ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 36

ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 36 Information Technology for Learning, Education and Training is a standardization subcommittee (SC), which is part of the Joint Technical Committee ISO/IEC JTC 1 of the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC), that develops and facilitates standards within the field of information technology (IT) for learning, education and training (LET). ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 36 was established at the November 1999 ISO/IEC JTC 1 plenary in Seoul, Korea. The subcommittee held its first plenary meeting in March 2000 in London, United Kingdom. The international secretariat of ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 36 is the Korean Agency for Technology and Standards (KATS), located in the Republic of Korea.

The scope of ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 36 is "Standardization in the field of information technologies for learning, education, and training (ITLET) to support individuals, groups, or organizations, and to enable interoperability and reusability of resources and tools".

ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 36 is made up of 5 Working Groups (WGs), 3 Advisory Groups (AG) and 1 Ad-Hoc Group(AHG). Each Working Group carries out specific tasks in standards development within the field of ITLET, where the focus of each working group is described in the group’s terms of reference. The Working Groups of ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 36 are:

ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 36 works in close collaboration with a number of other organizations or subcommittees, both internal and external to ISO or IEC, in order to avoid conflicting or duplicative work.

Organizations internal to ISO or IEC that collaborate with or are in liaison to ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 36 include:

• ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 17, Cards and personal identification
• ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 27, IT Security techniques
• ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 32, Data management and interchange
• ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 34, Document description and processing languages
• ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 35, User interfaces
• ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 39, Sustainability for and by information technology
• ISO/TC 37, Terminology and other language and content resources
• ISO/TC 46, Information and documentation
• ISO/TC 176, Quality management and quality assurance
• ISO/TC 215, Health informatics
• ISO/TC 232, Learning services outside formal education
• ISO/PC 288, Educational organizations management systems – Requirements with guidance for use
• ISO/PC 288/WG1, Educational organizations management systems

Organizations external to ISO or IEC that collaborate with, or are in liaison to, ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 36 include:

<Current in 2022>

• Agence universitaire de la Francophonie (AUF)
• International Information Centre for Terminology(Infoterm)
• IEEE LTSC, Learning Technology Standards Committee
• 1EdTech, 1EdTech Consortium

<Past>

• Advanced Distributed Learning (ADL)
• Aviation Industry Computer-Based Training Committee (AICC)
• Cartago Alliance
• CEN TC 353, Information and Communication Technologies for Learning, Education and Training
• Dublin Core Metadata Initiative (DCMI)
• IMS Global Learning Consortium
• International Federation for Learning, Education, and Training Systems Interoperability (LETSI)
• International Digital Publishing Forum (IDPF)
• W3C:Indie UI, W3C Web Accessibility Independent User Interface
• Schema.org

Countries pay a fee to ISO to be members of subcommittees.

The 22 "P" (participating) members of ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 36 are: Australia (SA), Canada (SCC), China (SAC), Finland (SFS), France (AFNOR), Germany (DIN), India (BIS), Iran, Islamic Republic of (INSO), Italy (UNI), Japan (JISC), Kazakhstan(KAZMEST), Republic of Korea (KATS), Netherlands (NEN), Norway (SN), Philippines(BPS), Portugal (IPQ), Russian Federation (GOST R), Slovakia (SOSMT), South Africa (SABS), Spain (UNE), Ukraine (DSTU), United Kingdom (BSI), Zimbabwe(SAZ)

The 27 "O" (observer) members of ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 36 are: Algeria (IANOR), Argentina (IRAM), Austria (ASI), Belgium (NBN), Bosnia and Herzegovina (BAS), Colombia (ICONTEC), Czech Republic (UNMZ), Ethiopia(ESA), Ghana (GSA), Greece(NQIS ELOT), Hong Kong (ITCHKSAR), Hungary (MSZT), Indonesia (BSN), Ireland (NSAI), Kenya (KEBS), New Zealand (SNZ), Pakistan (PSQCA), Romania (ASRO), Rwanda (RSB), Saudi Arabia (SASO), Serbia (ISS), Sweden (SIS), Switzerland (SNV), Tunisia (INNORPI), Turkey (TSE). Uganda (UNBS)

※ Note: Name of Country(Name of National Body)

As of 2024, ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 36 has 56 published standards within the field of Information technology for learning, education and training, including:

• ISO/IEC JTC 1
• List of ISO standards
• Korean Agency for Technology and Standards
• International Organization for Standardization
• International Electrotechnical Commission

• ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 36 page at ISO