Tag Archives: IMS

IMS Learning Information Services: The State of the Union

Posted on November 8, 2009 by Michael Feldstein

Regular e-Literate readers know that I am a big booster of the IMS Learning Information Services specification. (For an overview of the basics of the specification, see my posts here, here, and here.) There has been a lot of news … Continue reading →

Posted in Openness | Tagged Blackboard-Inc., Datatel, Desire2Learn, IMS, Inigral, Jenzabar, Kuali Student, LearningStudio, LIS, Moodle, Moodlerooms, MyLabs, Oracle-Corporation, Pearson, Peoplesoft Campus Solutions, rSmart, SAIP, Sakai, Sungard, Unicon | 3 Comments

Pearson Announces Support for IMS Learning Information Services

Posted on by Michael Feldstein

Pearson just announced that they will be supporting the IMS LIS standard (and with Oracle’s SAIP implementation of it) across a number of their products. First, they’ll support it in MyLabs, which are subject-focused learning environments (e.g., MyChemLab, MyMathLab, etc.)—sort … Continue reading →

Posted in Tools, Toys, and Technology (Oh my!) | Tagged eCollege, eCollege and Fronter, IMS, LearningStudio, LIS, Oracle-Corporation, Pearson-PLC | Comments Off

Desire2Learn Delivers IMS Basic Learning Tools Interoperability (BLTI) Support

Posted on November 6, 2009 by Michael Feldstein

In other IMS news, Desire2Learn has announced that they are the first LMS provider to support BLTI, a specification designed to support plugging third-party tools into an LMS. According to the press release, here’s what’s included: Management interfaces to define … Continue reading →

Posted in Openness | Tagged Blackboard-Inc., Desire2Learn, IMS, LTI, Sakai | 3 Comments

Jenzibar Planning to Support IMS Learning Information Services Standard

Posted on November 4, 2009 by Michael Feldstein

I mentioned here recently that SunGard has committed to supporting IMS Learning Information Services in their next release, making them the second major SIS provider to do so. (Oracle, my employer, has supported it in Peoplesoft Campus Solutions for about … Continue reading →

Posted in Openness | Tagged IMS, LIS, Oracle-Corporation, Peoplesoft Campus Solutions, SAIP, Sungard | 4 Comments

Moodlerooms Doing Great Standards-Based Integration Work

Posted on April 25, 2009 by Michael Feldstein

I meant to get this up a while ago. Moodlerooms has been on a tear lately. First, they submitted a patch to Moodle to enhance integration with external systems for enrollment purposes. This isn’t standards-based integration in itself, but I’m … Continue reading →