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::The talent ecosystem is vastly improved when competencies (i.e., statements of knowledge, skills, dispositions, abilities and habits of mind or practice) are utilized and aligned for learning,  communicating individual achievements, career pathways, and hiring. The OC Network is focused on solving three overarching challenges in the competencies ecosystem: (1) existing competencies are held captive in legacy encoding schemes (e.g., PDF, Microsoft Word, CSV (spreadsheets), etc.); (2) competencies are neither accessible to people nor machine actionable; and (3) competencies are not shared via open licenses.
::For this Network, to be inclusive "Competency" is broadly defined. Review the [[Open_Competency_Network_Competency_Explainer|'''''Open Competencies Network Competency Explainer''''']] to learn more.
::The OC Network focuses on the organizational and technical infrastructure to improve the use of competencies to power the talent ecosystem at scale. OC Network membership is open to individuals  interested in participating with national and international efforts and infrastructure projects to improve the talent ecosystem through open, shared competencies. This includes: advocates for open, shared data, and use of data standards;  organizations that maintain sources of competencies (e.g., libraries, registries, repositories-hereafter sources); and skill and competency data creators, users, or consumers. The OC Network aims to make competencies readily available to humans and machines by developing a membership trust network (Trust) of open registries holding one or more competency frameworks and by enabling search and retrieval of those frameworks and their competencies from any registry node in the network via the Competency Explorer. OC Network defines a competency framework as an instance of a logically related set of competencies based on a specific competency framework model that has been encoded using a recognized metamodel standard such as, but not limited to, [http://www.imsglobal.org/ IMS Global Learning Consortium]’s [https://www.imsglobal.org/activity/case#PublicDocuments CASE], [https://credentialengine.org/ Credential Engine]’s [https://credreg.net/ctdlasn/terms CTDL-ASN], and University of Washington/[https://www.d2l.com/ D2L]'s [http://standards.asn.desire2learn.com/ ASN].


>> [[OCF_Collab_Network|OCFC Home]]
== OC Network Chair:                                                                                                                                          Terence Ma, Assistant Dean for Assessment and Quality Improvement and Clinical Professor of Biomedical Sciences with University of Houston Tilman J. Fertitta Family College of Medicine ==
::[[File:Ma Terence 20210109-Head 2.jpg|thumb|150px|left|Terence Ma, PhD]] Terence Ma is a trained anatomist and medical educator. He has developed innovative curricula for the medical schools utilizing technology tools that help students develop effective competencies that they will use as future physicians. He has been a funded research scientist, faculty member, and Assistant and Associate Dean at allopathic (MD) and osteopathic (DO) schools. He has also served as Chief Information Officer at a health sciences university. His career has focused on the intersection between health sciences education and educational technologies, particularly how we use technologies to track students’ progress toward learning goals and program outcomes. He serves as Co-Chair of the Research Alignment Group of MedBiquitous and serves on several other working groups. He is a member of the IEEE Standards Association and of the work groups on competency standards.
::https://www.linkedin.com/in/terencema/


= T3N<sup>2</sup> Open Competency Framework Collab =
== OC Network Facilitators ==
== OCF Collab Network Description ==
::*Jeanne Kitchens, Credential Engine [mailto:jkitechens@credentialengine.org (Email)]
::The talent ecosystem is vastly improved when skills and competencies (i.e., statements of knowledge, skills, dispositions, abilities and habits of mind or practice) are utilized and aligned for learning,  communicating individual achievements, career pathways, and hiring. The OCFC Network is focused on solving three overarching challenges in the skills and competencies ecosystem: (1) existing skills and competencies are held captive in legacy encoding schemes (e.g., PDF, Microsoft Word, CSV (spreadsheets), etc.); (2) skills and competencies are neither accessible to people nor machine actionable; and (3) skills and competencies are not shared via open licenses.
::*Phil Barker, Cetis LLP [mailto:phil.barker@pjjk.co.uk (Email)]


