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SCORM 2004 4th Edition

ADL recently released beta versions of the SCORM 2004 4th Edition Conformance Test Suite and Sample Run Time Environment. 4th Edition adds 4 new features and 30-something clarifications/enhancements/bug fixes to SCORM 2004. This evolution is not a drastic change to the specification, but should represent…

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The SCORM Engine as a “platform for e-learning”?

Tim and I have been discussing how our own experience in designing the SCORM Engine might directly apply to the "platform for e-learning" being discussed by LETSI. Behind the scenes, the SCORM Engine is essentially a platform that facilitates adding plug-in functionality to LMS's. In…

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“Which part of SCORM should I implement in my LMS?”

In general, passion and anger don't mix with software standards for me. I believe we're doing good work, I think SCORM is really effective, and I hope we're doing our part to further its ongoing success. But... we often find ourselves mired in discussions over…

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What is a “Platform for e-Learning”?

There has been a lot of talk in LETSI lately about what SCORM 2.0 should look like. Everything is on the table. Since there are so many use cases for e-learning, it has been difficult to narrow down the focus of what a specification for…

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Why can’t my content find the SCORM API?

This question comes up several times a month. From time to time, when you launch a piece of content, you may see a message box like this: In order for communication to occur between the LMS and content, the LMS is obligated to provide an…

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SCORM Isn’t Dead, But Apparently It Is Misunderstood

A recent entry on "Rod's Pulse Podcast" contained an audio interview with Dr. Bobbe Baggio, In the interview, Dr. Baggio asserts that "SCORM is dead". She also says that "people who work with SCORM understand what I mean". Dr. Baggio, I work with SCORM, I…

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What to do with the interaction data?

Philip over at Pipworks posted some interesting questions related to Adobe's products specifically and what they should do with SCORM interaction data. I think the responses to this question are interesting in their own right (share them publicly, folks, not just with Adobe!)My question goes…

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eLearning is evolutionary, I guess

This video, found via twitter posts from @moodler and previously @ralfh is fun to watch. Created in 1967 and complete with content, assessment, and remediation, it certainly shows us that the ideas we're playing with now aren't new ones. At a minimum, I hope we've…

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Challenging Problems

Moodle is the leading open source LMS (based on no real research on my part whatsoever, mostly, I've just heard the name more than Sakai or some other alternatives). They've done a great job creating a product that is broadly used and reasonably well thought…

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