IMS Releases ePortfolio Specfication
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BURLINGTON, Mass. - 12 July 2005 - IMS Global Learning Consortium (IMS/GLC) announced today the release of verison 1.0 of its ePortfolio Specification.
This specification
- Makes moving portfolios from school to work easier.
- Allows institutions to better track learner competencies.
- Supports the use of ePortfolios for career development
- Makes accessibility preferences more available.
Darren Cambridge, ePortfolio project group co-lead stated, "By enabling learners to share their ePortfolios as integrated semantic wholes, the Specification dramatically expands the power of ePortfolios to enhance learning throughout life. Widespread adoption of the specification also is likely to lead to increased innovation in ePortfolio technology and practice."
"ePortfolios can become a powerful tool for tracking, planning, and sharing what one knows and can do throughout one's life," says Andy Heath, ePortfolio project group co-lead. "To realize this potential benefit, portfolios must be truly portable. Widespread adoption of the ePortfolio specification will ensure this portability."
The final version of the ePortfolio specification, consisting of technical and narrative documents and accompanying examples and schemas, are available to the public at no charge from the IMS/GLC website.
http://www.imsglobal.org/ep/index.html
Persons or organizations wishing to offer feedback or seeking advice on technical points from other implementers are invited to join the public email list provided at the link above.
ePortfolio was developed by participants from the following organizations: EDUCAUSE (US), EPICC (EU), JISC (UK), Blackboard (US), UC-Berkeley (US), Tribal Learning (UK), Thomson Learning (US), Texas Instruments (US), Committee on Institutional Cooperation (US), and Industry Canada (CA).
About IMS
The IMS Global Learning Consortium is a world-wide, member supported organizations that promotes the adoption and use of interoperable learning technology.. To join IMS and delivery of e-learning worldwide, visit http://www.imsglobal.org/membership.html.
For more information contact:
Marketing, marketing@imsglobal.org
http://www.imsglobal.org
Project Group Co-leads
Darren Cambridge
George Mason University (EDUCAUSE Fellow)
dcambrid@gmu.edu
http://www.gmu.edu/
Andy Heath
C3RI, Sheffield Hallam University (EPICC representative)
a.k.heath@shu.ac.uk
http://www.shu.ac.uk/c3ri
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