Edupage, 7 May 1998

IMS STANDARDS FOR ONLINE COURSE MATERIALS

Educom's Instructional Management System (IMS) project has released a set
of standards intended to assist software and publishing companies in
developing electronic teaching tools that will work together, regardless
of origin.  The details of the standards can be found at
http://www.imsproject.org/ .  Mark Resmer, director of the IMS project and
CIO at Sonoma State University, says the standards will "foster the
development of a market in online learning."  That market is estimated to
reach $3.2 billion in sales of online courses and tools by 2010.
(Chronicle of Higher Education 8 May 98)


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