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23rd September 2008
Giunti Labs' CEO joins the IMS Global Learning Consortium Board
Fabrizio Cardinali, CEO of leading learning and mobile content
management solution provider, Giunti Labs, and co-chair of the European
Learning Industry Group (ELIG), has been appointed to the Board of
Directors of IMS Global Learning Consortium (IMS GLC).
IMS GLC is a global, non-profit, member organisation that encourages
and enables the growth and impact of learning technology in the
education and corporate learning sectors worldwide. IMS Global members
provide leadership in shaping and growing the learning industry through
community development of interoperability and adoption practice
standards as well as recognition of the return on investment from
learning and educational technology.
IMS has approved and published over 20 standards that are the most
widely used learning technology standards in the world. IMS GLC
standards include meta-data, content packaging, common cartridge,
enterprise services, question & test, sequencing, competencies, access
for all, e-portfolio, learner information, tools interoperability,
resource list, sharable state persistence, vocabulary definition, and
learning design.
These standards have been used in higher education, K-12 education, and
corporate training in regions around the globe. All IMS GLC standards
are available free of charge via the IMS GLC website and can be used
without royalty.
Cardinali commented: "Over the last 11 years, IMS GLC has been tireless
in establishing a raft of internationally accepted learning technology
standards. In doing so, it has provided stability and standardisation,
which has enabled the learning technology industry to establish itself
and make an increasingly valuable contribution to the private, public
and education sectors of the worldwide economy.
"I am honoured to have been asked to join this organisation's Board and
look forward to helping it achieve it's objectives in the years to
come.
IMS's CEO, Rob Abel said, "We're delighted that Fabrizio has joined the
IMS board. He brings a wealth of industry knowledge, experience, and
key contacts to the post.
"I am sure that he will be able to play a pivotal part in helping IMS
to achieve its goal of creating standards for the development and
adoption of technologies that enable high-quality, accessible, and
affordable learning experiences."
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Notes for Editors
About IMS
The IMS Global Learning Consortium creates standards for the
development and adoption of technologies that enable high-quality,
accessible, and affordable learning experiences.
IMS GLC's members comprise leading learning technology product
suppliers and publishers, leading institutions of learning and
training, and leading government and professional consortia. The
breakdown of members is 58% leading corporations, 24% leading
institutions of learning or school districts, and 18% consortia and/or
government organisations. Currently, 47% of member organisations are
headquartered outside the United States.
While much of the investment in IMS GLC comes from the global higher
education segment, the IMS GLC Board of Directors is committed to
supporting lifelong learning across all segments.
For more information, including the world's most comprehensive set of
learning technology interoperability standards, information on the
annual Learning Impact conference and awards program, and free
community resources for learning technology leaders, visit
www.imsglobal.org.
Current Contributing Members of IMS GLC are listed at
http://www.imsglobal.org/members.html
About Giunti Labs
Giunti is unique in the international publishing industry.
In 1497, Giunti publishers and typographers in Florence, together with
others in Venice, began modern book manufacturing. Over the years
Giunti has built a 'historical catalogue' of huge dimensions, through a
gradual process of 'fusion' of different publishers, but also through
the creation of new brands, including Giunti Labs. Giunti Editore now
includes 20 companies in the publishing sector.
Giunti Labs, which has its global headquarters in Italy and offices in
London (UK), Frankfurt (Germany), Lund (Sweden) and in Boston (US),
provides a wide range of services, in response to any content, learning
and knowledge management need, covering:
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Content production
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Research and
development
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Technological
solutions for content, learning & knowledge management
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Architectural and
technological solutions for mobile & wireless
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Training and
consulting
Giunti Labs provides
the learn eXact® suite, Europe's leading e-learning and mobile learning
content management technology. This suite is interoperable with all
major vendor-driven and open source LMS and VLE solutions in the market
including Plateau, Oracle, SumTotal, Saba, WebCT, Blackboard, Sakai,
LRN and Moodle.
Moreover, Giunti Labs does not just adhere to the international
standards relating to the LMS/LCMS world, it is one of the
organisations that helps to determine and drive these standards:
co-writing and developing them. Giunti Labs plays a key role in most of
the international institutions for the definition of eLearning
specifications (IEEE LTSC, ISO/IEC JTC1/SC36, CEN/ISSS WSLT, AICC, IMS,
ADL-SCORM and OKI).
Further information from:
Minna Leikas, Giunti Labs, +39 3489 399127
Bob Little, Bob Little Press & PR, +44 (0)1727 860405