::The OCFC Network focuses on the organizational and technical infrastructure to improve the use of skills and competencies to power the talent ecosystem at scale. OCFC Network membership is open to individuals  interested in participating with national and international efforts and infrastructure projects to improve the talent ecosystem through open, shared skills and competencies. This includes: advocates for open, shared data, and use of data standards;  organizations that maintain sources of skills and competencies (e.g., libraries, registries, repositories-hereafter sources); and skill and competency data creators, users, or consumers.
== Network Charter and Procedures ==
The OC Network collaborates across all T3 Networks and follows the [https://assets.website-files.com/6051f804aa18bf60ca423e09/627adedb4c63cf7810268d12_T3%20Innovation%20Network%20Guidelines%20Updated%20March%202022.pdf T3 Guidelines Updated March 2022]. Previous to March 2022, the Network followed the [https://assets.website-files.com/6051f804aa18bf60ca423e09/60a6b1b485b03975993b2b07_T3%20Innovation%20Network%20Guidelines.pdf (Deprecated) Pilot Period T3N<sup>2</sup> Guidelines (May 2021)].


::The OCFC aims to make skills and competencies readily available to humans and machines by developing a membership trust network (Trust) of open registries holding one or more competency frameworks and by enabling search and retrieval of those frameworks and their competencies from any registry node in the network. The OCF Collab broadly defines the concept of a competency to include any attribute required to perform a work role including knowledge, skills, abilities, habits of mind or practice and tasks. The Collab defines a competency framework as an instance of a logically related set of competencies based on a specific competency framework model that has been encoded using a recognized metamodel standard such as, but not limited to, [http://www.imsglobal.org/ IMS Global Learning Consortium]’s [https://www.imsglobal.org/activity/case#PublicDocuments CASE], [https://credentialengine.org/ Credential Engine]’s [https://credreg.net/ctdlasn/terms CTDL-ASN], and University of Washington/[https://www.d2l.com/ D2L]'s [http://standards.asn.desire2learn.com/ ASN].  
The Network itself is chartered, in accordance with the T3 Guidelines, and the Charter is reviewed and revised or renewed annually.  


::Since the OCFC does not require a registry to natively support internally any particular metamodel in encoding its competency frameworks and associated competencies, the Collab relies on a transformation, or interchange service to transform instance data following one metamodel into instance data following a different metamodel. In the T3 OCF Collab instance based on this specification, the transformation service used is Rosetta Lens; by [https://eduworks.com/ Eduworks]. The mappings upon which such translation services rely have been provided through an instance of the OCF Collab’s [https://github.com/t3-innovation-network/desm#readme ''Data Ecosystem Schema Mapper''] (DESM) tool that maps property semantics between publicly recognized competency framework metamodels.
* [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1QogVB3hfYvCpX2kFMuqcZqCICCHBRJa4/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=100159628152649985050&rtpof=true&sd=true Initial pilot period Charter] (as OCFC Network) ratified June 21, 2021.
* [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ZyX8W0rSDsLqci2BKsae21wvIAInSh2J/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=100159628152649985050&rtpof=true&sd=true Current Charter] from September 22, 2022.


== OCF Collab Chair ==
The primary work of the OC Network is through chartered workgroups and projects associated with them. Currently there are two workgroups, Advancing Open Competencies (AOC) and the Technical Advisory Workgroup (TAW).
::[[File:Ma Terence 20210109-Head 2.jpg|thumb|150px|left|Terence Ma, PhD]] Terence Ma is a trained anatomist and basic scientist. He presently serves as Professor and Chair of Anatomy and Biomedical Sciences at the Kansas College of Osteopathic Medicine at the Kansas Health Science Center where he is developing innovative curricula for the new medical school. He has been a funded research scientist, faculty member, and Assistant and Associate Dean at allopathic (MD) and osteopathic (DO) schools. He has also served as Chief Information Officer at a health sciences university. His career has focused on the intersection between health sciences education and educational technologies, particularly how we use technologies to track students’ progress toward learning goals and program outcomes. He serves as Co-Chair of the Research Alignment Group of MedBiquitous and serves on the Competencies Working Group, the CAP Leadership & Governance Working Group, and CAP Data Standards Working Group. He is a member of the IEEE Standards Association and of the work groups on competency standards: IEEE P1484.20.2, P1484.20.3, integrated learner records (P1484.2), and adaptive instructional systems (P2247). He actively participates with the T3 Innovation Network’s pilot projects and with Data Standards United.


