[Post by Brett Watters, Director of Research & Development for GeoMetrix Data Systems Inc.]
Following is a list of different standards bodies related to learning technologies.
| Organization | Type | Description | ||
| ADL: Advanced Distributed Learning | U.S. federal initiative with participation open to all who can and wish to contribute | Documents, validates, promotes and sometimes funds the creation of specifications and standards. Original publisher of the scorm specification. www.adlnet.org | ||
| AICC: Aviation Industry CBT Committee | Industry consortium that offers membership to all interested organizations | Produces specifications and implemented a certification program for CBT (computer-based training), which it turned over to ADL and IEEE LTSC in 2002. www.aicc.org | ||
| ANSI: American National Standards Institute | U.S. non-profit organization Recognized by ISO and the U.S. national standards body | Administers the U.S. voluntary standardization and conformity assessment system. Produces accredited standards and accredits standards organizations including IEEE. www.ansi.org | ||
| DCMI: Dublin Core Metadata Initiative | Open consortium that produces and disseminates specifications | An open forum engaged in the development of interoperable online metadata standards that support a broad range of purposes and business models. http://dublincore.org | ||
| ebXML: Electronic Business using eXtensible Markup Language | A modular suite of specifications produced as open industry standards sponsored by UN/CEFACT and OASIS | The ebXML goal is to provide an open XML-based infrastructure enabling the global use of electronic business information in an interoperable, secure and consistent manner by all parties. www.ebxml.org | ||
| EICA: Energy Industry CBT Alliance | A closed consortium intended to act as an e-learning consumer and participant in standardization efforts | EICA is the largest network of technology-based training users & developers in the energy Industry to pool technology-based training resources and knowledge of the largest energy companies. www.eicaonline.com | ||
| HR-XML Consortium | Non-profit open consortium that produces specifications with the intention of producing industry standards | The HR-XML Consortium is dedicated to the development and promotion of a standard suite of XML specifications to enable e-business and the automation of human resources-related data exchanges. www.hr-xml.org | ||
| IEEE LTSC: Learning Technology Standards Committee | The IEEE (Institute for Electronic and Electrical Engineers) is an accredited standards body that produces technology standards | The Learning Technology Standards Committee recommended practices and guides for learning technology. The LTSC coordinates formally and informally with other organizations that produce specifications and standards for similar purposes. http://grouper.ieee.org/groups/ltsc/index.html | ||
| IETF: Internet Engineering Task Force | An open organization that produces specifications and standards — open to any interested individual. | IETF is a large open international community of network designers, operators, vendors, and researchers concerned with the evolution of the Internet architecture and the smooth operation of the Internet. www.ietf.org | ||
| IMS Global Learning Consortium | IMS is a global consortium with members from educational, commercial, and government organizations | IMS Global Learning Consortium, Inc. is developing and promoting open specifications for facilitating online distributed learning activities such as locating and using educational content, tracking learner progress, reporting learner performance, and exchanging student records between administrative systems. www.imsproject.org | ||
| ISO: International Standards Organization | ISO is a worldwide federation of national standards bodies from some 140 countries, one from each country. | The ISO/IEC JTC1 SC36 is the International Electrotechnical Committee Joint Technical Committee 1 (Information Technology Standards), Subcommittee 36:Standards for Learning, Education, and Training. www.iso.ch |
