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1 I was hired at my job almost two years ago and my main objective was to introduce eLearning to the company. It?s been very eventful; I selected and implemented an LMS, implemented Adobe Connect, implemented 100+ off-the-shelf courses, and I?ve developed several custom eLearning courses (whew!). I?ve had a blast and [More »]

2 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 »]

3 I?ve heard so many LMS horror stories over the past year that I thought I?d share the great experience that I have with my LMS vendor at work. We use Inquisiq EX, which is offered by ICS Learning Group. Inquisiq EX is a very affordable LMS which is available as a [More »]

4 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.

5 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 »]

6 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 »]

7 Redbird Software recently launched Redbird DevNet, a one-stop shop for all things SCORM. DevNet has an aggregation of the latest SCORM-related news and blog feeds, job postings, and excellent SCORM documentation. The site will soon feature discussions forums as well. Redbird DevNet is still under development, but this is certainly a [More »]

8 A SCORM content package is a self-contained ZIP file containing certain contents defined by the SCORM standard. The file is known as a Package Interchange File (PIF) and it contains all files needed to deliver the content package via a SCORM run-time environment and/or learning management system (LMS). Mandatory Content Package [More »]

9 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 »]

10 In SCORM, a Content Object is a web-deliverable learning unit. At its most basic a content object is just an HTML page or document that can be viewed with a web-browser. A content object can use all same technologies a web-page can use (Flash, JavaScript, frames, images, etc). However, resources cannot [More »]

11 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 »]

12 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 »]

13 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...

14 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 »]

15 Redbird Software has launched Redbird DevNet, the SCORM Developer Network. The site is still under development, but already offers some useful resources for SCORM developers. Currently the site offers SCORM-related news, jobs, and documentation -- and forums are on the way.

16 I'm working on a new version of the SCORM-compatible learning module template that contains Questionmark Perception quizzes intermixed with the content pages. The two versions will be merged soon, after I reconcile some conflicting functions. Meanwhile, this new version works....

17 SCORM's Run-Time API (application programming interface) is the communication mechanism used by a SCO (shareable content object) and an LMS (learning management system). The run-time API communicates state between a content object and the LMS (e.g., inititlized, terminated, and/or in an error condition) and is used for retrieving and storing data [More »]

18 A Shareable Content Object (SCO) is a launchable learning object (resource) that communicates with the run-time environment that launched it. A SCO must be designed so that it can be launched in a standalone web window, or in a frame in a HTML frameset. A SCO is special because when launched [More »]

19 Every SCORM content package contains an XML manifest file that describes the package and its contents. The name of the manifest file is always imsmanifest.xml and it must appear in the root of the content package.The manifest file is a structured inventory of the content of the package. It defines the [More »]

20 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 »]

21 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 »]

22 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...

23 A learner experiencing SCORM content does not necessarily exercise complete control over which learning object they experience and when. Content developers determine how much control is given to the learner based on organization and sequencing information defined in the content package's manifest. When accessing SCORM content, a learner will experience only [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 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 »]

26 I was doing some housecleaning on my computer this morning and ran across something I wrote up a long while back and never put out. I wonder what other gems I might have lying around. Hope this helps. Interactions??Interaction Identifiers?Organizations should define naming conventions for cmi.interactions.n.id so that each interaction has [More »]

27 Sorry for being silent for so long (again? again). There?s a lot going on with work that?s been keeping me busy enough to ignore blogging on all my sites. I wanted to propose a podcast curriculum where I?ll talk to something having to do with SCORM and Flash in small chunks, [More »]

28 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 »]

29 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

30 A SCORM content package can define one or more Organizations that describe how resources are logically organized into a learning experience. An organization is defined as a hierarchical tree of items or activities.Each item in the hierarchy represents an instructionally relevant unit of learning. Items can be nested to any arbitrary [More »]