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Press Release
Aviation Industry CBT Committee (AICC) Announces New Specification to Revolutionize Offline CMI and Future Communication Architectures
EEDO spearheads development that responds to the need for advanced and mobile learning
Sugar City, Idaho USA -March 29, 2007 – The
Aviation Industry CBT Committee (AICC) announced today that it has
released a specification that enables learning management system
(LMS) vendors to easily integrate with local (offline) LMS players,
resulting in a more flexible learning environment for mobile learners.
The specification is available as a royalty-free AICC publication
from the www.aicc.org web site.
Referred to as XML for CMI Communications (CMI-013), the new specification
allows the person taking the course to download online course materials
and review the online course completely disconnected from the Internet
while being tracked by a local version of an LMS. Similar solutions
exist but are proprietary. CMI-013 will allow LMS systems to integrate
with third-party offline players in a standard way - greatly expanding
interoperability. Offline CMI will be an open, data
model agnostic, architecture that will work with the AICC/CMI
data model, SCORM/IEEE data model, and others as they become available.
"The power and flexibility of this specification is demonstrated
by the breadth of the vendor approaches to using it. For example,
Eedo anticipates customers to get value from the automatic transfer
of data from the offline player to the LMS," said William A
McDonald, Chair of the AICC/CMI Subcommittee and Learning Technology
Architect for Alteon.
The new specification is the result of efforts by a work group that
includes Alteon Participants, Eedo Knowledgeware, and SkillSoft.
Working together through the AICC/ CMI Subcommittee, the group created
a specification that allows the widely used AICC/CMI runtime data
model to be formatted in XML for various forms of transport. The
XML-based specification will serve as a major building block for
the AICC's two major LMS related initiatives, Offline CMI and Simple
Deployment Architecture (SDA).
“This new specification meets the evolving needs of today’s
mobile employees who want instant access to knowledge, wherever they
may be,” said Kevin Schlipper, Senior Programmer at EEDO Knowledgeware. “Helping
to build this specification was a natural step for EEDO. As a developer
of learning and knowledge systems, we understand how people learn
and how to leverage technology to support that learning.”
The AICC is an international association of technology-based training
professionals. While its mission is to create open standards for
computer-based training in the aviation industry, AICC specifications
are designed to be applicable to learning technologies used
in multiple industries. AICC pioneered the first runtime data
model for LMS.
About the AICC:
Since 1988, the AICC's mission is to provide and promote information,
guidelines, and practices that result in the effective implementation
of technology-based training. The AICC has long been an advocate
of interoperable learning technology. More information is available
at the organization’s Web site at www.aicc.org.
About Eedo Knowledgeware:
Eedo Knowledgeware is a leading provider of learning and knowledge
systems to drive productivity and efficiency. Eedo offers a set
of powerful, adaptable and easy-to-use tools for business people
and learning experts, addressing practical knowledge management
requirements including; learning content management, dynamic delivery,
rapid authoring, assessment, knowledge sharing, performance support
and indexing and search. Eedo's award winning products are utilised
in a broad range of industries and enterprises such as The Boeing
Company, Convergys, Foreign & Commonwealth Office, Internal
Revenue Service and Lufthansa. Eedo is privately held, with offices
in the U.S.A., Canada, Germany, Netherlands and the United Kingdom. Visit
www.eedo.com
For further information, please contact:
Lisa Courtney Lloyd
Jolita Communications
613-271-7512
lcourtneylloyd@jolita.ca
Scott Bergstrom
AICC Administrator
208-496-1136
admin@aicc.org
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