2.1 Building on prior work
We are not setting out to create a technology framework from a blank page; instead, we are looking to efforts around the world to make sense of learning technologies. We have drawn upon the work of MIT Open Knowledge Initiative, Sun Microsystems’ E-Learning Framework, the UK e-University, the Carnegie-Mellon Learning Systems Architecture Laboratory, the IMS Global Learning Consortium and the JISC Managed Learning Environment and Information Environment programmes. We also believe that this framework should be constantly re-evaluated and evolved in response to outside developments that show promise.