== OCF Collab Network Facilitators ==
The OC Network collaborates with other T3 Networks:
::*Jeanne Kitchens, Credential Engine [mailto:jkitechens@credentialengine.org (Email)]
::*Phil Barker, Cetis LLP [mailto:phil.barker@pjjk.co.uk (Email)]


==Useful Pages==
* [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1KdUYA9Zlt1lEldWXvgMsUUg5Z75CW7x8lPHA6fhG-8k/edit# ''Data & Technology Standards Network'']
===On this Wiki===
* [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1CE9lw9nbCDjzJS575vskpHDV-Iyj1Ct56JO21qt3ByU/edit?usp=sharing ''Learning and Employment Records Network'']
* [[OCF_Collab_Network:Workgroups|Workgroups & Chairs]]
* [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1qnlmKKtOk5p_BeE1CiYALLW9IoPXzuB2pLLMCV8CfsA/edit# ''Jobs and Workforce Data Network'']
** [[OCF_Collab_Network:RWSC|Requirements Workgroup on Skills and Competencies]]
** [[OCF_Collab_Network:TAW|Technical Advisory Workgroup]]
* Public Documentation & Project Wikispaces
**[[OCF_Collab_Network:SearchDocs|Competencies Search & Retrieval Service Wikispace]]
**[[OCF_Collab_Network:DESMDocs|DESM Tool Wikispace]]
* Use Cases
** [[OCF_Collab_Network:ocfcReq|Current Use Cases]]
** [[OCF_Collab_Network:rwscUCdev|Use Cases in Development]]
*[[AI Use Case Scoping: Discussion Resources]]
**
* [[OCF_Collab_Network:ocfcWork|Project Plans: Current & Future]]


===<span id="Other Places">In other places===
=== Decision Making Process ===
* GitHub
OC Network and Workgroups follow this decision making process adapted from the T3 Guidelines Updated March 2022.  The process is public information via this Networks' Consensus Decision Making Wiki page [[OCF Collab Network:consensus|https://wiki.t3networkhub.org/wiki/OCF_Collab_Network:consensus]]
** [https://github.com/t3-innovation-network/desm DESM Github]  ■ [https://github.com/t3-innovation-network/desm#readme DESM Admin Documentation (draft)]
** [https://github.com/t3-innovation-network/OCF-Collab OCFC Github]  ■ [https://github.com/t3-innovation-network/OCF-Collab#readme OCFC Search & Retrieval Admin Documentation (draft)]
* Network & Workgroup Charters
** [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1QogVB3hfYvCpX2kFMuqcZqCICCHBRJa4/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=104502531647537214245&rtpof=true&sd=true OCFC Network Charter]
** [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1oC3qeKEnXiTU6qkplDvY78dU7WGUGe1V/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=104502531647537214245&rtpof=true&sd=true Requirements Workgroup in Skills & Competencies Charter]
** [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1HLPk-EkvoO85ugoYpqs14CYRE7HVdd-F/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=104502531647537214245&rtpof=true&sd=true Technical Advisory Workgroup Charter]
* [https://assets.website-files.com/6051f804aa18bf60ca423e09/60a6b1b485b03975993b2b07_T3%20Innovation%20Network%20Guidelines.pdf T3N<sup>2</sup> Guidelines]


