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1EdTech Europe Technical Task Force

In the 1EdTech Europe Technical Task Force a number of European 1EdTech members collaborate to ensure that the 1EdTech standards in use elsewhere are ready to be used in Europe. This task force has worked on a European profile for OneRoster and an implementation guide and European extension for LTI Advantage.

In 2022 the group is focusing on LTI, Edu-API and OneRoster as well as app vetting to meet European standards .

Meeting Information

View the upcoming Meeting Schedule. Every other Wednesday at 16:00 CET (no meetings July/August)
Contact gferrell@imsglobal.org for details of forthcoming meetings.

Forums and Discussion

Participate in the forum to find minutes & agendas for work group calls. You will also be able to participate in the discussion around the work and ask support questions.

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Christian Vesterling
Senior EdTech Consultant
Eva Mjøvik
Head Advisor
Oslo, Norway
Francesc Santanach
EdTech Architect, UOC
Francesc Santanach-Delisau is EdTech Architect at UOC (Universitat Oberta de Catalunya - Open University of Catalonia). He is responsible for Education Technologies architectures at the institution, providing the vision, the principles and mechanisms for the improvement and growing of the EdTech ecosystem at UOC. He has been engaged in projects in the field of learning technologies ever since 1998 and is expert in disciplines such as interoperability, learning analytics and AI. He holds a Master degree in Computer Science and Software Engineering of the UPC (Universitat politècnica de Catalunya - Polytechnic University of Catalonia).

Barcelona, Spain
Gill Ferrell
1EdTech Europe Program Director
Dr. Gill Ferrell supports the 1EdTech Europe member community. In a career spanning over 30 years, she has managed the implementation of administrative IT systems in higher education and led research and edtech projects in areas such as assessment, learning design, course management, learner records, and learning analytics. She directed a UK-wide support service for Jisc, providing advice, guidance, and training in ICT for further and higher education providers in the UK. As an independent consultant, she has been involved in projects of national significance. For almost 20 years, she has volunteered with EUNIS fostering knowledge exchange and developing communities of practice across European higher education.

Gill holds British and French nationalities and lives in south-west France.
Knut Ivar Skogland
Integration architect
Integration architect working in the domain of Norwegian education.
Mark Molenaar
Owner
Mark Molenaar is a thought leader in the world of EdTech, assessment, open source and open standards. He has over 20 years of experience in the industry as a leader, CTO and strategist. After working as CIO for Cito (the Netherlands) and CTO for TAO (Luxembourg), he founded Apenutmize, an independent EdTech consulting firm and is currently working with various clients across the globe and on various 1EdTech Working Groups & Boards and is a member of the Technical Advisory Group of the ATP/ITC committee for defining Guidelines on Technology Based Assessment (TBA).
Martin Lenord
Integrations Architect
Per Hörnblad
IT Architect
Ronald Ham
Sindre Gusfre Berge
Senior advisor
Antoni Bertran
CTO
Xavi Aracil
Technical Standards Architect
Xavier (Xavi) Aracil is a technical standards architect focused on Open Badges and Comprehensive Learner Record.

After graduating with a degree in computer science (and later a master's in mobile application development) from the Technical University of Catalonia, Xavi worked in edtech for more than ten years at the Open University of Catalonia, holding various roles from developer to software engineer. While there, Xavi was introduced to 1EdTech standards, which solved how the institution designed and developed applications, and became involved in the 1EdTech community, including being co-chair of the European LTI Group in 2021.

Xavi lives and works in Barcelona, Spain.