'''IMS Learning Design''' ('''IMS LD''') iswas a specification for a [[metalanguage]] which enables the modelling of learning processes. The specification iswas maintained by IMS Global Learning Consortium.
There has been no further work on this specification since 2003, rendering this specification as abandoned.
==Background==
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==Description==
IMS Learning Design iswas a metalanguage for describing [[Learning Design|learning designs]] that claims to be pedagogically neutral (according to their authors, it does not mandate a specific pedagogical approach). The specification can be likened to a stage-play:
*People act in different '''roles'''
*Roles work towards specific objectives by performing learning and/or support '''activities'''
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==Use==
The specification iswas 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.
AlthoughAfter itits is a relatively new specificationrelease (published in 2003), IMS LD hashad 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 – Players ==
* The Open University of the Netherlands hashad developed an IMS LD engine for playing LD called CopperCore.<ref>[http://www.coppercore.org/]</ref>. The project was abandoned since 2008.
* The University Carlos III of Madrid<ref>[http://www.uc3m.es]</ref> hashad developed an IMS LD player into the .LRN<ref>[http://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> [http://cvs.openacs.org]</ref>. The project was abandoned.
