Standardized uniqueness: oxymoron or vision of the future? [IEEE standards]

Our vision for the future of learning is one of mass customization and, ultimately, personalization. While it might be difficult to imagine such a world, it is perhaps even more difficult to realize that a fundamental enabler of such uniqueness and personalization is standards. But this vision is a fundamental driver for a collection of standards within the IEEE 1484 Learning Technology Standards Committee. The LTSC´s scope is to develop standards for learning technology. The first LTSC standard, Learning Object Metadata, was completed in 2002 and several more standards have followed since then.