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'''IMS Learning Design''' ('''IMS LD''') was a specification for a [[metalanguage]] which enables the modelling of learning processes. The specification was maintained by IMS Global Learning Consortium.

There has been no further work on this specification since 2003, rendering this specification as abandoned.

The Larcana Declaration<ref>https://jime.open.ac.uk/articles/{{Cite journal|doi = 10.5334/jime.407|title = The Larnaca Declaration on Learning Design|journal = Journal of Interactive Media in Education|year = 2016|volume = 2016|doi-access = free|hdl = 20.500.11937/47779|hdl-access = free}}</ref> on Learning Design in 2012 was an attempt provide a new theoretical foundation for the field of Learninglearning Designdesign. However, not further work has been released since.

==Background==

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==Use==

The specification was a method for describing teaching strategies (pedagogical models) and educational goals. The language is represented in XML which makes it machine readable; an IMS LD-aware tool is able to "play" a unit of learning.

After its release (2003), IMS LD had a moderately active community -mostly in Europe, carrying out a wide range of research and experimentation. However, none of these research projects rendered a practical implementation that could be used at scale.

==Implementation – Playersplayers ==

* The Open University of the Netherlands had developed an IMS LD engine for playing LD called CopperCore.<ref>[http{{Cite web|url=https://www.coppercore.orgsourceforge.net/]|title=CopperCore|website=coppercore.sourceforge.net}}</ref> The project was abandoned since 2008.

* The University Carlos III of Madrid<ref>[{{Cite web|url=http://www.uc3m.es]|title=UC3M}}</ref> had developed an IMS LD player into the .LRN<ref>[{{Cite web|url=http://dotlrn.org]/|title=.LRN Home|website=dotlrn.org}}</ref> Learning platform. It is the first player that has been built completely embedded into an LMS. This player is open source and available from CVS.<ref>{{Cite [web|url=http://cvs.openacs.org]/|title=Fisheye 4.8.13|website=cvs.openacs.org}}</ref> The project was abandoned.

== Implementation – authoring and export ==

* The Reload<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.reload.ac.uk/ |title=ArchivedRELOAD copyProject |access-date=2006-03-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061123053252/http://www.reload.ac.uk/ |archive-date=2006-11-23 |url-status=dead }}</ref> editor can be used to author learning designs in IMS LD format.

* The Graphical Learning Modeller<ref>[http{{Cite web|url=https://sourceforge.net/projects/prolix-glm/]|title=Graphical Learning Modeller|date=9 August 2016 }}</ref> provides an intuitive graphical editing interface that abstracts from the technicalities of the IMS LD specification.

* OpenGLM is an extension of Graphical Learning Modeller, enabling users to retrieve, publish and share resources and learning designs in an open repository ([httphttps://sourceforge.net/projects/openglm/ Download link]).

* [[LAMS]] (Learning Activity Management System):<ref>[http{{Cite web|url=https://www.lamsfoundation.org/|title=LAMS Foundation|website=www.lamsfoundation.org]}}</ref> [[LAMS]] used to export learning designs in IMS Learning Design Level C format, but this was dropped in version 2.5.

* [[Moodle]] had planned to changedchange its current course export format to follow the IMS Learning Design specification in Moodle v2.0 according to the Moodle roadmap.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=3758|title = Moodle in English: Learning standards: IMS Learning Design}}</ref> However, this feature never come into fruition.

== References ==