La norme technique comme catalyseur de transfert de connaissances : la francophonie a l'{\oe}uvre dans le domaine de l'{\'e}ducation

TL;DR

This paper discusses how technical standards serve as catalysts for knowledge transfer within the global education ecosystem, highlighting the role of the Francophonie in developing international standards for distance education through ISO Subcommittee 36.

Contribution

It introduces the role of international standards, particularly by the Francophonie, in facilitating knowledge transfer and socio-cultural value dissemination in global education.

Findings

Standards are crucial for coherent knowledge transfer.

The Francophonie actively participates in developing international education standards.

ISO Subcommittee 36 plays a key role in this process.

Abstract

Standards are adopted in a wide range of fields, both technical and industrial, as well as socio-economic, cultural and linguistic. They are presented explicitly as laws and regulations, technical and industrial standards or implicitly in the form of unwritten social standards. However, in a globalization marked by a very fine mosaic of socio-cultural identities, the question arises in relation to the construction of global, transparent and coherent systems in which considerable work of consensus is necessary to ensure all types of transfers and their local adaptations. The focus here is on the global education ecosystem which develops its own standards for the transfer of knowledge and socio-cultural values through learning, teaching and training. Subcommittee 36 of the International Organization for Standardization is one of the structures of this ecosystem in which the Francophonie participates to develop international standards for distance education on the basis of universal consensus.