Title
Learning Technology Standards Adoption how to Improve Process and Product Legitimacy
Author
Tore Hoel, Oslo University College, and Paul Hollins, Centre for Educational Technology and Interoperability Standards, Institute for Educational Cybernetics/ University of Bolton
Date
12/02/2008
(Original Publish Date: 7/1/2008)
(Original Publish Date: 7/1/2008)
Abstract
Standardisation of learning technologies as a coordinated design activity needs legitimacy to attract the necessary support from its stakeholders. This paper identifies the need for a theoretical model of such standardisation and offers an analysis of two pivotal concepts in such a theory, process legitimacy and product legitimacy. Comparing the development of two specifications from Norway and Britain the authors proposes a reframing of an existing theory of input and output legitimacy, focusing more on the technical characteristics and the enactment status of the standard at hand.
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