Product News

Vol 8, Issue 4
July 11 , 2007

eCollege Furthers Its Commitment to Standards Compliance with the IMS Global Learning Consortium

eCollege recently announced its ongoing commitment to standards compliance, further working to support such specifications as the IMS GLC Common Cartridge and IMS GLC Learning Tools Interoperability (LTI). Each of these compliance initiatives will help to provide seamless access to a variety of third-party content and applications, advancing the interoperability of the eCollege solution.

Through eCollege’s support of the IMS GLC Common Cartridge, which enables content delivery from a commonly supported format, eCollege customers will be able to easily and cost-effectively access a wide variety of content to further customize their online courses and programs. eCollege’s commitment to the Common Cartridge defines yet another way the company is helping institutions quickly build and grow their programs, while also extending opportunities to create the highest quality and most engaging student experience.

As IMS GLC continues to develop LTI, which leverages standard API’s to improve the interaction of various tools with a learning/course management system, eCollege expects to use the specifications to enhance its own framework. eCollege’s commitment to LTI will make it easier for institutions to leverage and integrate other third-party applications, resources and systems with the eCollege System.

“The world of Internet-supported learning continues to expand to encompass a wide range of capabilities including publisher digital assets, learning resource Web sites, rich media, assessment and integrated classroom technology, and our goal is to enable seamless inclusion of best-of-breed components,” said Rob Abel, CEO of IMS GLC. “We are pleased to see eCollege providing leadership for the benefit of their customers, partners and the industry by making a commitment to the further development and adoption of Common Cartridge, LTI and the open interoperability work of IMS GLC.”