Universal eLearning Data Standards Meeting Announced

The Aviation Industry Computer-Based Training Committee (AICC) announces a summit meeting to discuss harmonizing Computer Managed Instruction (CMI) data models will be held on September 7th and 8th, 2010. The summit meeting will bring together representatives from the AICC, from the Advanced Distributed Learning Initiative (ADL), from the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) and the International Federation for Learning, Education, and Training Systems Interoperability (LETSI) to discuss the current state of CMI specifications and to discuss the harmonization across the different organizations. The summit meeting will be held at the ADL Hub Co-Laboratory in Alexandria, VA. The summit will, for the first time, bring together the organizations that are the most influential for standards in the eLearning industry to solve problems that have plagued developers and training organizations alike. “There have been a lot of changes in the industry over the last few years and we really need to decisively move forward on the standards issue” said Ed Cohen, Chief Technical Officer of Plateau Systems and Chairman of the AICC Training Infrastructure Subcommittee. “eLearning is no longer a novelty, it’s become the standard for courseware delivery and companies need the flexibility to mix courseware and systems from different vendors. Without a universal data standard, that flexibility is lost and the industry, as a whole, suffers.” The summit will be a two-day meeting with day one focused on working discussions of the harmonization issues and day two focused on a mix of discussions and presentations of existing standards progress and new technologies. The summit meeting will be held at the ADL Hub Co-Laboratory at 1901 N. Beauregard St., Alexandria, VA, 22311 and is free and open to the public, but pre-registration is required. The meeting will also be webcast. To view the agenda for the summit meeting and to register, visit www.aicc.org.