Building the Ecosystem: How Certification Ensures We're All Working Together

Closing anel discussion moderated by Mark Leuba, vice president of product management, IMS Global Learning Consortium at the 2019 Learning Impact Leadership Institute in San Diego, California. Featured panelists include Kyle Berger, CTO, Grapevine-Colleyville ISD; Brian Blanton, CIO, Henry County Schools; Terry O'Heron, director of operations, Teaching and Learning with Technology (TLT), Penn State University; Renee Pfeifer-Luckett, director, Learning Technology Development, University of Wisconsin System Administration; Rod Smith, CTO, Clayton County Public Schools; and Nick Thompson, assistant director, Common Collaborative Learning Environment, UCLA.

IMS gives institutions of all sizes have a very powerful way to “trust but verify” that we are actually evolving to the plug-and-play edtech ecosystem that is required to scale innovation. IMS provides certification testing, code libraries and is developing the 1EdTech integration characterization service to underpin this goal. But, the situation is far from perfect. In this closing panel, institutional leaders will share their perspectives on what is needed from suppliers and institutions to accelerate the goal of zero-time, zero-cost integration across edtech platforms.

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