=== Communications ===
=== Communications ===
:*[https://www.t3networkhub.org/ T3 Hub]
This OC Network Wiki is the source for plans, meetings, materials, recordings, technical documentation and more.  In addition, members can visit the T3 Hub and all workgroup follow up is distributed to members via Google groups linked below.
:*Google Groups (Threaded Conversations)
*[https://www.t3networkhub.org/ T3 Hub]
:**[https://groups.google.com/a/credentialengine.org/g/t3ocfctaw Technical Advisory Workgroup]
*Google Groups (Threaded Conversations)
:**[https://groups.google.com/a/credentialengine.org/g/t3-ocfc-rwsc/ Requirements Workgroup on Skills & Competencies]
**[https://groups.google.com/a/credentialengine.org/g/t3ocfctaw Technical Advisory Workgroup]
**[https://groups.google.com/a/credentialengine.org/g/t3-ocfc-aoc/ Advancing Open Competencies]


===Meetings===
=== OC Network Meetings ===
:*[https://docs.google.com/document/d/1MS19ncPfTuOiLShrlCo3okkyVmWsncfzm1-1Mu-j2gY/edit Master Meetings Schedule (2022-2023)]
Meetings for the Network and its Workgroups are held on Wednesdays at 12:00 ET / 11:00 CT / 10:00 MT / 09:00 PT. All meeting agendas, notes, materials, and recordings are available via this wiki.
:* Meeting Presentations and Recordings
:**[[OCF_Collab_Network:ocfcMeet| OCF Collab Network]]
:**[[OCF_Collab_Network:rwscMeet|Requirements Workgroup on Skills and Competencies (RWSC)]]
:**[[OCF_Collab_Network:tawMeet|Technical Advisory Workgroup (TAW)]]
:* Meeting Running Agenda & Notes
:** [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1tTMds7L85ce2btDPgrtsdXThHzh8S4PVryMtQNLHdpg/edit#heading=h.lx46j8v5rjxf ''OCF Collab Network'' (OCFC)]
:** ''Technical Advisory Group'' (TAW)
:*** [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1vhMQRYtplDxcorFaXKrC7pm2bzbzDgoOYgx06szaDPc/edit# ''2021-22 Agenda & Notes'']
:*** [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1jxaGNJQThHGO004Hpek18A0qubb8Osbew23IuSKkSHo/edit ''2020-21 DESM Agenda & Notes'']
:*** [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1bFDlZG2a0nAdFJanK8eyOWrLeQ7KHB0YPBAoZmhV7JI/edit ''2020-21 Search Service Agenda & Notes'']
:** ''Requirements Workgroup on Skills & Competencies'' (RWSC)
:*** [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1kvk2Ly_ooJnrOMhpIpW25fK1T1sZIos0ZzHtKABCzBI/edit#heading=h.lx46j8v5rjxf ''2021-22 Agenda & Notes'']
:** Internal Teams (Limited Access)
:*** [https://docs.google.com/document/d/16_-t7I-St8OjdJQeHfhfCP5SzgOXwjSH-h9dwkR1PIs/edit?usp=sharing ''DESM'']
:*** [https://docs.google.com/document/d/13VtNU4deG-4TKIJtvVE-c-IsfMut4NiL75BNFhkx1ig/edit?usp=sharing ''Explorer (Search Service)'']
:*** [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1X5K_jYcrQFnMWhntlwd7flPicIRCuwU2_YidekP2OIM/edit#heading=h.k1rfeagu686v ''OCFC Leadership (Planning)'']
:*** Collaborations
:**** [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1KdUYA9Zlt1lEldWXvgMsUUg5Z75CW7x8lPHA6fhG-8k/edit# ''Data & Technology Standards Network'']
:**** [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1CE9lw9nbCDjzJS575vskpHDV-Iyj1Ct56JO21qt3ByU/edit?usp=sharing ''Learning and Employment Records Network'']
:**** [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1qnlmKKtOk5p_BeE1CiYALLW9IoPXzuB2pLLMCV8CfsA/edit# ''Jobs and Workforce Data Network'']


