Press Releases

Date News Items
2013-May-16 IMS Global Learning Consortium Announces the 2013 Learning Impact Award Winners
2013-May-13 Instructure, Blackboard, Desire2Learn and IMS Global Launch the LTIâ„¢ App Bounty
2013-May-13 IMS Global Announces Rapid Rise of IMS-Certified Applications and Learning Platforms Across K-20 Education
2013-Apr-09 IMS Global Announces the Educational App Store Project
2013-Apr-01 IMS Global Learning Consortium Releases Annual Report for 2012
2013-Feb-19 Oracle, Desire2Learn, Ellucian, and Moodlerooms Achieve First IMS Certified Commercial Products Utilizing the Open Learning Information Services Standards
2013-Feb-19 IMS Global Learning Consortium Announces Major Developments in Open Standards for Interoperability of Electronic Assessments
2013-Feb-19 IMS Global Learning Consortium Announces Open-Standards Requirements for Digital Content and Application Integration
2012-Nov-13 IMS Global Learning Consortium Releases Initial Public Draft of Learning Tools Interoperability 2
2012-Oct-24 IMS Global Learning Consortium Announces Signing of General Permission Agreement with ISO/IEC JTC 1 SC 36
2012-Oct-08 IMS Global Learning and SIF Association set goals for organizational alignment
2012-May-17 IMS Global Learning Consortium Announces the 2012 Learning Impact Award Winners
2012-May-08 The SIF Association® and IMS Global Learning Consortium Release the First Version of the Assessment Interoperability Framework and Expand U.S. Collaboration with NCES Grant Support
2012-May-08 IMS Global Learning Consortium Announces Assessment Content Conformance Certifications
2012-May-01 IMS Global Learning Consortium Announces Conformance Certification for Learning Tools Interoperability v1.1 with Learning Outcomes
2012-Apr-16 IMS Global Learning Consortium Releases Annual Report for 2011
2012-Feb-08 The SIF Association® and IMS Global Learning Consortium Further Assessment Interoperability
2011-Nov-24 IMS Global Learning Consortium Announces Instructional Innovation through Interoperability Leadership Council
2011-Oct-18 IMS Global Learning Consortium Announces Unprecedented Success of "Write Once, Run Anywhere" for Educational Software and Content
2011-May-24 IMS Global Learning Consortium Announces the 2011 Learning Impact Award Winners
2011-May-10 IMS Global Learning Consortium Releases Annual Report for Calendar and Fiscal Year 2010
2011-April-26 IMS Global Learning Consortium Announces Conformance Support for Interactive Whiteboard Common File Format
SMART Technologies and RM providing leadership to establish conformance testing community and evolution of Becta CFF
2011-April-5 IMS Global Learning Consortium Announces Workgroup to Evolve and Govern Conformance for Interoperable Accessible Educational Assessment Items
2011-March-1 IMS Global Learning Consortium announces Australian Regional Learning Impact 2011 Award Winners
2011-February-24 IMS Global Learning Consortium releases Common Cartridge v1.1 Standard
2011-January-11 IMS Campus Program Provides Guidance to K-20 Institutions Adopting IMS Global Learning Consortium Specifications
2010-December-14 IMS Global Learning Consortium Releases Draft Specification for Interoperable Accessible Educational Assessment Items
2010-November-02 SMART Technologies Joins IMS Global Learning Consortium to Provide Leadership in Interoperability Across Classroom and Online Learning
2010-October-12 IMS Global Learning Consortium Announces “Write Once – Run Anywhere” is Readily Achievable for Enterprise or Cloud-based Educational Applications and Content
2010-October-7 Seven winners take honors at the Learning Impact 2011 Asia-Pacific Regional Competition in Korea
2010-September-7 SAFARI Montage Joins IMS Global Learning Consortium to Provide Leadership in Interoperability for Digital Media in Schools
2010-August-17 Announcing the IMS GLC 2009/2010 LearnSAT Winners!
