Initially, the goal of this tool was educate the training community about the IRS e-Learning Strategy and to teach instructional design standards. By bringing people together to share ideas, processes, and standards however, the site has evolved into much more. Today the ELDRC has become a hub for the exchange of development process information in the IRS. Project Leads, Designers, and Developers access and use the ELRDC to produce consistent and compliant course ware.

Offering templates, Accessibility, Security, and Technical standards has helped shape e-learning products that are currently being created. Community members now have a place to acquire information, share opinions or even seek additional training. These features have moved the success of the ELDRC beyond that of an extraordinary performance centered design tool; it has become the foundation of a community of practice. Available discussion forums, e-Learning Surveys, and continuous modifications keep the ELDRC current and responsive to community needs.

The end results of project teams using the ELDRC are more educated decisions regarding course ware design, streamlined development processes, and the production of higher quality course ware. Building from knowledge and past projects, reviewing industry best practices, and learning from the advice of others has significantly improved instructional design within the IRS. Progress will continue and will be further enhanced with the LCMS integration in the near future. This will support content reuse and leverage development across projects.