JES and Co.’s Global Learning Resource Connection tools enable IMS member solutions to seamlessly relate learning resources to learning objectives.

The IMS Global Learning Consortium (IMS) dedicated an entire day to the Global Learning Resource Connection (GLRC) during the recent quarterly international workshops on Wednesday, November 16, 2010. The attendees represented countries from around the world including the U.S. Department of Education, Australia, the Netherlands, Korea, Germany, UK, and more. European Schoolnet was in attendance representing 27 countries and demonstrated the IMS/GLRC integration. The IMS international workshops were held at Lone Star College in The Woodlands, Texas.

The morning workshops were lead by Stuart Sutton, lead scientist for the Achievement Standards Network; Jon Phipps, lead scientist for internet strategies; and Joseph Chapman, lead ASN data scientist. The morning session focused on the Achievement Standards Network (ASN), Resource Description Framework (RDF) 101, the ASN and its role in IMS specifications such as Learning Object Discovery and Exchange (LODE), Common Cartridge (CC), and Question and Test Interoperability (QTI).

The afternoon session featured an opening presentation by Dr. Rob Abel – Chief Executive Officer of the IMS Global Learning Consortium. Rob focused on the current IMS projects, how IMS is partnering with the GLRC, and why IMS is including the ASN in the IMS specifications.

Terry Smithson, Director of Marketing for JES & Co. moderated a panel discussion with a panel consisting of John Wilson, Executive Director of the NEA; Steve Midgley, Deputy Director of Education Technologies for the US Department of Ed; William Durham, Associate Vice Chancellor for the Lone Star Online College; and David Massart, Chief Architect for the European Schoolnet.

The afternoon closed with a GLRC presentation by Diny Golder, Executive Director of JES & Co. Scholastic Professional Media and Technology & Learning Magazine both covered the event for the education press. Watch for both the interviews and the event coverage soon.
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About IMS
From Innovation to Learning Impact
The mission of the IMS Global Learning Consortium is to advance technology that can affordably scale and improve educational participation and attainment. To ensure that the “Learning Impact” of technology-enabled innovation is achieved around the world, IMS’s influential community of educational institutions, suppliers, and government organizations develops open interoperability standards, supports adoption with technical services, and encourages adoption through programs that highlight effective practices. For more information visit www.imsglobal.org or contact This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

About JES & Co.
JES & Co., a publicly funded 501(c) (3) education research organization, is a leader in research and deployment of education programs based on open standards. With 20 years of experience in interoperability and portability of educational resources, organizations around the world come to JES & Co. for leadership and guidance on education programs and initiatives. Since its establishment in the early 1990s, JES & Co. has led and managed The Achievement Standards Network (ASN), The Partnership for 21st Century Skills, The Gateway to 21st Century Skills (formerly known as GEM), the Dell Academy, the Intel Student Certification Program, and Microsoft’s Partners in Learning. For more information about JES & Co. or the Global Learning Resource Connection, visit www.JESandCo.org.

About the GLRC
The Global Learning Resource Connection (GLRC) is a public-private collaboration which brings to fruition ongoing work between JES & Co., a U.S. 501(c)(3) education research organization, corporate sponsors and education agencies worldwide. Leading the initial corporate involvement are founding worldwide partners Microsoft, Cisco, Cengage/Gale, the National Education Association (NEA), and other leading corporations in process. The GLRC ties together several significant semantic web technologies developed through funding from the National Science Foundation and are designed to support cyber learning. The GLRC supports the implementation of the mapping of major collections of learning resources in systems around the world to the machine-readable expressions of the learning outcomes based on the Achievement Standards Network (ASN) modeling and technical framework. The work will implement the international linking of those resources through trans-jurisdictional mapping of learning outcomes by means of Semantic Web/Linked Data principles for teacher/learner access and use. For more information about the GLRC, contact Terry Smithson at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or visit us www.JESandCo.org.

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