A survey of application of Chinese E-Learning technology standards in distance education colleges

Many organizations defined e-Learning standards/specifications to improve the effect of teaching and resources management. China defined Chinese e-Learning Technology Standards (CELTS) according to educational need and requirements in China. CELTS also referenced other standards/specifications, such as the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Learning Technology Standards Committee, Learning Object Metadata (IEEE LTSC LOM), Advanced Distributed Learning Sharable Content Object Reference Model (ADL SCORM), Instructional Management Systems (IMS), and so on. Chinese e-Learning Technology Standard contains five categories: (1) guidance, (2) learning resources, (3) learner, (4) media and platform, and (5) educational management. Each category is composed by general specification and general specification. We investigated some teachers and developers whose work is related with e-Learning and e-Learning standards. This paper describes the application effect of CELTS by investigation. The investigation shows that learning resource specifications are widely used, and other specifications are gradually accepted by users.