Atlas in Wonderland
Categories: e-Learning Atlas, Ideas and Thoughts, Rustici Software, Uncategorized
26 Oct 2011
Once upon a time, well, that’s not exactly how this starts. This story actually started about 7 months ago when Chris and I first started working here, at Rustici Software. We were hired to embark on a journey together to find all of the eLearning companies and highlight them in a neutral environment, so you all could find one another.
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SCORM Stats: Then and Now
Categories: SCORM, SCORM 2004, SCORM Cloud, Standards Evolution, Uncategorized, Using the Standards
11 Aug 2011
Back in 2007, I got curious about SCORM 2004 adoption and pulled some metrics about how people were using SCORM. Well, I got curious again, but this time I took it to the next level. We’ve just published a feed of SCORM Stats that will be updated nightly. For SCORM geeks like us, these stats present a useful snapshot into how the real work is using SCORM. Go ahead and bookmark it and come back every now and then to see how things evolve.
Let’s take a look at SCORM then and now.
SCORM Versions
- SCORM Versions Then
- SCORM Versions Now
Then: SCORM 2004 made up about 50% of the content that was being uploaded into Test Track.
Now: SCORM 2004 makes up about 30-35% of the content uploaded into SCORM Cloud.
Conclusion: SCORM 2004 remains relevant for a significant population, but it’s adoption and usage has not increased over the years. Adoption appears to be flat. The decrease since 2007 is probably related to the more mainstream adoption of SCORM Cloud vs the early adopters using SCORM Test Track in 2007.
SCORM Versions By User
- SCORM Versions By User Then
- SCORM Versions By User Now
Then: About 40% of users were uploading SCORM 2004 content.
Now: About 40% of users are uploading SCORM 2004 content.
Conclusion: SCORM 2004 adoption remains flat.
Users
- SCORM Test Track Users Then
- SCORM Cloud Users Now
Then: About 3000 people cared enough about SCORM to try out our little application.
Now: 21,000 people have given SCORM Cloud a whirl.
Conclusion: Our little SCORM Test Track experiment was a hit. That’s nice for us, but for the broader SCORM community it show just how widespread SCORM’s adoption is. Twenty-one THOUSAND people are deep enough into SCORM to use an application like SCORM Cloud, with 500 more signing up every month. SCORM’s adoption is broader than I think anybody realizes. It is the industry workhorse.
Some other stats in that vein:
About 20,000 unique visitors visit scorm.com every month…that’s 20,000 more people every month who are interested in SCORM enough to go read about it.
About 12,000 courses are imported into SCORM Cloud every month. Twelve thousand courses, that is a lot of SCORM content being tested!
Realizing the -ilities (multiple SCOs)?
- Then: Use of Multi-SCO content
- Now: The use of multi-SCO content
- Now: Number of SCOs in Courses
Then: About 35% of SCORM 2004 content took advantage of multiple-SCO functionality.
Now: The percentage of content using more than one SCO has increased dramatically with each new edition of SCORM 2004.
Conclusion: The improvements in each SCORM 2004 Edition have been useful in making sequencing easier to use and more effective. Or, conversely, the people who use sequencing most heavily tend to gravitate to the latest edition with the most robust functionality.
Realizing the -ilities (use of sequencing)?
- Then: Use of Sequencing
- Now: Use of Sequencing
Conclusion: The use of sequencing remains similar, but it increases with the later SCORM 2004 Editions….consistent with the conclusions above.
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If we were a supermarket, we’d have just dropped balloons and streamers on our good friends over at Tandem Learning. But, since we’re 798 miles away from them, we just had cake and ice cream at the office instead.
Why the hoopla? Well Tandem is our 100th paying SCORM Cloud customer and we think that’s something worth celebrating.
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Project Tin Can Define the Next Generation of SCORM
Categories: Project Tin Can, Standards Evolution, Uncategorized
29 Nov 2010
The Big Announcement
Well, here it is, the big announcement we hinted at with the obscure name “Project Tin Can”.
Rustici Software as been hired by ADL to help produce the successor to SCORM. For the next year, we will be conducting outreach, gathering requirements, proposing solutions and developing prototypes of a new “Experience API”.
Is this “SCORM 2.0″?
Well, kinda sorta, but not really. This is much bigger. Just what this successor is and what it will be called isn’t formally decided yet. One thing is for certain though, ADL is thinking big. The “Experience API” is just one part of a larger framework that encapsulates all aspects of learning.
It is an exciting time and we’re happy to be playing a big part in it. You can read all about it at http://www.scorm.com/tincan.
The first phase of this project is all about outreach. That means you’re going to be hearing from us and we need your help. We’re not defining the next generation…you are!
For now, check out the project site. You’ll find a collaboration area where you can vote on existing ideas, submit new ideas and participate in discussions. That’s just the start. Expect to hear a lot more from us over the next few months. We will be recruiting people to provide use cases and one-on-one interviews as well as highlighting particular areas for discussion.
To stay up to date with the latest progress, you can:
- Follow us on twitter @projecttincan
- Follow the RSS feed or get email notifications on this blog
- Sign up for the feedback site and get notifications when changes are made
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Whoops! Realize I never said hi or introduced myself. Just kind of jumped into the blog. So hi. Glad to meet you.
We’ve been heading back to school for a couple of weeks now in these parts. (I realize most of you Yankees won’t be in school until next week. Slackers.) Lots of meet the teacher, find your locker, figure out where your new homeroom is, buy books and supplies.
I’m a long time out of school myself, but the past month or so has been a similar experience for me. New homeroom (literally, since I’m working out of my house), new teachers and classmates to figure out, new subjects to tackle. Suddenly, my reading material includes words like pedagogy, sequencing, manifest, interactions, learning objectives, and my head is swimming.
My new teachers not only include Mike and Tim but Aaron Silvers, Mary Cooch, Tony Karrer, Cammy Bean and about 100 others. I’m absorbing what SCORM is and does while also exploring what makes e-learning tick and tock.
It’s an interesting crossroads – applying something I know and love (marketing and social media) to a field I’ve never played in before (Wait! What is it we do again?). Kind of like attending a new school, but taking the same classes you had the year before.
So … all my pencils are sharpened and I’m ready to learn, take notes and mostly listen to what you have to say. What would you like to teach me?
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