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1 The Timeliness of SCORM 2.0 Discussions

2 Last Friday, I submitted two white papers forged with considerable ideas and suggestions from professional colleagues (Tom King), fellow professionals (Ethan Estes and Steve Flowers), and new colleagues from around the world (Martin Ebner).Like Philip Hutchinson, I began the efforts with a serious attempt to produce a formal and very ?serious? [More »]

3 Both SCORM 2.0 white papers have been submitted, so I?m doing my weekly review (GTD style) and wanted to clear the plate with something lighter than pedagogy or DITA or IE 7 rollouts.Don?t get me started?Anyway with a month of using the iPhone, I?ve had one lasting annoyance and that?s synching [More »]

4 I was presented with an interesting task recently: I was asked to recommend a learning management system (LMS) that can support 6 different languages (English, French, French-Canadian, Italian, German, and Spanish). This is new territory to me; I have only worked with LMSs and eLearning courses in English. So I embarked [More »]

5 6-Aug-2008 ?? Training Press Releases ?? OnPoint Digital, Inc., a leading provider of Online (e-learning) and Mobile Learning (m-learning) solutions, today announced the general availability of their second quarter release of the OnPoint Learning & Performance Suite software which introduces a host of new features to the award winning LMS/LCMS and [More »]

6 My current research project of finding an LMS continues, albeit slowly. I?ve said before that my needs for an LMS are pretty simple - basic tracking, nothing fancy. All the systems I?ve looked at so far do more than I need and charge accordingly. Then last week some people who are [More »]

7 Playing around with the Cuil search engine earlier this morning? >versus >Fortunately my typical vanity search did find me. Even more interesting is that Cuil quickly ?learned? about SCORM in just an hour or so. Click either image to see more current results.

8 Aside from rocking out, quoting movies and tv shows incessently, cooking, troubleshooting a wide array of technical issues? one of the things I do really well is start things I?m excited about. I?m getting better at finishing them.There are at least two ideas I?ve had brewing that I?d like to write [More »]

9 Shaping Future Learning, or Why You Should Be Writing a White Paper for SCORM 2.0

10 Several weeks ago, a call for white papers was announced to provide the broadest possible input into shaping SCORM 2.0.We have this framework that most E-Learning content and Learning Management Systems use as a basis for their data tracking, communication and delivery ? it?s called SCORM. You may not know how [More »]

11 I often find myself daydreaming when dealing with LMS problems. I say to myself, "If I built an LMS, it would??.." Ah, if only it were that easy. This line of thinking leads me to these questions: How would you design your perfect LMS? What features would you include (or exclude)? [More »]

12 This week?s post starts with a simple question: At your organization, when you hold an instructor-led class, how do you give learners credit for attending the class in your LMS? I?ve seen organizations do this several ways, but I?ve never been a huge fan of how it gets done; it has [More »]

13 PING- In response to my post, Call for Whitepapers on SCORM- Do SOMETHING please Brooks Andrus wrote a blog post titled, The Elearning Industry Is Dead. [That is a provocative statement that might leave one feeling a bit conflicted if one possessed 10 years experience with multimedia, Flash and elearning, and [More »]

14 Well, lucky me finally convinced people that we need an LMS. Now I just need to figure out which one will work best for us. About a year ago I started down this same path, but the project was put on hold. I?ve been in touch with one vendor from my [More »]

15 From the LETSI Wiki??Our company is starting to venture into creating SCORM modules. What is the Best Mac software for developing SCORM content?One option was Lectora? Any good??SCORM on a Mac? it?s tough. I assume you?re looking for authoring tools. On a Mac, there aren?t a lot of options at the [More »]

16 Free Web 2.0 Books1: Introduction to The Web Standards Curriculum/Table of Contents - Opera Developer CommunityWeb Design Resource - 25 Sites to download Free Web TemplatesHome - SCORM 2.0 - LETSI SCORM 2.0 is intended to be an interoperability model that, like its predecessor, can be used strategically across market sectors [More »]

17 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 »]

18 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 »]

19 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 »]

20 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 »]

21 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...

22 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 »]

23 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 »]

24 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 »]

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

26 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 »]

27 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 »]

28 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 »]

29 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 »]

30 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...