Past Council
In 2003 Certiport conducted a review and update of the IC³ standard consistent with a planned regular rolling-development cycle for the global digital literacy standard. This resulted in the creation of the IC³ 2005 Standard. For the first time in the Standard’s history, an independent review board was convened to oversee and direct the standards development process. That board was comprised of the following representatives:
GDLC 2003 Council Members
Helen Barrett (ISTE)
Jeanann Boyce (ACE)
Bill Crumm (ACT)
John Ebersole (Boston University)
Shelly Funderburg (Manpower)
Hiroshi Kawai (Tokyo Metropolitan Commercial High School)
Pete Saflund (NWCET)
Simon Banks / Mary Bennett (OCR)
Choon Heong Lim (NICC)
Jonathan Dalton (The Learning & Skills Council, UK)
Astrid Flowers (eSkills UK)
Neil Hopkins (CompTIA)
Russell Klein (Utah State Office of Education)
The board provided input at three dif-ferent points in the review process and then convened at the inaugural Summit in Stratford-upon-Avon to ratify the 2005 Standard and set the stage for future standard development. Prior to convening the board at the Summit, it was proposed that the role and focus of the review board be expanded to serve as a global advisory body on digital literacy.
As a result, the review board became the “Global Digital Literacy Council” (GDLC) and convened its first-ever Summit. Plans were made at the Summit to continue the work of the Council through the composition and publication of a white paper and corresponding PowerPoint presentation on global digital literacy. Certiport established the GDLC website at www.gdlcouncil.org. Certiport also invested in the development of a virtual meeting space on the ICT Literacy Forum at www.ictliteracy.info.