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1 LETSI is soliciting white papers on SCORM to help identify the issues and ideas that are key priorities for the learning and training community. The submission deadline is August 15, 2008 and more information can be found on the LETSI web site SCORM 2.0 page or in the PDF file LETSI [More »]

2 Summary: If you want the all open source (for reals) SCORM 2.0 to address something in particular, get it in a white paper to LETSI by August 15.LETSI, Learning Education Training Systems Interoperability, the international, nonprofit federation dedicated to improving individual and organizational learning, has taken on the task of developing [More »]

3 LETSI, Learning Education Training Systems Interoperability, the international, nonprofit federation dedicated to improving individual and organizational learning, has taken on the task of developing the next generation of SCORM, the Sharable Content Object Reference Model. As part of this initiative, LETSI is soliciting White Papers from all stakeholders interested in shaping [More »]

4 I ran across a great post over on the Learning Reflections blog this week that presents several tips for ensuring good working relationships with vendors. The post is The 7 Top Tips for Implementing Learning Technology. The Vendors View! When working with learning technology vendors (ex. LMS providers, service providers, etc.), [More »]

5 When attempting to launch browser-based SCORM courseware, people have been getting the error: "Several Java Virtual Machines running in the same process caused an error" Apparently many people have this issue since upgrading java. I came across it because it...

6 17-Mar-2008 ?? Training Press Releases ?? BTL Group Ltd is pleased to announce that it has completed an 18 month project to convert 13 National Qualification English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) units into e-Enabled and interactive formats for the Scottish Qualifications Authority (SQA). The 13 ESOL units will be [More »]

7 I promised actual Flash stuff on this blog, and now I start to make good on that promise. And no, this is not as clever as Philip Hutchinson?s SCORM Class(es), but give me a break! ActionScript 3 is kinda hard when you don?t touch Flash everyday. Anyway, I took an approach [More »]

8 Several people have written about their predictions for eLearning in 2008. Many predictions are the same as last year: more use of open source LMSs (especially Moodle), more use of immersive learning simulations (games), the continuing rise of eLearning 2.0 tools, and more use of mLearning. I agree with these predictions [More »]

9 Home - PaulGuWikipipwerks.com » Blog Archive » New: SCORM API wrapper for ActionScript 3.0

10 pipwerks.com » Blog Archive » New: SCORM API wrapper for ActionScript 2.0 This ActionScript 2.0 Class is a wrapper designed to be SCORM version-neutral (it works with SCORM 1.2 and SCORM 2004). It also requires the pipwerks SCORM API JavaScript wrapper in the course's HTML file.Startup Says It Can Make Ethanol [More »]

11 I ran into an interesting situation this week. We brought in two eLearning contractors at work to help us with a large project. Upon giving them a tour of our LMS and our existing eLearning courses, the contractors were both stunned to see that I have built our courses using a [More »]

12 I used Google Trends to plot search popularity of Authorware, Toolbook, Lectora, and Captivate since 2004. It may not be a direct correlation to sales or interest, but there seems to be some consistency with gut-level reactions for industry positions. Authorware trending down since 2004, Toolbook relatively stable but lower, and [More »]

13 Trident runs on Windows Vista fine, but you?ll want to ?Run as Administrator? for installation and use. When you download Trident, be sure to save the installation file to disk (do not ?Download and Run?). Then to run the installation, right-click on the file and select ?Run as Administrator? to install. [More »]

14 With the new version 3.9 ILIAS is the first open source LMS that supports SCORM 2004 and allows to run the didactical more sophisticated learning modules of this latest SCORM standard. Other new features are: Videos in mediacasts Manual sorting...

15 30-Nov-2007 ?? Training Press Releases ?? First LCMS to produce certified SCORM 2004 3rd Edition content demonstrates OutStart leadership and commitment to DoD and government standards

16 Agilix Enhances Mobile Learning Solution with Blackboard Backpack Version 3.1 Agilix Labs, Inc., a worldwide leader in e-learning solutions, today released Blackboard Backpack® version 3.1 to its partner Blackboard Inc. This enhanced version of the Agilix and Blackboard-developed distributed learning...

