... h1. IMS Reusable Definition of Competency or Educational Objective
h2. Introduction
IMS Global Learning Consortium produced a specification with information model and bindings for Reusable Definition of Competency or Educational Objective in 2002. This influenced the [IEEE LTSC Reusable Competency Definitions|IEEE-RCD].
The "specification defines an information model for describing, referencing, and exchanging definitions of competencies, primarily in the context of online and distributed learning. In this specification, the word competency is used in a very general sense that includes skills, knowledge, tasks, and learning outcomes. This specification gives a way to formally represent the key characteristics of a competency, independent of its use in any particular context. It enables interoperability among learning systems that deal with competency information by providing a means for them to refer to common definitions with common meanings.
The core information in a Reusable Definition of Competency or Educational Objective (RDCEO) is an unstructured textual definition of the competency that can be referenced through a globally unique identifier. This information may be refined using a user-defined model of the structure of a competency."
h2. General information
The RDCEO has a very useful Best Practice and Implementation Guide that describes how it relates to other models and how it can be used in a range of contexts.
|| information to be gathered || details ||
| Name / title of source/model and version if applicable | Reusable Definition of Competency or Educational Objective (RDCEO) |
| Stakeholder | IMS Global Learning Consortium |
| URL | [http://www.imsglobal.org/competencies/rdceov1p0/imsrdceo_infov1p0.html] |
| Orientation | A model and xml bindings for a single LOC. Can be used in any context but developed with education and training in mind. |
| Explicit / implicit | Explicit |
| Organisational competence | |
| Number of people currently affected | An international specification that has been around for 10 years but not sure how embedded it is in systems. May have been superseded by IEEE LTSC RCD. |
| User communities | Developers of systems across a wide range educational sectors and countries. |
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| Key features influencing uptake | A simple and extensible model with xml bindings and best practice available as well. |
h2. Features
_(see the_ _[features]_ _page or the separate pages for each feature)_
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