e-learning standards

The universe consists of objects having various qualities and standing in various relations.
-Alfred North Whitehead and Bertrand Russell, Principia Mathematica (1911-13).

The world is everything that is the case.
What is the case, the fact, is the existence of atomic facts.
The logical picture of the facts is the thought.
The thought is the significant proposition.
-Ludwig Wittgenstein, Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus (1921)

Derek Zoolander: Why do you hate models, Matilda?
Matilda Jeffries: Honestly?
Hansel: Yes.
Matilda: I think they’re vain, stupid, and incredibly self-centered.
Hansel: I totally agree with you. But how do you feel about male models?
-Ben Stiller, Christine Taylor, Owen Wilson, Zoolander (2001)

Models are hot right now in metadata circles.
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The DET Learning Resource Metadata (DETLRM) application profile is the NSW Department of Education and Training’s customisation of the international Learning Object Metadata (LOM) standard. It has been successfully used as the description standard for the department’s digital learning resources since 2005, when it was developed by the then newly-formed Centre for Learning Innovation (CLI) in consultation with stakeholders from schools and TAFE units. It underpins resource discovery on the department’s gateway to learning resources, the Teaching and Learning exchange (TaLe).

As part of the redesign of the CLI website, the DETLRM documentation has been updated and given a new home on the Elearning standards page.
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