===<span id="Decision Making"></span>Decision Making===
Network meetings are held on the 5th Wednesday of those months that have one. Agendas are publicised in advance through the T3 Network. Agendas are published on this wiki, with links to recordings and other resources referenced during the meeting.
::*[[OCF_Collab_Network:consensus|Consensus Index]]


===<span id="Background Documents"></span>Background Documents===
* [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1MS19ncPfTuOiLShrlCo3okkyVmWsncfzm1-1Mu-j2gY/edit Master Meetings Schedule (2022-2023)]
::*[[OCF_Collab_Network:background|Document Titles and URLs]]
*[[OCF_Collab_Network:ocfcMeet|OC Network Meeting Notes and Resources]]
 
== OC Network Workgroups and Projects ==
The primary work of the OC Network is through chartered workgroups. Currently there are two workgroups, Advancing Open Competencies (AOC) and the Technical Advisory Workgroup (TAW).
 
=== Advancing Open Competencies (AOC) ===
The ''Advancing Open Competencies'' (AOC) Workgroup is a chartered, standing Workgroup open to T3 Innovation Network members interested in open competencies.  Input ranges from broad advocacy to use cases and requirements for how people and organizations benefit from openly licensed competency and skill data. This workgroup was formerly the Requirements Workgroup on Skills and Competencies (RWSC).
 
The AOC meets on the first Wednesday of the month at 12:00 ET / 11:00 CT / 10:00 MT / 09:00 PT.
* [[OCF_Collab_Network:RWSC|AOC Wikispace, meeting agendas and recordings]]
* [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1jZa5V6ahnc-UApGXhyqrckqlY__MtgmT/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=100765403558718637226&rtpof=true&sd=true AOC Charter]
 
==== AOC: C3 Connecting Competency Communities Webinar Series ====
The C3 Webinar Series is a project of the AOC, which aims to improve communications between those involved with creating, maintaining, discovering, distributing, and using competency data. 
 
C3 webinars are on the third Wednesday of the month at 12:00 ET / 11:00 CT / 10:00 MT / 09:00 PT. 
 
'''[https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYvduyqrDMiEtN6kugAWIv7By3eTn7Im-4q Register for the C3 webinar series].'''
 
Visit the '''''[[C3 Webinar Series|C3 Connecting Competency Communities Webinar Series Wikispace]]''''' for more information and the schedule. 
 
=== Technical Advisory Workgroup (TAW) ===
The [[OCN: Technical Advisory Workgroup|Technical Advisory Workgroup]]  is a standing Workgroup of the ''Open Competency Network'' (OCN). Working in collaboration with the ''Advancing Open Competencies'' (AOC) workgroup, the TAW oversees technical development, maintenance and enhancement of the tools and services initiated by the OCN.
 
The TAW meets regularly on the second Wednesday of the month at 12:00 ET / 11:00 CT / 10:00 MT / 09:00 PT, and occasionally at the same time on the fourth Wednesday for work on specific projects. All meeting agendas, notes, materials, and recordings are available via the TAW wiki page.
:*[[OCF_Collab_Network:TAW|Technical Advisory Workgroup Wikispace]]
:*[https://docs.google.com/document/d/1nrtpNX4FgdSXqKZjXg5eMso8McvFQ-XR/edit TAW Charter]
:*[[OCF_Collab_Network:tawMeet|TAW Meeting, Running Agenda, and Materials]]
:*[https://docs.google.com/document/d/1jxaGNJQThHGO004Hpek18A0qubb8Osbew23IuSKkSHo/edit ''2020-21 DESM Agenda & Notes'']
:* [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1bFDlZG2a0nAdFJanK8eyOWrLeQ7KHB0YPBAoZmhV7JI/edit ''2020-21 Search Service Agenda & Notes'']
 
==== Data Ecosystem Schema Mapper Tool  ====
The Data Ecosystem Schema Mapper (DESM) is a powerful tool for creating data schema crosswalks that can be used to transcode data from  one schema to another, and for other purposes. Progress updates on the DESM project are reported to the regular TAW meetings.
* [[OCF_Collab_Network:DESMDocs|DESM Tool Wikispace]]
 
