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Standards exist for many things, from safety standards in the home for construction and manufactured goods to standards of practice for professionals. The systemic implementation of new technologies and delivery of online courses requires adoption of standards and specifications in both the development of e learning content and its delivery through e learning technologies. Standardizing the gauge of a railroad track enabled the locomotive to lay the groundwork for the industrial economy, and in much the same way in today’s information age the internet was born from the standardization of TCP/IP, HTTP, and HTML protocols for the World Wide Web. The historical emergence of standards for railway track gauge, as well as telephones, videotape/DVD formats, and HTML, typically started with proprietary technology that did not integrate with other technologies. End-users and consumers of the technology demanded changes that led to interoperability, enabling several products designed to serve common needs to coexist. This convergence of technologies provides the groundwork for the development and description of standards that provide end-users with assurance of longevity and consistency. Given the initial costs for developing e learning programs, establishment of standards for e learning is driven by similar demand for consistency and longevity of use by the end user.

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