This is my talk from the 2011 Blackboard Developer's Conference July 11, 2011. It was a lot of fun and ended with a chaotic demo of a new feature connecting Sakai and Blackboard CourseSItes. Recorded version of this coming.
1. Charles Severance, Ph.D. Affiliate Coordinator IMS Global Learning Consortium (IMS GLC) http://www.imsglobal.org/ http://www.dr-chuck.com/ IMS Learning Tools Interoperability
2. IMS: Digital Learning Standards Free the content IMS Common Cartridge Seamlessly connect to learning IMS Learning Tools Interoperability (LTI) The information architecture for learning IMS Learning Information Services (LIS)
8. Last year at DevCon, I promised that if Blackboard shipped support for IMS Basic LTI in its core distribution, that I would get a Blackboard Tattoo!
29. L M S Premium Learning Content Common Cartridge L M S When LTI is combined with the IMS Common Cartridge 1.1, publishers can distribute cartridges containing active, authenticated links back centrally hosted content.
31. Engaging open source, creating standards, engaging proprietary vendors, promoting ideas, giving lectures, doing demonstrations, getting tattoos, all are important activities...
32. The real reason for this activity is to empower teachers and learners as to how they select and use tools and content to help themselves teach and learn...