Sestri Levante (I), March 2009 - Following the successful DECOM event held in October 2008, the European Learning Industry Group (ELIG) has launched the DECOM Declaration: a summary of key recommendations that its members and other experts in the field of learning-content production and learning technology see as critical to ensuring equitable access to high-quality learning for all European citizens.
The recommendations summarized in the Declaration represent an industry perspective on some of the most pressing issues facing the learning-content publishing industry today. Three main issues were identified in the Declaration: new opportunities and business models, learning research priorities, and learning technologies and standards.
In regard to new opportunities and business models, the Declaration mentions the following topics (among others):
The topics related to learning research priorities and learning technologies and standards include:
The DECOM Declaration calls on all stakeholders in the learning process, the learning industry itself, regulators, and policy makers to consider urgently those actions they might take in response to the recommendations. ELIG will be working within its Public Policy Group, to begin this process, which will include a call upon the European Commission for stronger content-related policy actions to promote high-quality learning resources for Europe.
