SCORM defines i) How small chunks of content will be packaged together to create a learning event. (size of chunks is pretty open) Thereby enabling portability, reuse, single source etc. ii) Tracking and monitoring usage of the learning such as scores, progress, completion etc.
It is the amalgamation of a number of existing standards (AICC, IEEE, Dublin Core etc.) I can't see how i) above is so different to what folk are trying to do with 'standard' Content Management....? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Austin, Darrel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'André Milton'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "'David O'Dwyer'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, January 27, 2003 3:40 PM Subject: RE: [cms-list] LCMS, LMS's & CMS's > (argh...I hate Outlook. Sent message before finishing...sorry...) > > > > We in the CMS > > space should just engulf the eLearning technologies like a big amoeba. > > Anyone want to help me define a new eLearning standard? Hehe... > > Out of complete curiosity and, perhaps, naivete, what is SCORM and why is > there a 'standard' for a term as abstract and vague as eLearning? > > This site: > http://www.adlnet.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=scormabt&cfid=4872&cftoken=845494 > 70 > > defines it in some marketingese gobbledy-gook (haven't used that term in a > while) as such: > > "The Sharable Content Object Reference Model (SCORM) defines a Web-based > learning "Content Aggregation Model" and "Run-Time Environment" for learning > objects." > > Er...right. I'm all for standards, actually...I'm just not sure what SCORM > is actually trying to standardize. > > There isn't a CMS 'standard', is there? > > -Darrel > -- http://cms-list.org/ more signal, less noise.
