IEEE Standards University
James Irvine, Standards Education Committee
Yatin Trivedi, Standards Education Committee
Susan Tatiner, IEEE Standards Association
Jennifer McClain, IEEE Educational Activities
Year-end report
16 September 2016
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Introduction
The IEEE Standards University is a 3 year project. The NIC has
funded years 1 and 2. This presentation focuses on year 2
achievements and requests year 3 funding.
The IEEE Standards University is a multi-track initiative intended to
greatly expand IEEE’s standards education content and resources
for educators, students and professionals focusing on the
development and use of standards; the impact of standards on
business; an understanding of patents and standards; and the role
of conformity assessment.
The following are the 6 tracks within the IEEE Standards University
– On-Line University Experience Track (time frame: 1 year)
– Publication Track (time frame: 3 years)
– Standards Education Video Channel Track (time frame: 3 years)
– Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) Track (3 years)
– Standards Simulation Game Track (time frame: 2 years)
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– Workshop Track (time frame: 3 years)
IEEE Standards University
Project description:
• Multi-year project designed to expand IEEE’s standards education
content and resources for students, educators, professionals.
• Developing content and resources on the development and use of
standards; the impact of standards on business; understanding of
patents and standards; and the role of conformity assessment.
Success metrics:
Title
Create 8 New
Standards
Education Videos
Deliver 3 Standards
Workshops and
create one new type
of workshop
Start
Jan
2016
April
2016
Key stakeholders: Faculty, students in engineering, business,
law schools, young professionals; IEEE IT; IEEE EA and SA;
IEEE Foundation; MGA
Level of stakeholder engagement:
Milestones:
Title
Planned
finish
Oct
2016
Actual
finish
Start
Planned
finish
Actual
finish
X
Status
Status
8 videos created, including
6 for new series, 3rd basic
standards education video
with teaching guide and
Young Professionals video.
Nov
2016
2 workshops held with 70
attendees. Holding 2 more
2016, including new type for
Young Professionals in Oct.
Website content,
improvements,
publication
Jan
2016
Oct
2016
Site improvements and
additions completed,
including for eZine,
published quarterly.
Content development and
search engine optimization
strategies implemented.
Create Standards
Simulation Game
Jan
2015
Dec
2016
Game creation to be
complete by Dec., includes
2 videos, web page, all
game assets.
Highlights/Lowlights:
• Highlight #1: Standards MOOC featured on Standards University Course listing
had 2,900 participants and excellent survey feedback.
• Highlight #2: Innovative new “Webisode” video series with host and animation.
• Highlight #3: Simulation Game mockup demoed at Capstone Design Conference.
• Lowlight #1: Standards Simulation Game has taken more effort than expected,
using contingency, but still on target to finish according to end-of-year schedule.
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James Irvine, Yatin Trivedi, Susan Tatiner,
Jennifer McClain
Collect feedback from
participants of Standards
Simulation Workshop at
Capstone Design Conf
and incorporate into
Standards Game
improvements
Complete Development of
Standards Simulation
Game
Develop new workshop
type aimed at Young
Professionals
Key actions:
Key issues
Coordinate marketing efforts
with EA and SA marketing
teams.
Develop search engine
optimization (SEO) strategy
and analytics for website
June
2016
July
2016
Jan
2015
Jan
2016
July
2016
Boxed game prototype
and examples of assets
created for the
conference; feedback
from attendees was
incorporated into Game
improvements.
Dec
2016
All game assets created
and under volunteer final
review, including scripts
for 2 intro videos; web
page is complete and will
be live as of 27 Sept;
business plan outlined.
Oct
2016
Pilot workshop for Young
Professionals happening
in Oct 2016 at ICES in
Frankfurt, Germany. To
be model for new
workshop.
Target
date
Owner
Status
Dec 2016
S Tatiner/
J McClain
In progress. Engaged in
heavy promotion of
Standards University
and eZine to greatly
increase traffic to sites.
Sept
2016
S Tatiner/
J McClain
SEO-based clean-up of
website complete
Detailed budget, actual spending,
and year-end financial projections
Project Specific
Expense Categories
Stds Education Video Channel
Track, includes new educational
videos and eLearning modules
Workshop Track, includes creation
of new workshop formats
Publication Track, includes
development of new content,
marketing of newly designed and
launched eZine
Standards Simulation Game Track,
includes development, launch, and
promotion.
