This site is the official home for documents, presentations and other resources related to the CanCore Learning Resource Metadata Initiative. CanCore enhances the ability of educators, researchers and students in Canada and around the world to search and locate material from online collections of educational resources. CanCore is based on and fully compatible with the IEEE Learning Object Metadata standard and the IMS Learning Resource Meta-data specification.

The CanCore Initiative is currently funded by the e-Learning Marketplace Strategy Group of Industry Canada's e-Learning Directorate and supported by TeleUniversite and Athabasca University.

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• March 27, 2006: CanCore Guidelines for Accessibility Elements (Norm Friesen)
  
  
• Feburary 16, 2006: Connecting Collections: An overview of approaches (Norm Friesen)
  
  
• January 26, 2006: Building a better LOM? ISO Metadata for Learning Resources (Norm Friesen)
  
  
• January 15, 2006: CanCore Pilot Project: Enhancing Metadata for Canadian Learning Resources (Norm Friesen)
  
  
• January 11, 2006: Standardizing for Access - Interview with Jutta Treviranus (Norm Friesen, Jutta Treviranus) MP3 Podcast version (12.5 Mb)
  
  
• December 12, 2005: Report - Learning Object Metadata Editors (Norm Friesen)
  
  
• November 21, 2005: CanCore visits Seneca College - Interview (Norm Friesen, Dawn Mercer, Jennifer Peters-Lise)
  
  
• November 10, 2005: Interview - Robert Thivierge, eLSACC President (Robert Thivierge & Norm Friesen)
  
  
  

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The e-Learning Standards Advisory Council of Canada; An Interview with Robert Thieverge

(NF) I'm talking with Robert Thivierge, who is the President of the E-Learning Standards Advisory Council of Canada. Robert, thanks for taking the time to speak with me.

(RT) You're welcome.

(NF) For starters, it would be great if you could give us a bit of background and information about the current status of eLSAAC.

(RT) Sure. Well, maybe first of all, I can tell you why we created eLSAAC ...>>[text version]

MP3 Podcast Version [11 Mb]