Recommended Standards
This page summarises the national training system's recommended technical standards and guidelines to enable interoperability. Some standards and guidelines may be education or sector specific, while others are general internet standards.
VET e-learning content development guidelines
The Framework has published a set of guidelines for creating nationally funded e-learning content. The VET e-learning content development guidelines (MS Word, 205KB) provide user-friendly advice and information for creating accessible and reusable e-learning content.
VET e-learning content standards
More detailed e-standards information and support is also on the following topics:
- Content formats: What are the file formats for online content which will maximise maximum portability, accessibility, interoperability and standards compliance?
- Metadata: How can e-learning content be described to enable discovery and reuse?
- Vocabularies: Which sets of consistently used and carefully defined terms have been agreed upon to foster interoperability amongst VET organisations?
- Content packaging: How should online learning resources be packaged so that they are portable for re-use and easy transfer between different learning management systems?
- Repositories: How can packaged learning resources be stored so that they can readily be shared?
- Web services: What are the key web services to maximise interoperability between VET sector information systems?
- Intellectual property management: How can compliance with copyright requirements be improved and simplified to better manage the intellectual property created by the VET sector?
- Client Platforms: What is the current technology usage within the training sector?
- Accessibility: What can developers do to make Web content accessible to people with disabilities?
Further information about each of the following areas information is available from the Background section of this site. You can also download the complete set of recommended standards in Word (79KB).
