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IMS Global Learning Consortium, Inc.
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Why was IMS Formed?
StandardsEmerge
0 Demonstration Adoption
Pioneers
Everyone
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The IMS Mission
To promote the development of global distributed learning through the cooperative and collaborative efforts of universities, non-profit organizations, agencies of governments, companies and other organizations that make a definitive, substantial and continuing commitment to the development, evolution and/or use of advanced distributed learning environments
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R&D Concepts
User Needs
TechnicalTrends
IMS Gets Standards Started
ApprovedStandards
LabsTestbedsMarkets
StandardsBodies
SpecConsortia
SpecConsortia
SpecConsortia
SpecConsortia
LabsTestbedsMarketsTestbeds,Markets
StandardsBodies
Specifications Implementations,Reference Models,Requirements
Standards
ADL IEEE
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IMS Activities
Open Technical Forum• Plenary technical meetings
Developers Network• Exchange of tools, techniques, trials
www.imsglobal.org• Web forums, news, logistics
Technical Board• Specification review and approval
Working Groups• Specification scoping and development
Who Participates in IMS?
Labs, Test-beds
DomainConsortia
Standards Bodies
Distributed Learning Organizations Commercial Developers
Researchers
ContentProviders
GovernmentAgencies
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Contributing Members
ADL Co-Lab
Apple
Artesia Technologies
Becta
Blackboard
Campus Pipeline
Centra Software
CIC
Cisco Systems
Click 2 Learn
Calif. State Universities
DETYA
Digital Learning Interactive
Digitalthink
Educational Testing Service
EDUCAUSE
PeopleSoft
Prometheus
R5 Vision
Saba Software
SCT
THINQ
Thomson Learning
UFI
UNext
University of Michigan
University of Wisconsin
University System of Maryland
US Department of Labor
Virginia Tech
Virtual Education Space
WebCT
• Eduprise• Epic Group• Fretwell-Downing Group• GIUNTI Interactive Labs • IBM Corporation• Industry Canada• JISC• LUVIT• Miami-Dade Community
College• Microsoft • MIT• NIST• Open Universiteit Nederland• Oracle• Pearson Education
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Standards Benefit Everyone
Learners
Providers
Vendors
Authors/Mentors
Policy Makers
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What are the Benefits?
Common Infrastructure• integration, operation, migration
Marketplace of Learning Resources• content, software, solutions
Higher Level of Innovation• pedagogy, access, delivery
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Beneficial Side Effects
Common terms and concepts
Agendas for R & D
Meaningful metrics
Shareable activities and results
Cumulative knowledge
Products, Services, Practices
IMS MembersTechnical
Board
IMS Developers,Adopters
User Needs, Technical Means, Practical Constraints
Tests and Trials
Working Groups
Development
Stages
Scope
Base
Public Draft
Final Release
Working Groups Develop Specs
IMS Specifications Process (6/2001)
Working Group
Milestones
Scope Document
Base Document
Public Draft
Final Release
Month 1 Month 3 Month 6 ~Month 9
Drafting TransitionFeedbackApproach
Technical Board Votes
Meta-DataEnterprise,Content Packaging,Learing Information Packaging,Quiz/Test Results Reporting
Quiz/Test Results Reporting
Accessiblity,Content and Data Modeling
Learning Design,Digital Repositories
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Process shown on web-site
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Specification Process Archived
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Tech Bd Votes in 2001
Date Document Level Version Result
3/20/01 Content Packaging Final 1.1 pass4/27/01 Meta-data Public Draft 1.2 pass4/30/01 Accessibility Scope 1.0 pass4/30/01 GUID White Paper 1.0 pass4/30/01 Learning Design Scope 1.0 fail4/30/01 Content Comm and Data Model Scope 1.0 pass4/30/01 QTI Results Reporting Scope 1.2 pass5/18/01 Meta-data Final 1.2 pass6/18/01 QTI Results Reporting Base 1.2 pass7/17/01 Digital Repositories Scope 1.0 pass8/6/01 Learning Design Scope 1.0 pass8/10/01 QTI Results Reporting Public Draft 1.2 pass9/17/01 Simple Sequencing Scope 1.0 pass10/31/01 Enterprise Scope 1.1 pass10/31/01 Enterprise Scope 2.0 pass
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Adoption
SCORM, CANCORE, MERLOT, NCAM
Giunti, Fretwell-Downing, Thomson
Microsoft, Oracle, Cisco
Saba, NetG, Centra, Can Studios
Blackboard, WebCT, …
Eduprise, PeopleSoft
JISC, DETYA, Industry Canada
120 Developers Network subscribers
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Working Affiliations
ADL Co-Lab
OKI/MIT
OCLC
SIF
MERLOT
IEEE/LTSC
EDUCAUSE/NLII
NCAM
Industry Canada
JISC/CETIS
DEST/IMS Australia
Singapore
Mexico
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Compliance Activity
BECTa/BSI
Singapore
ADL request
Industry interest (Microsoft, Docent, Apple)
SIF, USOeC
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Cooperation
Specifications,Best Practice
New Products,Pilot Programs,Testbeds
R&D Concepts
User Needs
TechnicalTrends
SpecConsortia
ProgramsTestbeds,Markets
StandardsBodies
AccreditedStandards
W3CW3CSIFSIF
oclcoclc
COLISCOLIS
CEN/ISSCEN/ISS
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