RELOAD is a JISC-funded project, developing tools to facilitate the use of emerging Learning Technology Interoperability specifications such as those produced by ADL

Advanced Distributed Learning

Advanced Distributed Learning is the product of the ADL Initiative, established in 1997 to standardize and modernize training and education management and delivery. The Department of Defense Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness oversees the ADL Initiative...

 and IMS

IMS Global

IMS Global Learning Consortium is a global, nonprofit, member organization that strives to enable the growth and impact of learning technology in the education and corporate learning sectors worldwide...

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RELOAD tools include a Metadata and Content Packaging Editor and a Learning Design Editor. The lead software developer is Phillip Beauvoir, with development contributed for SCORM

SCORM

Sharable Content Object Reference Model is a collection of standards and specifications for web-based e-learning. It defines communications between client side content and a host system called the run-time environment, which is commonly supported by a learning management system...

 support by Paul Sharples and Roy Cherian. The tools have proven to be the de facto standard for creating and previewing IMS

IMS Global

IMS Global Learning Consortium is a global, nonprofit, member organization that strives to enable the growth and impact of learning technology in the education and corporate learning sectors worldwide...

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