Posts Tagged ‘standards’
Speaking of IMS…
Posted Tuesday, February 16th, 2010.
Filed under e-learning with the tags e-learning, fail, impenetrable fortress, IMS, privacy, standards
The IMS wants your personal information before they’ll let you read their public standards.
IMS issues press release for new e-learning interoperability standards
Posted Tuesday, February 16th, 2010.
Filed under e-learning with the tags e-learning, grandstanding, IMS, standards
If the new standards are written as poorly as this press release, it’s going to be 1,000 pages of useless spec.
Best Practices in E-Learning
Posted Wednesday, October 21st, 2009.
Filed under General, e-learning with the tags best practices, e-learning, SCORM, standards
Someone recently posted a blog entry ranting about the use of the term “best practices” in our industry. I understand the frustration with thoughtless pronouncements about best practices, especially coming from people who may not know any better; it will often sound a lot like how like mom used to say “eat this, it’s good for you” without really knowing whether it’s true. However, there is a big difference between best practices in terms of learning theory — something that’s difficult to quantify and/or prove — and technology.