Overview
ISO/IEC 2382-36:2019 - Information technology - Vocabulary - Part 36: Learning, education and training (LET) - is an international vocabulary standard that defines terms and relationships used in the field of learning, education and training. Its purpose is to harmonize terminology across languages, organizations and technical communities so that LET technologies, policy and practice can be discussed and implemented consistently worldwide. This third edition updates and expands earlier editions with many new terms and a restructured layout.
Key topics
The standard organizes vocabulary into focused technical topics, including:
- General LET terms and high‑level concepts used in educational technology.
- Users, organizations and roles (learners, instructors, administrators, vendors).
- Systems and tools such as learning management systems (LMS), authoring tools and assessment systems.
- Supportive processes for administration, learner support and course management.
- Resources and content terminology covering learning objects and digital resources.
- Teaching and learning concepts and pedagogical terminology.
- Learner information (profiles, records and privacy‑related terms).
- Individualized adaptability and accessibility, addressing personalization and inclusive design vocabulary.
- Metadata for learning resources (descriptive terms that support discovery and interoperability).
- Collaborative technology and interaction concepts used in online learning.
- Content packaging terms for exchange and deployment of learning materials.
- Quality management, assurance and metrics related to evaluation and benchmarking.
- Delivery of assessments, covering assessment delivery, scoring and reporting vocabulary.
Note: ISO/IEC 2382-36:2019 is a vocabulary standard - it defines and relates terms rather than prescribing technical implementations.
Applications
Practical uses of this vocabulary standard include:
- Ensuring consistent terminology in procurement documents, contracts and specifications for LMS and LET solutions.
- Assisting standards developers, software vendors and interoperability initiatives to align metadata, packaging and API concepts.
- Supporting instructional designers, educators and institutional IT teams in writing clear, unambiguous documentation and learning‑resource descriptions.
- Aiding quality assurance teams and accreditation bodies to communicate metrics, assessment delivery and quality terms consistently.
- Facilitating international research, policy work and cross‑border collaboration in education and training.
Who should use it
- Standards developers and committee members (ISO/IEC JTC 1, SC 36 stakeholders)
- EdTech vendors and system architects
- Learning designers, curriculum developers and assessment specialists
- Institutional IT, procurement and compliance teams
- Researchers and policymakers working on LET interoperability, accessibility and quality
Related standards
- Part of the ISO/IEC 2382 series (consolidated vocabulary for information technology)
- Published by ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 36 (Information technology for learning, education and training)
Keywords: ISO/IEC 2382-36:2019, LET vocabulary, learning metadata, content packaging, learning management systems, accessibility, assessment delivery, educational technology.
