New Standards

New Standards
Good post on a Yahoo Group list (you will have to register and sign into elearningleaders (something I think the list owner really should change)) on why the author thinks that the IMS and SCORM standards are bound to fail. In a nutshell, the IMS and SCORM standards violate some fundamental principles of useful standards, specifically:

• Standards must be completely platform neutral.
• Standards must be international in scope.
• Standards are all about consensus - not cool ideas.
• Standards require the active participation of people from all vertical markets and all related professions.
• Standards must be durable.
• Standards must accommodate people with special needs.
• Standards must remain pedagogy neutral.
• Standards must harmonize with existing standards.
• Standards must be embraced by a wide range providers.
• Standards efforts must be governed in a neutral manner. More...