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ADL: Advanced Distributed Learning initiative www.adlnet.org. Also the source of information on SCORM. AICC: Aviation Industry CBT Committee ALS: Adaptive Learning Systems project of the Advanced Technology Program (ATP) ATP: NIST's Advanced Technology Project ARIADNE: Alliance of Remote Instructional Authoring and Distribution Networks for Europe Center for International Education: Learning Objects. University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee CMI: Computer-Managed Instruction CTT: Certified Technical Trainer D-Lib: The Digital Library Project DCMI: Dublin Core Metadata Initiative. Also purl.org/metadata/dublin_core and www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue7/mcf/ EOE: Educational Object Economy (EOE) Originally at Apple, but now an independent foundation GEM: Gateway to Educational Materials' Project of the Department of Education IEEE LTSC: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineering's Learning Technology Standards Committee. To learn more about learning object metadata. Also see the IEEE P1484.12 Learning Object Metadata Working Group IMS: Instructional Management System Global Learning Consortium. ISO: International Standards Organization LC: Learning Corps LOM Specs: Learning Objects Metadata Specifications have come out of the IEEE LTSC standards work. The 3.6 specs have been posted to http://ltsc.ieee.org/wg12. LOMG: Learning Object Metadata Group LTSC: Learning Technology Standards Committee otherwise known as IEEE P1484 can be found at http://ltsc.ieee.org/p1484/ Summary of LTSC standards can be found at http://ltsc.ieee.org/wgs.htm. Metadata: A simple term for a powerful concept, metadata is most easily defined as information about information. One of the most common examples is that of the information in libraries'' card catalogues. That content is metadata. Another example is the information on any packaged food item that tells you what is inside, to who makes it, and a full breakdown of every part of the contents. Metadata learning standards are for the categories or "elements" for all the information you would want for every "learning object" or content out there and having an agreed upon standard set of metadata elements so that the person or system receiving this information can read and understand. Microsoft LRN: Microsoft Learning Resource iNterchange is toolkit for marking up data in the IMS format. NIST: National Institute of Standards Technology NLII: National Learning Infrastructure Initiative NSSB: National Skills Standards Board QSALSTD: Quality Standards Applied to All Learning Objects RDF: Resource Description Format. Also ww.w3.org/TR/PR-rdf-syntax/ SCORM: Sharable Content Object Reference Model. SCORM is a reference model that defines a Web-based learning "content model," a set of interrelated technical specifications designed to meet the Department of Defense's high level "-ilities," a process to knit together disparate groups and interests, a bridge from general emerging technologies to commercial implementations, and an evolving document to collect all the "bits and pieces" in one place. W3C: The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) was founded in October 1994 to lead the World Wide Web to its full potential by developing common protocols that promote its evolution and ensure its interoperability. It has had a strong influence in the ongoing development and support of HTML and XML. W3C basic standards form the basis for virtually all learning standards. XML: Extensible Markup Language. See sidebar.
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