==== Competency Explorer ====
Competency Explorer aims to make competency descriptions readily available to humans and machines by developing a membership trust network of open registries holding one or more competency frameworks. The network is supported by a protocol that enables search and retrieval of those frameworks and their competencies from any registry node in the network regardless of the technical standard used to express the competency data.  Progress updates on the Competency Explorer project are reported to the regular TAW meetings.
* [[OCF_Collab_Network:SearchDocs|Competency Explorer Wikispace]]
==Other OC Network Resources==
=== OC Network Use Cases ===
OC Network workgroups have developed use cases for technology project requirements and for cross-network collaboration.
*[[OCF_Collab_Network:ocfcReq|Current Use Cases]]
* [[OCF_Collab_Network:rwscUCdev|Use Cases in Development]]
*[[AI Use Case Scoping: Discussion Resources]]
*[https://wiki.t3networkhub.org/wiki/T3_Open_Competencies_Standards Open Competency Standards]


===Demos & Presentations===
=== Internal Teams (Limited Access) ===
::*Short Prototype Search Service [https://drive.google.com/file/d/19WfRukAa7mQ9Y35d_TmWce7SAAH6OEVe/view?usp=sharing Demonstration Video]
:* [https://docs.google.com/document/d/16_-t7I-St8OjdJQeHfhfCP5SzgOXwjSH-h9dwkR1PIs/edit?usp=sharing ''DESM'']
::*Search Prototype https://tool.ocf-collab.org/ - This is a prototype developed in 2020 that is limited to 300 frameworks, with 100 frameworks each coming from three registries using three different competency schemas: (1) Credential Engine Registry using CTDL-ASN, (2) IMS Global Case Network using CASE, and (3) Desire2Learn using ASN.  A metamodel interchange API is used to translate between the schemas, so that each framework is available in its native schema or in both of the other two. These options are found via a download button located at the bottom, right of each competency framework detail page.  The 300 frameworks are limited to four industries.  To explore the prototype, use one of these keywords: manufacturing, industry, agriculture, or culinary.  The search index for this prototype includes Competency statements, Competency Names, and Descriptions.
:* [https://docs.google.com/document/d/13VtNU4deG-4TKIJtvVE-c-IsfMut4NiL75BNFhkx1ig/edit?usp=sharing ''Competency Explorer'']
::*Short Prototype DESM Tool [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1__yBYRhOWrIrC2HUbkYsw2GU3Vj8DixM/view?usp=sharing Demonstration Video]
:* [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1X5K_jYcrQFnMWhntlwd7flPicIRCuwU2_YidekP2OIM/edit#heading=h.k1rfeagu686v ''OC Network Leadership (Planning)'']


=== Join Us! ===  
===Background Documents===
::We invite all interested T3N<sup>2</sup> members to join one or both of the OCF Collab workgroups. [https://forms.gle/pfLCipTe3HdzF1pN6 Use this form]to put your name onto the attendance roster for either or both of the OCF Collab workgroups. The master meeting schedule for the OCF Collab Network and the workgroups can be  [https://docs.google.com/document/d/16cyxDDu09RGftCQyB-SxRmS8-5yjNlOyekIttf20XzE/edit found here].


::To get additional information about T3N<sup>2</sup> Network of Networks and and the OCF Collab Network, also join the following:
* [[OCF_Collab_Network:background|Document Titles and URLs]]
:::*[https://app.t3networkhub.org/signup-group/T3NETWORK T3N<sup>2</sup> Network of Networks]
:::*[https://app.t3networkhub.org/signup-group/OCFC OCF Collab Network]
:::*[https://app.t3networkhub.org/signup-group/REQUIREMENTS Requirements Workgroup on Skills and Competencies]
:::*[https://app.t3networkhub.org/signup-group/TECHADVISE Technical Advisory Workgroup]


