliverable ‘Conceptual framework for Europe’s future knowledge services’ was compiled by the Open University of the Netherlands, while the different partners provided the problem descriptions contained in annex 1. The draft was reviewed during the workshop in Heerlen 2-4 December 2002. In addition to representatives from the partner institutions, six external experts provided their input during the review process.

OUNL team:

Prof. Dr E.J.R. Koper

Drs J.M. van Bruggen

Drs R. van Es

Drs P.J.B. Gorissen.

Dr E. Kluijfhout

Drs E.M. Rusman

Drs S.T. Stoyanov

Partner-representatives contributing to the problem descriptions:

A. Brasher, OU-UK

E. Egalindor, UoC

M. Freire, Altran

T. Giamas, LRF

P. Mc Andrew, OU-UK

J. Peire, UNED

Additional partner-representatives participating in the review work shop:

M. Arjona Villanueva, Altran

S. Gonzalez, UoC

J. Ortiz-Vivanco Barrero, Altran

External experts:

Professor Keith D. Baker

Professor Keith Baker, University of Reading, Department of Computer Science, Computational Vision Group. This research group is concerned with the computational issues of perception and reasoning in relation to image interpretation. At the moment they are running projects on visual surveillance of people in underground stations (ADVISOR), and remote sensing with applications to river flood control (ANFAS*). Prof. Baker is the editor of the Image and Vision Computing journal. In addition Prof. Baker chairs a Working Group on Standards set up by the LMCS Council (a consortium of mainly US LCMS verdors), and is co-chair of the e-Learning Industry Group (e-LIG) Standards Project.

Prof. Linda Harasim, PhD

Professor Harasim holds a Ph.D. in educational theory from the University of Toronto and has been active for over a decade in researching educational applications of computer networking. She has designed,implemented, and evaluated networking applications in Canada, the U.S., and Latin America. Professor Harasim is currently leader of the recently awarded TeleLearning Research Network which focuses primarily on the design and development of new pedagogies and network technologies to support collaborative learning, knowledge building, and lifelong learning. The Network features over 150 researchers from education, cognitive psychology, social science, computer science and engineering science throughout Canada collaborating online to address some of the major challenges Canada faces in becoming a learning society with a knowledge-based economy. She is also leading the Virtual-U Project, one of the first networked multimedia learning systems in the world that is customized for course delivery and course enhancement at all levels of education.

Prof. dr. Wim Jochems

Prof. Jochems (1947) is professor in educational technology and general director of the Educational Technology Expertise Center (OTEC) at the Open University of the Netherlands. He studied psychology of learning and methodology at Utrecht University (the Netherlands, 1973) and received his PhD from Delft University of Technology (1980). In 1973 he was appointed as a teacher trainer and an educational researcher at Delft University of Technology. His research focussed on the representation of knowledge as a function of the design of instructional materials. In 1986 he founded the educational development unit at Delft University of Technology. The unit provided support to educational innovation, especially the introduction of computer-assisted instruction and computer based testing at that institution. In 1989 he became full professor in educational development at the faculty of Humanities at Delft University of Technology. From 1993 to 1998 he was the dean of the faculty of Humanities there. Since 1998 he is at the Open University of the Netherlands. His focus is on the transformation of higher education and higher education institutes in relation to the use of educational technology.

Prof. Dr Ir Bernd J. Krämer

Professor Krämer is heading the Chair of Data Processing Technology of the FernUniversität in Hagen. He is also a director of INTE, a consulting division of the university, a member of FTK, a research institute in the field of telecommunications, and a founder and board member of IEEG, an initiative aiming at education on the effective use of energy in buildings. In 2001 he became the president of the Society for Process & Design Science. He studied Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the Technical University of Berlin, Germany. He holds a diploma degree and a doctorate in computer science, both from the Technical University of Berlin.

Lawrence C. Ragan, PhD

Lawrence C. Ragan is the Director of Instructional Design and Development for Distance Education and Penn State’s World Campus initiative. Previously, Dr. Ragan has served Penn State’s Center for Academic Computing and The Milton S. Hershey Medical Center as an instructional designer and as a consultant to faculty interested in integrating technology into the teaching and learning process. Currently Dr. Ragan is charged with directing the design and development of integrated learning systems for Distance Education and Penn State’s World Campus. He also coordinates the design and delivery of faculty development seminars and training programs for Distance Education. Dr. Ragan has presented nationally and internationally on the topics of instructional design, multimedia development, faculty development issues and distance education. Dr. Ragan is active in such professional organizations as EDUCAUSE, an international, nonprofit academic computing association and CADE, the Canadian Association for Distance Education. He has received national and international recognition for his work. Awards include the Outstanding Electronic Tutorial Award from SIGUCCS (Association for Machine Computing), the Innovations in Multimedia Award from Sony Corporation and T.H.E. Journal, and the EDUCOM Distinguished Humanities Curriculum Innovation Award.

Tom S. Vreeland

Tom Vreeland is Architect & Chief Technologist of Virtual Education Space (VES) Educational Collaborative. VES is an online teaching and learning environment that connects state, district and local communities throughout Massachusetts. The VES portal is as innovative as it is far reaching, and has put education online in Massachusetts in a personalized and secure environment that promotes teaching and learning in a standards-based context. VES brings together administrators, educatos, students, parents, mentors, tutors, state and professional associations in order to promote student achievement. Each district can customize a full set of integrated, online tools and resources to address the individual needs of students.