Better Learning from Better Learning Technology

The mission of 1EdTech Consortium (1EdTech/1EdTech) is to advance technology that can affordably scale and improve educational participation and attainment. To ensure the learning impact of technology-enabled innovation is achieved around the world, 1EdTech's influential community of educational institutions, suppliers, and government organizations develops open interoperability standards, supports adoption with technical services, and encourages adoption through programs that highlight effective practices. 

1EdTech is a highly effective non-profit member organization that enables the adoption and impact of innovative learning technology.

Through open architecture and an extensive ecosystem of edtech products, 1EdTech empowers educational institutions to be more innovative, provide more seamless user experiences, and dramatically reduce the cost of integrating products into its educational enterprise systems.

Profile

1EdTech is supported by member organizations—the world’s leaders in educational and learning technology. Leadership in 1EdTech comes from K-20 institutions as well as edtech suppliers, including leading learning technology product suppliers and publishers, leading institutions of learning and training, and leading government and professional consortia. 

1EdTech is organized under the U.S. tax code as a non-profit membership organization. 1EdTech operates under a world-class intellectual property rights (IPR) policy and the provisions of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act. 1EdTech is a category A liaison to ISO/IEC (International Standards Organization/International Electrotechnical Commission) Joint Technical Committee. 1EdTech has numerous partnerships with standards-setting groups and government bodies around the world. 

1EdTech is managed by the 1EdTech Board of Directors, who represent 1EdTech Contributing Member organizations and the sector at large. Contributing Members elect a majority of the Board.

History

In 1995, 1EdTech came into existence as a project within the National Learning Infrastructure Initiative of EDUCAUSE. In 1999, 1EdTech spun out of EDUCAUSE to become an independent non-profit organization. While 1EdTech got its start with a focus on higher education, the specifications published to date, as well as ongoing projects, address requirements in a wide range of learning contexts, including K-12 schools, corporate and government training. 1EdTech continues to have a close relationship with EDUCAUSE and numerous other education and training associations.

Scope of Work

1EdTech has published a broad portfolio of learning technology interoperability standards available under a royalty-free license. Standards development is led by member-based project groups from various parts of the world, depending on need and interest. 1EdTech also provides robust developer communities to aid in the adoption of 1EdTech work, including the sharing of open-source code libraries, reference implementations, and conformance certification. End-user organizations established numerous advisory groups and Innovation Leadership Networks in specific areas to develop institutional best-practice and how-to guides, as well as to guide the priorities of 1EdTech technical work.

The 1EdTech Name

The formal name for 1EdTech is 1EdTech Consortium, Inc., also sometimes referred to as 1EdTech or 1EdTech GLC. The original name, when 1EdTech first started in 1997, was the Instructional Management Systems (1EdTech) project. Over time, many other names became more popular, such as Course Management System, Learning Management System, Virtual Learning Environment. Therefore, 1EdTech retained the acronym. But, today and into the future, 1EdTech stands for a much larger body of work critical to K-12 districts and higher education institutions accelerating their digital transformation.