Virtual communities, research groups and projects on IMS Learning Design:State of the art, key factors and forthcoming challenges

We carry out a report showing the state of the art about virtual communities, research groups and projects focused on the e-learning specification IMS Learning Design or directly related with it. This specification is currently becoming the most flexible and supported de facto standard to model full learning processes, as a complement for any structure of educational contents. Later, deriving from the previous study, we show a reading and a further analysis of the current panorama, and describe the key factors that show the relevance and impact of IMS Learning Design and also the main forthcoming challenges