IMS Global Learning Consortium, Inc.

©2002 IMS Global Learning Consortium, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Why was IMS Formed? Standards Emerge 0 DemonstrationAdoption Pioneers Everyone

©2002 IMS Global Learning Consortium, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 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

©2002 IMS Global Learning Consortium, Inc. All Rights Reserved. R&D Concepts User Needs Technical Trends IMS Gets Standards Started Approved Standards Labs Testbeds Markets Standards Bodies Spec Consortia Spec Consortia Spec Consortia Spec Consortia Labs Testbeds Markets Testbeds, Markets Standards Bodies SpecificationsImplementations, Reference Models, Requirements Standards ADL IEEE

©2002 IMS Global Learning Consortium, Inc. All Rights Reserved. IMS Activities Open Technical Forum Plenary technical meetings Developers Network Exchange of tools, techniques, trials Web forums, news, logistics Technical Board Specification review and approval Working Groups Specification scoping and development

Who Participates in IMS? Labs, Test-beds Domain Consortia Standards Bodies Distributed Learning Organizations Commercial Developers Researchers Content Providers Government Agencies

©2002 IMS Global Learning Consortium, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 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

©2002 IMS Global Learning Consortium, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Standards Benefit Everyone Learners Providers Vendors Authors/Mentors Policy Makers

©2002 IMS Global Learning Consortium, Inc. All Rights Reserved. What are the Benefits? Common Infrastructure integration, operation, migration Marketplace of Learning Resources content, software, solutions Higher Level of Innovation pedagogy, access, delivery

©2002 IMS Global Learning Consortium, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Beneficial Side Effects Common terms and concepts Agendas for R & D Meaningful metrics Shareable activities and results Cumulative knowledge

Products, Services, Practices IMS Members Technical 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 1Month 3Month 6~Month 9 DraftingTransitionFeedbackApproach Technical Board Votes Meta-Data Enterprise, Content Packaging, Learing Information Packaging, Quiz/Test Results Reporting Accessiblity, Content and Data Modeling Learning Design, Digital Repositories

©2002 IMS Global Learning Consortium, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Process shown on web-site

©2002 IMS Global Learning Consortium, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Specification Process Archived

©2002 IMS Global Learning Consortium, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Tech Bd Votes in 2001 DateDocumentLevelVersionResult 3/20/01Content PackagingFinal1.1pass 4/27/01Meta-dataPublic Draft1.2pass 4/30/01AccessibilityScope1.0pass 4/30/01GUIDWhite Paper1.0pass 4/30/01Learning DesignScope1.0fail 4/30/01Content Comm and Data ModelScope1.0pass 4/30/01QTI Results ReportingScope1.2pass 5/18/01Meta-dataFinal1.2pass 6/18/01QTI Results ReportingBase1.2pass 7/17/01Digital RepositoriesScope1.0pass 8/6/01Learning DesignScope1.0pass 8/10/01QTI Results ReportingPublic Draft1.2pass 9/17/01Simple SequencingScope1.0pass 10/31/01EnterpriseScope1.1pass 10/31/01EnterpriseScope2.0pass

©2002 IMS Global Learning Consortium, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 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

©2002 IMS Global Learning Consortium, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Working Affiliations ADL Co-Lab OKI/MIT OCLC SIF MERLOT IEEE/LTSC EDUCAUSE/NLII NCAM Industry Canada JISC/CETIS DEST/IMS Australia Singapore Mexico

©2002 IMS Global Learning Consortium, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Compliance Activity BECTa/BSI Singapore ADL request Industry interest (Microsoft, Docent, Apple) SIF, USOeC

©2002 IMS Global Learning Consortium, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Cooperation Specifications, Best Practice New Products, Pilot Programs, Testbeds R&D Concepts User Needs Technical Trends Spec Consortia Programs Testbeds, Markets Standards Bodies Accredited Standards W3C SIF oclc COLIS CEN/ISS

©2002 IMS Global Learning Consortium, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

©2002 IMS Global Learning Consortium, Inc. All Rights Reserved.