IMS overview CAUSE 98 Mark Resmer Executive Director
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IMS overview CAUSE 98 Mark Resmer Executive Director Steve Griffin Director of Technical Development
What is IMS? • An initiative of EDUCAUSE that is driving innovation in the distributed learning marketplace. • A coalition of 34 members and over 140 affiliated developers • A global collection of technology standards for education and training
What does IMS address? The intersection of: Learning resources: all forms of content Learning activities: supported by course delivery and communication tools Enterprise systems: the provider’s infrastructure: where learning happens
Why do we need IMS? • Enable independence of content and learning servers • Increase the quantity and availability of reusable distributed learning resources and services • “Future-proof” critical decisions about the technical infrastructure for learning • Promote the development of integrated enterprisegrade systems for distributed learning
Who is IMS? University/research: Technology vendors: Apple, Asymetrix, AT&T, BVU, CIC (“Big Ten”), Empower, IBM, Macromedia, CSU, CRI, GMU, Miami Microsoft, Oracle, People. Soft, Dade, Michigan, UC, Sun, Unisys, @Learning UNC, VA Tech Publishers: US Government: ITP, Simon and Schuster Do. D, Do. L, NIST Consulting firms: International: Collegis, KPMG DETYA Australia, Profiles/assessment: JISC UK, ETS, Farance Inc. NCB Singapore Technical contracting by Blackboard LLC
What does the IMS organization do? • Collects requirements from all sectors • Develops specifications for interoperability of systems and content • Facilitates development of prototypes • Actively promotes adoption of the specification • Provides developer support
What products will be IMS-enabled? Student Information Systems Financial Systems Learning Servers Digital Library Software Authoring Tools Resources Courses applets, simulations, pages, modules, assessments, etc.
When will IMS happen? Requirements Specifications 0. 5 0. 6 1. 0 2. 0 etc. Formal standard process Products New IMS org. 97 98 99 00 01
V. 1 Specification Scope Content Internet Author Title Discipline etc. Mary’s Browser Find Run Track Version 2 Campus Data System School’s Learning Server(s) Mary got an “A” Get Teacher’s Authoring Tool Content
Specification Development Process Public Input Public Specs IMS Staff Technical Board Review and feedback Interoperability cycle Trials Dev. Network Work Teams
Timeline IM Community Scopes Base Docs • Collaboration • Sequencing • Backoffice • Reporting • Query DN Community Draft Specs Jan • Packaging Jan • Meta-data • Questions/Tests Mar • Student Profiles May • API Public Final Specs Apr June Aug
MS Office IMS Meta-data Add-in Demonstration
Contact Information • Executive Director – Mark Resmer (resmer@earthlink. net) • Technical Development – Steve Griffin (sgriffin@collegis. com) • Market Development – Denis Newman (denis_newman@earthlink. net) • Developers’ Network – Frank Tansey (tansey@sonoma. edu) www. imsproject. org