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My IMS-LIA 2008 experience

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This is my first ever attempt at writing a blog so please forgive me for going in all directions while expressing myself. This is quite daunting to think that I have something to say that this mesmerizing virtual world would be interested in reading.  However, I have no choice but to write this. There is no way I can say “NO” to my dear colleague Nick Nicholas who has so kindly asked me share my IMS-LIA Award experience with those who wish to participate in this year.  So I will attempt to write a few things about this experience in my own way. So here it goes….

IMS packaging and metadata standards have been part of  The Le@rning Federation (TLF) since the inception of this initiative in 2001. I have been involved with IMS work in some form or the other since I joined TLF in 2006.  One of the biggest challenges TLF faced at that time was how the wonderful digital materials it produced can be accessed by preschool teachers who had no access to a state-wide system.  My manager Nick Weideman and other managers at TLF had conceptualized a portal to resolve this delivery challenge when I was brought in to manage the development of this portal. This is where this journey began……
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Written by pagarwal2

October 17, 2009 at 11:31 pm

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