Report on Learning Technology Standards

摘要

Metadata and interoperability standards are essential to support the educational and commercial effectiveness of learning technology. A number of related and cooperating organizations are working to develop such standards. This paper briefly explains why such standards are important, who is involved in their development, and what standards are being developed The penultimate section discusses the standards process in general and points out that learning technology standards are attempting to create new infrastructure rather than codify or standardize existing practice.