::To join the other three Networks in the T3N2 Network of Networks, use the following links:
== Join Us! ==
:::*[https://app.t3networkhub.org/signup-group/DTSNETWORK Data & Technology Standards Network (DTSN)]
We invite all interested T3 Innovation Network members to join the OC Network and one or both of the Workgroups. [https://uschamber.us8.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=c7c9cb61363f9401831c032a7&id=2785ddb11b Use this T3 Hub form]to put your name onto the attendance roster. The master meeting schedule for the OCF Collab Network and the workgroups can be  [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1MS19ncPfTuOiLShrlCo3okkyVmWsncfzm1-1Mu-j2gY/edit?usp=sharing found here].
:::*[https://app.t3networkhub.org/signup-group/JWDNETWORK Jobs & Workforce Data Network (JWDN]
:::*[https://app.t3networkhub.org/signup-group/LERN Learning & Employment Records Network (LERN]  


* OC Network
* Advancing Open Competencies
* Technical Advisory Workgroup
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Latest revision as of 20:22, 30 August 2023

>> OC Network Home

The talent ecosystem is vastly improved when competencies (i.e., statements of knowledge, skills, dispositions, abilities and habits of mind or practice) are utilized and aligned for learning, communicating individual achievements, career pathways, and hiring. The OC Network is focused on solving three overarching challenges in the competencies ecosystem: (1) existing competencies are held captive in legacy encoding schemes (e.g., PDF, Microsoft Word, CSV (spreadsheets), etc.); (2) competencies are neither accessible to people nor machine actionable; and (3) competencies are not shared via open licenses.
For this Network, to be inclusive "Competency" is broadly defined. Review the Open Competencies Network Competency Explainer to learn more.
The OC Network focuses on the organizational and technical infrastructure to improve the use of competencies to power the talent ecosystem at scale. OC Network membership is open to individuals interested in participating with national and international efforts and infrastructure projects to improve the talent ecosystem through open, shared competencies. This includes: advocates for open, shared data, and use of data standards; organizations that maintain sources of competencies (e.g., libraries, registries, repositories-hereafter sources); and skill and competency data creators, users, or consumers. The OC Network aims to make competencies readily available to humans and machines by developing a membership trust network (Trust) of open registries holding one or more competency frameworks and by enabling search and retrieval of those frameworks and their competencies from any registry node in the network via the Competency Explorer. OC Network defines a competency framework as an instance of a logically related set of competencies based on a specific competency framework model that has been encoded using a recognized metamodel standard such as, but not limited to, IMS Global Learning Consortium’s CASE, Credential Engine’s CTDL-ASN, and University of Washington/D2L's ASN.

OC Network Chair: Terence Ma, Assistant Dean for Assessment and Quality Improvement and Clinical Professor of Biomedical Sciences with University of Houston Tilman J. Fertitta Family College of Medicine

Terence Ma, PhD
Terence Ma is a trained anatomist and medical educator. He has developed innovative curricula for the medical schools utilizing technology tools that help students develop effective competencies that they will use as future physicians. He has been a funded research scientist, faculty member, and Assistant and Associate Dean at allopathic (MD) and osteopathic (DO) schools. He has also served as Chief Information Officer at a health sciences university. His career has focused on the intersection between health sciences education and educational technologies, particularly how we use technologies to track students’ progress toward learning goals and program outcomes. He serves as Co-Chair of the Research Alignment Group of MedBiquitous and serves on several other working groups. He is a member of the IEEE Standards Association and of the work groups on competency standards.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/terencema/

OC Network Facilitators

  • Jeanne Kitchens, Credential Engine (Email)
  • Phil Barker, Cetis LLP (Email)

Network Charter and Procedures

The OC Network collaborates across all T3 Networks and follows the T3 Guidelines Updated March 2022. Previous to March 2022, the Network followed the (Deprecated) Pilot Period T3N2 Guidelines (May 2021).

The Network itself is chartered, in accordance with the T3 Guidelines, and the Charter is reviewed and revised or renewed annually.

