Eduworks

General Standards References

• The CEN/ISSS WS-LT Standards Observatory - Lists of organizations, activities and new standards. [Web Site]
• Centre for Educational Technology Interoperability Standards (CETIS) - Lots of good information and up-to-date news on the world. [Web Site]
• Understanding and Using Standards. Short presentation given to a National Institute of Standards (NIST) workshop that explains the standards process and its relevance to digital libraries. [PDF]
• Simulation Interoperability Workshop SCORM Tutorial (2006). First set of slides from a tutorial on SCORM presented to the Modeling and Simulation community. [PDF]
• Making Sense of Learning Standards and Specifications, 2nd Edition - A good overview of the why and wherefore of standards. (The Masie Center) [PDF]
• La Normalization et ses Défis : Le programme du Comité pour les Normes en Technologie d'Apprentissage de l'IEEE (R. Robson & C. Ostyn, 2003) [PDF]
• e-Learning Interoperability Standards. (Sun Microsystems, Collier & Robson, 2002) [PDF]
• What is the Open Knowledge Initiative? (OKI, September 2002) [PDF]

Organizations in which Eduworks Participates

• IEEE Learning Technology Standards Committee
• Aviation Industry CBT Committee
• Federation for Learning, Education and Training Systems Interoperability
• Advanced Distributed Learning initiative Technical Working Group
• ISO/IEC JTC1 SC36: Standards for Learning, Education and Training

Standards and Reference Models with Eduworks Contributions

• SCORM (all editions)
• IMS Specifications including Learner Information Package and Reusable Definitions for Competencies and Educational Objectives
• AICC Guidelines and Recommendations including CMI Interoperability Guidelines
• IEEE Accredited Standards
• 1484.20.1-2007 IEEE Standard for Learning Technology-Data Model for Reusable Competency Definitions
• 1484.11.3-2005 Learning Technology - Extensible Markup Language (XML) Schema Binding for Data Model for Content Object Communication
• 1484.11.2-2003 Standard for Learning Technology ECMAScript Application Programming Interface for Content to Runtime Services Communication
• 1484.11.1-2004 IEEE Standard for Learning Technology--Data Model for Content to Learning Management System Communication
• 1484.4-2007 IEEE Trial-Use Recommended Practice for Digital Rights Expression Languages (DRELs) Suitable for eLearning Technologies
• 1484.12.3-2005 Learning Technology - Extensible Markup Language (XML) Schema Definition Language Binding for Learning Object Metadata
• 1484.12.1-2002 IEEE Standard for Learning Object Metadata

Presentations and Other Resources

• SCORM, DITA and S1000D – A contribution to the SCORM Technical Working Group, R. Robson, 2007. [PDF]
• Sorting out Standards. Presentation given to the AICC that gives an overview of standards and standardization.(2005). [PDF]
• Rights Expressions in E-Learning presented to the National Information Standards Organization, 2005. [PDF]
• ADL XML Formats for SCORM Workshop (October, 2004). [Presentations]
• Achieving Successful Technical Outcomes Using IMS Specifications. (E-Learning Results 2003). [Description] [Outline]
• The Functional Value of IMS Specifications. (E-Learning Results 2003). [Description] [Outline]
• The "Rights Stuff:" Digital Rights Management (Digital Now 2003) [PPT]
• Towards a Digital Rights Expression Language Standard for Learning Technology. (IEEE LTSC - DRAFT) [PDF]
• IEEE LTSC Digital Rights Expression Language Workshop. (June, 2002). [Presentations]
• Standards and Technology for Bringing Mathematics into the Information Age. (IMU EICM Satellite Conference, August 2002). [PPT]
• Educational Technology Standards. (Class given at U. C. Berkeley, 2002). [PPT]
• Comparison of IMS - ADL - IEEE LTSC - ISO/IEC JTC1 SC36. (Plugfest 7, 2002) [PPT]
• Standards Presentation to the Energy Industry CBT Alliance. (November 2001) [PPT]
• Introduction to Content Standards. (TechLearn 2001) [PPT]