17 For many content developers trying to make the jump to SCORM, the first question is often ?How do I make my existing e-learning content SCORM conformant?? Content is generally compatible with SCORM if: It can be delivered via a web-browserIt can be self-contained (i.e. packaged with all dependencies wholly in a [More »]

18 I don?t know how I missed this, but back in May my ol? pal and programming buddy back in PA ? Kraig Mentor published this article on Director And SCORM. If you?ve downloaded the Plug-in Technology Example, which demonstrates the code and the activity you can employ to create both Flash [More »]

19 A new Trident update is available. Update 2.0.3 adds a few improvements and fixes a few issues. You can find out more information about Trident at http://www.scormsoft.com/trident. You can download and install the updates directly from within Trident if you?ve already downloaded version 2.0. It?s easy. Simply select from the menu [More »]

20 I recognize for many of you, SCORM 2004 Sequencing and Navigation is impossible. My guess is that for most of you, it?s a jumbled problem that combines the complexities in understanding how to create a manifest that correctly interprets the intent of your instructional flow ? and the problem of how [More »]

21 I got an interesting email from Jason Haag of Conform2SCORM today, asking me about if I had recently switched blogging services because he noticed that the theme here on Flash for Learning has changed again as is my wont. I responded that no, in fact, I merely switched the theme which [More »]

22 24-Oct-2007 ?? Training Press Releases ?? Giunti Labs, Europe's leading vendor of e-learning and mobile learning content management solutions (LCMS), has announced that the new version of its learning eXact LCMS meets the SCORM 2004 final edition specification. SCORM 2004 is the ???de facto??? e-learning standard for interchanging learning content between [More »]

23 Projects Underway: LETSI - Beyond SCORM Natural Evolution From ADL Adoption since 1997 has been enormous Things were not designed back then to scale the way they need to now Truly Global stewardship of SCORM Taking over the responsibilities from ADL to be able to scale that support up Charter, Governance, [More »]

24 I'm already at Coronado Springs for Learning 2007. I doubt that I'll really do much blogging at all while I'm here. However, as a Masie Fellow, I try to dabble in what may be avant-garde for learning, so I'll try to update my own twitter more often. I also created a [More »]

25 After an incredibly passionate and spirited discussion on Tuesday and Wednesday, the SCORM Technical Working Group made very few firm decisions about the scope of what we were going to do.  Despite this, I would say that the meeting was by far one of the most enlightening, productive and I would [More »]

26 I?m at the SCORM Technical Working Group meeting and the first exciting thing I?ve heard so far has come from Valerie Smothers with MedBiquitous, talking about Virtual Patients ? a model for reusable case studies to be exchanged for medical simulations around the world.  Each Virtual Patient has metadata describing their [More »]

27 ADL, IMS signed an agreement SCORM 2004 is free of IP encumbrances  ADL will cooperate with IMS on Simple Sequencing 1.1 SCORM 2004 4th Edition Minor release scheduled for mid-2008 Fix Simple Sequencing 1.1 and a few critical bug fixes - stable for 2-3 years Merge SCORM 3rd Edition Sequencing and [More »]

28 Train-Ease, Inc. and webSolve, LLC announces their teaming-up to deliver a state-of-the art Learning Management System for corporations, franchise systems and other organizations interested in revolutionizing their training. The new SCORM-compliant system allows seamless delivery of multi-media training sessions via...

29 Just figured I?d put it out there that I?m going to be attending Learning 2007 in case anyone wants to meet up to talk Flash, SCORM or anything else over a pint at the small but amiable hotel bar at Coronado Springs.

30 LomPad is a Metadata generator for Windows, Mac and Linux that will simply generate all the metadata you need, either to the IEEE standard LOM (Learning Object Model) profile or, specifically for many of us, the SCORM 2004 profile. It?s pretty straight up and easy to use so far. I?m looking [More »]