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Speaking of IMS…

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

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

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.