2010-July-13 The Global Learning Resource Connection and the IMS Global Learning Consortium Announce a Partnership to Enhance the Discovery of Educational Resources Using the Semantic Web
2010-July-08 IMS Global Learning Consortium announces the Leading Practice in Learning Impact Research paper winners from the European Distance and E-Learning Network (EDEN) Valencia 2010 Conference
2010-May-24 IMS Global Learning Consortium Announces 2010 Learning Impact Awards Recipients
2010-May-17 IMS Global Learning Consortium Announces Public Review and Conformance Certification Alliance for Learning Information Services Standards
2010-May-17 IMS Global Learning Consortium Announces Public Final Status of Basic Learning Tools Interoperability Standard
2010-May-17 IMS Global Learning Consortium’s Common Cartridge Adopted by Major Publishers Supporting Online Course Redesign Initiative at Tennessee Board of Regents
2010-February-16 IMS Global Learning Consortium Announces Public Review Period of Basic Learning Tools Interoperability Standards
2010-February-10 IMS Global Learning Consortium and the European Distance and E-Learning Network Announce Partnership
2009-November-04 IMS Global Learning Consortium Announces SunGard Higher Education and Oracle will Support Industry-Wide Adoption of Open Technology Standards
2009-October -19 IMS Global Learning Consortium Announces Participation in the Accessible Portable Item Project
2009-September-18 IMS Global Learning Consortium releases Recommended Practices for Adoption of Service Oriented Architecture for Enterprise Systems in Education final whitepaper
2009-September -16 Five winners take honors at the Learning Impact 2010 Regional Competition in Korea
2009-July-31 Public Learning Tools Interoperability Webinar
2009-June-23 IMS Global Learning Consortium releases Recommended Practices for Adoption of Service Oriented Architecture for Enterprise Systems in Education
2009-May-14 IMS Global Learning Consortium Announces 2009 Global Learning Impact Award Recipients
2009-May-12 IMS Global Learning Consortium Announces Sponsors for Development of the Digital Learning Connection
2009-April-28 JES & Co. Joins IMS Global Learning Consortium
2009-April-15 IMS Global Learning Consortium 2008 Annual Report Highlights Significant Growth and Achievement in Establishing Educational Technology Standards
2009-March-17 IMS Global Learning Consortium and The Advisory Board Company Release Initial Study of Higher Education Targeted Retention Systems
2009-February-12 IMS Global Learning Consortium and the European Union Commission ASPECT Project Announce Partnership
2008-November-21 IMS Global Learning Consortium Invites North American Higher Education Institutions to Participate in the Annual Learning Technology Satisfaction and Trends Survey (LearnSAT)
2008-November-18 LAMS and the LAMS Community from Macquarie University and the LAMs foundation wins Australian Regional Learning Impact Competition
2008-October-30 IMS Global Learning Consortium Announces the Digital Learning Connection – A New Collaboration Between Educational Institutions and Industry
2008-October-29 IMS Global Learning Consortium Announces Additional Plans for Supporting the Common Cartridge Digital Learning Standards by ANGEL, Desire2Learn, eCollege, Giunti Labs, Icodeon, Moodle, and Ucompass
2008-September-29 Glow ‐ Scotland's National Intranet wins United Kingdom & Ireland Regional Learning Impact Competition
2008-July-08 IMS Global Learning Consortium Announces Question and Test Interoperability Conformance Community
2008-June-03 Pearson's Jim Behnke Appointed to IMS Global Learning Consortium's Board of Directors
2008-May-28 Online Learning Environment at University of Wollongong supported by The Learning Edge Takes Top Honors at Learning Impact 2008
2008-May-15 IMS Global Learning Consortium Announces 2008 Learning Impact Awards Recipients
2008-May-12 IMS Global Learning Consortium Announces Next Generation Digital Learning Services Standards
2008-April-08 IMS Global Learning Consortium Announces Two New Staff Members
2008-March - 13 IMS Global Learning Consortium Announces "Improving Interoperability in Practice" Special Interest Group
2008-March - 6 IMS Global Learning Consortium Announces Agreement with ISO/IEC on Emerging Metadata Standards for Learning Accessibility and Personalization
2008-March - 3 IMS Global Learning Consortium Announces Pilot Project Exploring Creative Commons Licensing of Interoperability Specifications
2008-February -12 IMS Global Learning Consortium and the Korea Education and Research Information Service Announce Formation of IMS Korea
2008-February -07 IMS Global Learning Consortium Announces Finalists for 2008 Learning Impact Awards
2008-January -31 International Virtual Medical and Nursing Schools Join IMS Global Learning Consortium (IMS GLC) as Contributing Members
2008-January -22 Learning Industry Leaders Agree to Be Initial Investors in Testing Platform for Open Standards-based Digital Learning Materials
2007-November -30 Cartridges get the Green Light! IMS Global Learning Consortium announces Common Cartridge Testing Service
2007-November -26 Open Polytechnic wins New Zealand Learning Impact Award
2007-November -14 National Association of College Stores Joins IMS Global Learning Consortium
2007-October -16 IMS Global Learning Consortium Announces Australian Learning Impact Award Winners
2007-September -5 Korea Education & Research Information Service (KERIS) Joins IMS Global Learning Consortium As a Contributing Member
2007-August -23 Icodeon Joins IMS Global Learning Consortium
2007-August -13 IMS Global Learning Consortium Establishes New Venue for Learning Technology Leaders: e-Textbook, Information Analytics, and Student/Faculty Services for e-Learning will be Addressed at Special Meetings at University Maryland University College, September 5-6
2007-August -08 Free the Content! IMS Global Learning Consortium (IMS GLC) Announces New Community to Support Common Cartridge Standard
2007-August -06 IMS Global Learning Consortium Releases Achieving Learning Impact 2007 Report
2007-July -30 IMS GLC Announces Universitat Koblenz-Landau as Global Academic Affiliate
2007-July - 05 IMS Global Learning Consortium Announces Asia Pacific and Australian Run-Ups to Annual Learning Impact Competition
2007-May-24 IMS Global Learning Consortium Announces Approved Charter for Interoperability Between Learning Management Software and Student Systems
2007-April -27 Florida Virtual School Joins IMS Global Learning Consortium as New Contributing Member
2007-April -19 IMS Global Learning Consortium Announces 2007 Learning Impact Awards Recipients
2007-April -17 IMS Global Learning Consortium Announces Memorandum of Understanding with Korea Education & Research Information Service (KERIS)
2007-April -05 Agilix Joins IMS Global Learning Consortium as New Contributing Member
2007-March -07 IMS Global Learning Consortium Announces Finalists for 2007 Learning Impact Awards
2007-February-12 IMS Global Learning Consortium Releases February 2007 Learning Technology Trends Report and LearnSat Ratings