CELEX: 51987PC0353R(01)
Language: en
Date: 1987-09-10
Title: Proposal for a Council Regulation on a Community action in the field of Learning Technology DELTA (Developing European Learning through Technological Advance) - Pilotphase - (submitted by the Commission)

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                Proposai for a Council Régulation
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                               on a
       Community action in the field of Learning Technology
                            DELTA
( Developing European Learning through Technological Advance)
                          - Pilotphase -
                 ( submitted by the Commission )
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The mechanism proposed for this Action Line is to mandate the Management Committee
with the task of identifying the key issues and introducing them into ongoing standardization
work , or define and launch specific complementary actions . The Management Committee
should ensure in the execution of its functions that the work within DELTA gives
appropriate emphasis to these aspects, and also fosters awareness and initiatives to this end in
the Member States .
2.S ACTION LINE V ’Creation of favourable conditions for Advanced Learning throughout
         Europe"
While Learning Technology offers potentially very attractive and advantageous solutions and
could rely to a large extent on present communication services and consumer electronics , or
on those foreseeable in the immediate future , this process will be retarded unless specific
measures are taken to create more favourable conditions , eg:
     a)    Increased flexibility in the legal and administrative framework for the use of
           broadcasting and telecommunications for open learning . Specifically this could
           include the provision of special tariffs for learning use of broadcasting and
           telecommunications and tax concessions for learning equipment, products and
           services .
     b)    Unified and simplified rules and procedures for certification of open learning
           applications , particularly for the experimental and development stage;
     c)    Considération of copyright questions.
The mechanism proposed for Action Line V is to charge the Management Committee with
the examination of the options and proposal of measures favouring the development of open
learning in an appropriate regulatory environment .
3 . APPROACH "A Pilot Phase loading into a S-vear programme within a 8-10 vear
         Dcrsnectice"
In Learning Technology two factors need to be reconciled , firstly, the speed of development ,
 which makes any longer-term planning very vulnerable to the emergence of new options ,
and secondly , the long lead-time of some of the underlying technological work . In DELTA
this is addressed by combination of measures:
     a)    a Preparatory Phase , carried out in 1986-1987 with the means put at the disposal
           of the Commission for the preparation of actions , to be followed by
     b)    a Pilot Phase , starting in 1987 , to lead into a Main Programme starting in 1989
           covering an initial 5-year period within a 8-10 year perception of objectives .
Within the Preparatory Phase a Call for Expression of Interest was published in the Official
Journal which identified already more than 600 organizations interested in participating in
the preparation and implementation of DELTA . From these organizations 385 proposals for
the de'velopment of the DELTA Workplan were submitted and 16 organizations retained for
the tasks. These chosen organizations invited some 300 experts from all member states to
participate actively in the development of the DELTA workplan. As a result, and with the
advice of an academic Peer Group, a fully developed workplan will become available based
on a broad consensus of the actors in Learning Technology including users, services
providers and equipment manufacturers.