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/ INTERNATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATION UNION / SE–017
TELECOMMUNICATION
STANDARDIZATION SECTOR
TSB DIRECTOR'S AD HOC GROUP / June 2014
English only
Original: English
Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation, 2 June 2014
Subject: / Education about Standardization AHG – Document 017
Source: / Mitsuji Matsumoto (Waseda University, Japan)
Title: / Proposed Questionnaire to collect information on courses on standardization currently offered worldwide – Action 1306-04.

The action plan of the TSB Director’s Ad hoc Group on Standards Education was summarised based on agreements reached at the 2nd meeting that took place in Kyoto, 25 April 2013 Plan (AHG-SE-014). This Action plan requested, as Reference Number 1306-04, to collect information on courses on standardization currently offered worldwide.

Prof. Mitsuji Matsumoto, the group leader for this issue, presents the draft working methods of the group in order to promote the action plan.

This document proposes a questionnaire to collect information on courses on standardization currently offered worldwide.

For future work, in principle, we would like to exchange our view by correspondence.

When the AHG-SE meets, we will participate and report our activities, if necessary.

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1. Introduction

We live surrounded by standards, their presence is becoming increasingly important in the complex diversification of today’s society.

Taking this into account, in some countries Academia have already incorporated their own curricula on a variety of international standards. However, the details are not clear. In ITU, since a few years ago, in view of the importance of standardization education, enactment of the membership system of academia, by holding international conference such as Kaleidoscope, which addresses the challenges of standardization education.

Therefore, in order to carry out education on standardization in ITU, and to understand the status of the standardization education being given around the world, to have a basic standard of education in the future, ITU wants to produce a questionnaire survey as follows in point 2.

In particular, the contents of standardized education program that is currently being carried out, and “the subject name” etc. are required.

2. Proposed Questionnaire

Q1. Do you have a program for global standardization in your university?

(Note: If you have no program, but offer a course, please go to Question 2.)

Item / þ  check inserted or Description / Note
1) Program Name
(website, if possible) / ¨  Existing Program Name:
http://www.
¨  New Program name in the future:
http://www.
¨  Others
2) Learning Objectives / ¨  Acquirement of knowledge
¨  Human resources development
¨  Expert training
¨  Others

Q2. We will ask following question about course.

Q3. How many courses do you have? Number of course:

If you have more than one course, please answer for each of them?

Course 1

Item / þ  check inserted or Description / Note
1) Course name
(website, if possible) / ¨  Existing course:
http://www.
¨  New Course:
http://www.
2) Learning Objectives / ¨  Acquirement of knowledge
¨  Human resources development
¨  Expert training
¨  Others
3) Course outline
4) Syllabus
(website, if possible) / ¨  Please indicate web site or attach to this questionnaire.
http://www.
5) Textbooks / ¨  Original textbooks by your university,
¨  Own textbook by Lecturer
¨  From bookshop
¨  Others
6) Teacher in charge / ¨  All Lecturers from your University
¨  All Invite part-time Lecturers
¨  Partially, invite the part-time Lectures
¨  Others
7) Grade / ¨  Undergraduate course
¨  Graduate course
¨  Others
8) Area / ¨  Related to which ITU Study Group related?
¨  Others

If you have Course 2, please answer as well as the questions above.

Course 2

Item / þ  check inserted or Description / Note
1) Course name
2) Learning Objective / ¨  Acquirement of knowledge
¨  Human resource development
¨  Expert training
¨  Others
3) Course outline
4) Syllabus / ¨  Please indicate web site or attach this questionnaire.
5) Textbook / ¨  Original textbook by your university,
¨  Own textbook by Lecturer
¨  Get from the bookshop
¨  Others
6) Teacher in charge / ¨  All Lecturers by your University
¨  All Invite part-time Lecturers
¨  Partially, invite the part-time Lectures
¨  Others
7) Grade / ¨  Undergraduate course
¨  Graduate course
¨  Others
8) Area / ¨  Which Study Group related?,
¨  Others

Q3-2. Please describe the knowledge and skills to be acquired in the course at your University.

¨  Presentation Skills Expert knowledge of Specific Technology

¨  Knowledge for Management of Technology(MOT)

¨  Basic knowledge of IPR and Licences

¨  Ability to develop Human Networks

¨  Presentation Skills

¨  Simulated Experiece in Standardization or Project Management

¨  Others

Q4. Do you collaborate with other universities in education about standardization in your University? （ex. Credit Exchange）

Q5. What do you expect for the education about standardization by ITU?

¨  Guideline for Education about Standardization

¨  Textbook for Education about Standardization

¨  Introduce the Lecturers

¨  Others

Q6. Do you send students to kaleidoscope conferences for global standardization?

Please describe your comments regarding Education about Standardization

Q7. Profiles of the Respondent

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