Consultancy

Crispin Weston, Managing Director of Alpha Learning, is uniquely qualified to offer consultancy on the development and implementation of standards for interoperable e-learning.

Crispin was involved in BESA's Open Integrated Learning System (OILS) initiative in 1997-9. On Curriculum Online's Technical Standards Working Group (2003-4) he took a leading role in identifying learning platforms as a vital infrastructure required to support the deployment of learning content in the classroom, leading to the establishment of Becta's Learning Platform Stakeholders Group (2003-4). He continue to play an active part on Becta's Learning Services Workgroup (2005-6) and in discussions held by the European Education Partnership (2006-7), being the first to warn publicly of the lack of interoperability provided by the BBC's Jam initiative and Becta's learning platform procurement.

In July 2007, Crispin set up SALTIS, which has attracted widespread support from industry as a means of addressing continuing shortcomings in technical interoperability. He is also playing an active role on IMS, SIFA and LETSI, where he is chair of the Sequencing workgroup for SCORM 2.0.

Crispin read History at Exeter College, Oxford. After working for three years in the Diplomatic Service, he taught History and Philosophy in both the state and private sectors. Having personally developed the Engage LMS and Sphinx assessment engine, he is able to blend a detailed technical understanding with his experience as a teacher and public servant.

If you require consultancy on the development or implementation of standards for technical interoperability for learning, please get in touch.