Trends in e-learning standards

International e-learning standards and specifications have been widely studied and developed for over one decade. The literature on e-learning standards and specifications consists of approaches, tools and empirical results which are gaining special attention in the last years. Two main contributions are made in this paper: (1) a survey of the international e-learning standards, specifications and organizations; (2) the results of a review which provide evidence that e-learning standards and specifications are reaching a state of applicability, while the topic of e-learning itself is the subject of increasing interest. Finally, the main potential