standards the vision and the hype

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1、TopofForm    Standards:TheVisionandtheHypeByTomBarronThedrivetocreateindustry-widetechnologystandardsfore-learningisgainingmomentumandadherents.Butsomeseeperils--andposturing--amidthepromise.It'sasirensongfewtrainingprofessionalscanresist:e-learningc

2、ontentthat'sfreeofproprietaryconfinesandmanageableasdiscretebuildingblocksthatcanbemass-customizedforlearners.Itwouldremovethefearbuyersfacewheninvestingine-learningtechnologyanddevelopingcustomcontentthatcouldsoonbeincompatibleandobsolete.It'sthegoa

3、lofamultifacetedinitiativetoestablishe-learningtechnologystandards,whichisbeginningtogaintractionthroughaseriesofinitialspecificationsandagrowinglistofendorsementsbye-learningvendors,largeandsmall.Butasithasmovedswiftlyfromfuturevisiontomarketingtact

4、ic,thestandardsissuehasraisedconcernsamongsomee-learningdevelopers,technologybuyers,andindustryconsultants.Questionsofhowsmoothlyindustrystandardswouldreplacecurrentproprietarye-learningarchitectures,ofwhethersuchstandardswouldraiseorlowerthequalityo

5、fe-learning,andofusingstandardscomplianceclaimstomarkete-learningarebeingvoicedfrommanyquarters.Suchconcernsincludethefollowing:·Peoplechargedwithinvestigatingstandardsaspartoftheirpurchasingeffortsoftenvoicefrustrationabouttheseeminglyduplicativesta

6、ndardsgroupsandhighlytechnicalspecificationstheyproduce.Somealsocontendthatsuchwordsascompliantandconformantareusedbysomevendorsinappropriately,aproblemstandardsdevelopersacknowledge.·E-learningtechnologydevelopersandcontentauthorsvoicesimilarfrustra

7、tionintheireffortstostayabreastofstandardsdevelopmentandincorporateemergingstandardsintheirsoftwaredesigns.Somesaythatdespiteassurances,productsthatclaimtointeroperatethroughstandardsadherenceoftendon'tdosowithoutcustomprogramming.·Sometechnologyexpe

8、rtsarguethate-learningtechnologiesarestillyoungandthatimposingstandardsmaystifleinnovation.Theypointtosimulation-basede-learningasanemergingareathatcouldbecompromised.·Otherssaythefast-changingenterpriseinformationtechnology(IT)landscapecloudsprospec