Technical standards are requirements that allow electronic content and tools to operate across platforms and systems.
If you are involved in developing or managing e-learning infrastructure and content, a standards-based approach increases the number of users and environments that can use your products and services.
The eWorks standards team is at the forefront of technical standards expertise in Australian education and training, with a national responsibility for research and maintenance of standards on behalf of the national training system.
Ensuring our clients’ e-learning content, tools and systems meet the national technical standards for the training sector is a “value add” that comes with every e-Works service. You can also hire us to help you adapt your products and tools for wider usage and increased value.
Why adopt a standards-based approach?
- To maximise the return on investment in e-learning infrastructure and services
- To enable your e-learning products and services to be used anywhere by anyone
- To offset the cost of content development by adapting your content for different uses
- To increase the shelf-life of your products and lower the ongoing costs for maintenance
- To allow your product to be accessed from an online repository for sharing, exchange or sale.
When should technical standards be considered?
Content:When online content is developed, either in-house or under contract.
Procurement:When commissioning or selecting software for supporting e-learning.
Systems:When creating systems to support collaborative activity.
What are the key standards for e-learning services?
eWorks can help you identify and apply recommended technical standards in the following areas:
- Content formats
- Client user platforms
- Accessibility
- Metadata
- Content packaging
- Web services
- Content repositories.