NOTE: Pending invoices include
$32K to IEEE.tv: $22K in Video
Channel track and $10K in Game
Track
Total Expenses
2016
Budget
2016
Actual YTD
2016
Budget – YTD
47.4K
0.0
22.0
22.0
22.5K
2.9
4.1
4.1
8.2K
33.0
47.0
47.0
22.0K
27.0
27.0
27.0
$100.1
$62.9
$100.1
$100.1
Higher spending on Publication Track offset by reductions in other areas, in particular Workshops
and Videos, where savings were made through integration of several activities, including Game,
Web, and Video. All NIC goals and deliverables met.
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10/2/2016
2016 Year-end
Forecast
2017 NIC Budget Request
2017 budget request incorporates experience from years 1 & 2
MOOC expenditure increased
– More traction than e-learning modules, rerun first MOOC (updated)
& add another, smaller offering
Increase in publications & game track
– More outreach activities
Videos & e-learning modules reduced
– More front loading than expected, now more returns expected
elsewhere
Workshop track expenditure unchanged
– Collaboration with Young Professionals will increase impact, but can be done
within original budget
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10/3/2015
2017 NIC Budget Request
Project Specific
Expense Categories
Video Channel: additions to Video Library
MOOC: Includes maintenance work on IEEE Standards
MOOC on edX, new MOOC, and promotion
Workshop: Includes expansion of 2016 Young
Professionals Workshop and creation of web workshop
Publication: includes optimization of website
Game: includes marketing of Mars Space Colony
2017 Budget
Request
20.0
40.0
22.5
10.2
18.0
NOTE: This 2017 Budget request matches the amount
in the original NIC proposal. The amounts in each area
have been reallocated to reflect what we have learned
about the market as we build the ISU.
Total Expenses
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$110.7
Integration into IEEE Operations
Project highly integrated into operations
Run by Standards Education Committee (SEC), a joint
committee of EAB and SA
Committee meets in person biannually, with monthly
conference calls
Each track has an ‘Editorial Board’, with additional members,
headed up by one of the SEC committee members
– Meet between weekly & monthly as required by conference call during all
phases of this three-year project
IEEE EA and SA have the operational resources (staff and
volunteers) to maintain the Standards University once it is
completed
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SEC/Standards University
Structure
IEEE Educational
Activities Board
IEEE Standards
Association
Standards Education Committee
SEC EB Chair
(Online
Experience)
SEC EB Chair
(e-Magazine)
SEC EB Chair
(Videos/
eLeaning)
SEC EB Chair
(MOOC)
SEC EB Chair
(Stds
Simulation
Game)
SEC EB Chair
(Workshops)
Additional
Non-members
Additional
Non-members
Additional
Non-members
Additional
Non-members
Additional
Non-members
Additional
Non-members
Track Editorial
Boards
Track Editorial
Boards
Track Editorial
Boards
Track Editorial
Boards
Track Editorial
Boards
Track Editorial
Boards
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Standards University Honor Roll
SEC Members
•
David Law
•
Don Wright
•
Jeffry Handal
•
John McDonald
•
Yatin Trivedi
•
George Arnold
•
Frederic Surre
•
Steve Carlson
•
Glenn Parsons
•
Kishik Park
•
Howard Wolfman
•
Nitin Agarwal
•
Don Heirman
•
Amin Karim
•
Mehmet Ulema
•
Adrian Stephens
•
James Irvine
•
Greig Paul
•
Mike Fikuart
•
(Corresponding
Member)
Kishik Park
(Corresponding Member)
Ex Officio/Non-Voting
 S.K. Ramesh (VP EAB)
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Volunteers from outside SEC
 Bruce Kraemer (Pres. SA)
Lessons Learned and Insights
 Without the volunteer and staff structure set up when we
began the project in 2015, we would not have successfully
completed the hundreds of tasks associated with the
various stages of the project. Now we are in the home
stretch!
– Any suggestions for the initiative process in the future?
 It’s difficult to provide an end-of-year report in
September. Perhaps there could be a later acceptable
date for the NIC review.
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How is IEEE better off as a result of
this project
IEEE Standards University is expanding the influence of IEEE
Standards and benefiting humanity & IEEE members by:
– (1) making standards education a viable reality at the university level by
providing a critical mass of materials;
– (2) modernizing the delivery method for educators, students, and industry;
– (3) expanding IEEE standards education efforts; and
– (4) establishing continued leadership in this area for IEEE.
IEEE is at the forefront of standards education and is
continuing to pull ahead with the newly designed website,
increased content, and collaboration opportunities.
We are seeing increasing evidence of this on the ground,
through invites to present and run workshops at events.
Excellent example of co-operation between major boards.
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