IMS Global Learning Consortium: Learning Technology Advisory Council (LTAC)

Guiding the IMS GLC Efforts to Establish Technical Standards and Adoption Practices for the Application of Learning Technology

The IMS GLC has formed the LTAC to provide strategic leadership and expert guidance to the international challenges facing the education industry and to support various IMS GLC programs aimed at defining, recognizing and highlighting technology-enabled learning impact and innovation. LTAC participants have appreciation for the pedagogical, adoption, and return on investment challenges associated with the deployment of learning technology. They understand that the objective is Learning Impact. In essence, the LTAC participants pool their investment in time and expertise by sharing ideas on education industry priorities, requirements, and use cases, and in some cases, engage in collaborative projects that enable their organizations to be leaders in learning technology implementation and impact.

The advisory function of the LTAC ensures that the work of IMS GLC is aligned with strategic challenges facing the education industry and that the work of IMS GLC provides useful products to the end-user community (K-12 schools, districts and HE institutions). Additionally, LTAC participant schools, districts and institutions review and implement IMS GLC work in support of validating specification proof-of-concept, which includes participating in specification prototype activities and demonstrations for the end-user community. LTAC participants also support adoption practice reference implementations, providing practical application review and feedback to IMS GLC project groups prior to releasing these products to the open community for implementation.

The LTAC is led by some of the world’s leading learning technology experts who have proven success in leveraging learning technology in innovative ways to address strategic education needs. IMS GLC leverages this expertise to structure its annual Learning Impact Summit; and, to establish the agenda for the Annual LTAC Summit, which convenes an international constituency of learning technology leaders to identify emerging challenges facing higher education; and, explores emerging technologies to understand their market impact and associated technical interoperability requirements and the need for associated adoption standards.

LTAC participants are active in several Interest Groups focused on specific areas of learning technology. Consistent with the overarching structure of the LTAC, Interest Groups include K-12 schools and districts and HE learning technology leaders. This convergence of K-20 technology leadership is important to recognize the ever-increasing convergence of K-20 learning technology systems and the shared technology challenges facing both higher education and K-12. LTAC Interest Groups are self-motivated and directed and meet via web conferences and during IMS GLC quarterly and annual meetings to provide input and guidance to the ongoing technical specifications and adoption practice project groups.

Digital Learning Content, eBooks, and Web Learning Applications
Evolving Learning Management & Virtual Learning Environments
Learning Technology Enterprise & Web Integration
Applying Learning Outcomes, Curriculum Standards, and ePortfolio
E-Learning Best Practice
Effective Learning Technology Procurement
Assessment, including Institutional & District Performance
Targeted Retention and Institutional Analytics
E-Learning & Library Integration
Assistive Technologies for Learning

If you or your organization would like to be considered for LTAC participation, please contact:

John Falchi
Chief Program Strategist
IMS Global Learning Consortium
email: jfalchi@imsglobal.org
office: +1 919.656.0343

For information on IMS GLC and the benefits of being a Contributing Member, please contact:
Rob Abel
Chief Executive Officer
IMS Global Learning Consortium
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