The primary work of the OC Network is through chartered workgroups and projects associated with them. Currently there are two workgroups, Advancing Open Competencies (AOC) and the Technical Advisory Workgroup (TAW).

The OC Network collaborates with other T3 Networks:

Decision Making Process

OC Network and Workgroups follow this decision making process adapted from the T3 Guidelines Updated March 2022.  The process is public information via this Networks' Consensus Decision Making Wiki page https://wiki.t3networkhub.org/wiki/OCF_Collab_Network:consensus

Communications

This OC Network Wiki is the source for plans, meetings, materials, recordings, technical documentation and more. In addition, members can visit the T3 Hub and all workgroup follow up is distributed to members via Google groups linked below.

OC Network Meetings

Meetings for the Network and its Workgroups are held on Wednesdays at 12:00 ET / 11:00 CT / 10:00 MT / 09:00 PT. All meeting agendas, notes, materials, and recordings are available via this wiki.

Network meetings are held on the 5th Wednesday of those months that have one. Agendas are publicised in advance through the T3 Network. Agendas are published on this wiki, with links to recordings and other resources referenced during the meeting.

OC Network Workgroups and Projects

The primary work of the OC Network is through chartered workgroups. Currently there are two workgroups, Advancing Open Competencies (AOC) and the Technical Advisory Workgroup (TAW).

Advancing Open Competencies (AOC)

The Advancing Open Competencies (AOC) Workgroup is a chartered, standing Workgroup open to T3 Innovation Network members interested in open competencies.  Input ranges from broad advocacy to use cases and requirements for how people and organizations benefit from openly licensed competency and skill data. This workgroup was formerly the Requirements Workgroup on Skills and Competencies (RWSC).

The AOC meets on the first Wednesday of the month at 12:00 ET / 11:00 CT / 10:00 MT / 09:00 PT.

AOC: C3 Connecting Competency Communities Webinar Series

The C3 Webinar Series is a project of the AOC, which aims to improve communications between those involved with creating, maintaining, discovering, distributing, and using competency data.

C3 webinars are on the third Wednesday of the month at 12:00 ET / 11:00 CT / 10:00 MT / 09:00 PT.

Register for the C3 webinar series.

Visit the C3 Connecting Competency Communities Webinar Series Wikispace for more information and the schedule.

Technical Advisory Workgroup (TAW)

The Technical Advisory Workgroup is a standing Workgroup of the Open Competency Network (OCN). Working in collaboration with the Advancing Open Competencies (AOC) workgroup, the TAW oversees technical development, maintenance and enhancement of the tools and services initiated by the OCN.

The TAW meets regularly on the second Wednesday of the month at 12:00 ET / 11:00 CT / 10:00 MT / 09:00 PT, and occasionally at the same time on the fourth Wednesday for work on specific projects. All meeting agendas, notes, materials, and recordings are available via the TAW wiki page.

Data Ecosystem Schema Mapper Tool

The Data Ecosystem Schema Mapper (DESM) is a powerful tool for creating data schema crosswalks that can be used to transcode data from one schema to another, and for other purposes. Progress updates on the DESM project are reported to the regular TAW meetings.

Competency Explorer

Competency Explorer aims to make competency descriptions readily available to humans and machines by developing a membership trust network of open registries holding one or more competency frameworks. The network is supported by a protocol that enables search and retrieval of those frameworks and their competencies from any registry node in the network regardless of the technical standard used to express the competency data. Progress updates on the Competency Explorer project are reported to the regular TAW meetings.

Other OC Network Resources

OC Network Use Cases

OC Network workgroups have developed use cases for technology project requirements and for cross-network collaboration.

Internal Teams (Limited Access)

Background Documents

Join Us!

We invite all interested T3 Innovation Network members to join the OC Network and one or both of the Workgroups. Use this T3 Hub formto put your name onto the attendance roster. The master meeting schedule for the OCF Collab Network and the workgroups can be found here.

  • OC Network
  • Advancing Open Competencies
  • Technical Advisory Workgroup
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