Standards

IMS Instructional Management Systems: IMS Global Learning Consortium, Inc. (IMS) is developing and promoting open specifications for facilitating online distributed learning activities such as locating and using educational content tracking learner progress, reporting learner performance, and exchanging student records between administrative systems.

IMS has two key goals.
Defining the technical specifications for interoperability of applications and services in distributed learning, and supporting the incorporation of the IMS specifications into products and services worldwide. IMS endeavours to promote the widespread adoption of specifications that will allow distributed learning environments and content from multiple authors to work together (in technical parlance, "interoperate").

ADL/SCORM Advanced Distributed Learning
ADL Initiative is a collaborative effort between government, industry and academia to establish a new distributed learning environment that permits the interoperability of learning tools and course content on a global scale. ADL's vision is to provide access to the highest quality education and training, tailored to individual needs, delivered cost-effectively anywhere and anytime.