Posts by Mike Rustici

Mike is the Founder and was President of Rustici Software until 2016. Most recently he was the CEO of Watershed Systems. He helped guide the first draft of the Tin Can API (xAPI) and believes ice cream is the "elixir of life."

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We Want You [Project Tin Can]

Project Tin Can isn't about us...it's about you. We know SCORM, but that's about all (ok, well, I make a mean chocolate chip cookie too). It's you guys who know what learning is all about. You know how organizations need to train in the future.…

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Crying Wolf

Yup, we'll admit it, there's been more than a few times we've asked for your feedback to shape the future of scorm...and yet, not much progress has been made. There's this post, and this one, and this one, and this one, and this one, and…

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Project Tin Can Define the Next Generation of SCORM

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,…

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Project Tin Can

Consider this post a teaser for some big news to come. We're ramping up on a new project that you'll be quite interested in if you follow this blog. Stay tuned. We're going to be needing your help...yes, you should be flashing back to the…

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Finally Some Progress! (and it’s from LETSI)

It seems like we've been talking about "SCORM 2.0" for years now...wait, come to think of it, it has been years. Literally years. But, finally, alas, we have some progress. The industry is moving forward. Hark, do I hear angels singing? While it's not officially…

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Mobile Learning – My Ah Ha Moment

I had an "ah ha" moment this weekend. To put it in geek-speak, I had my first experience with mobile learning for performance support...and it was amazing. After seeing a quote to replace the windows in my house which roughly approximated the US median annual…

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Speak Up – SCORM Data Model and API Open for Comments

As you may know, SCORM is a reference model that is composed of other underlying standards. Two of the most important parts of SCORM, the CMI data model and the ECMAScript API, are governed by the IEEE. The IEEE is currently soliciting comments on these…

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Beyond the check box, a new e-book.

SCORM used to be binary, either you had it or you didn't. But that's not right. Let's face it, in reality there are some good SCORM implementations and some, well, really bad SCORM implementations. Our new e-book will help you decide which is which. (more…)

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LETSI Web Services for Learning Phase 1 Prototype

I am excited to be involved in the LETSI project creating "Web Services for Learning Run-Time Communication". In my mind, it's the most useful work going on in the e-learning standards world these days (but I'm sure others will disagree). It's fun, we have a…

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SCORM 2004 4th Edition is Available

Last night we released an implementation of SCORM 2004 4th Edition to the public TestTrack server. For all of you chomping at the bit to take advantage of the new features in 4th Edition, now's your chance to give it a whirl. Ok, so maybe…

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