Transcript Everything You Didn't Want to Know about SCORM.

Everything You Didn't Want to
Know about SCORM.
Be very, very afraid
Definition
 Shareable Content Object Reference Model
 Collection of standards and specifications for webbased e-learning
 Defines communications between client side content
and a host system
 Could be anything
• Course
• Chapter
• Topic
Versions
 1.2
 2004 v4 - Sequencing
What is it actually?
 Zipped file containing everything needed for the webbased delivery of content
• HTML webpages containing Javascript
• imsmanifest.xml
• Everything listed in the imsmanifest.xml
How does it communicate?
 Open a web browser
 Launch the module from the LMS/TMS
 The LMS/TMS sends back a webpage with
information
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SCORM API (Name, Scores, Bookmark, etc)
 When you interact with the webpage, you are using
Javascript to send information to the LMS/TMS
 The LMS/TMS writes the information to its database
How does it affect the developer?
 Everything is fine until you start adding technology
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Texts and graphics
Video
Audio
Animation
Simulation
Webinars
Streaming/Video-on-Demand
Virtual Environments
What are you talking about?
 If you want to track or know the status of an object, you
need to communicate with the JavaScript contained in the
webpage.
 Think of the webpage as a building protected by a
surveillance system with a set of instructions (JavaScript).
 If you put an object in the building and you don’t tell the
system to add the object to the instructions, you can’t tell
the LMS/TMS you want to track or know the status of the
object.
 Not a problem if you DON’T want to track an object.
Examples of Objects
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Video
Audio
Animations
Simulations
Complex assessments
Flash apps (Captivate, Articulate)
Work Around
 Use tools verified to work with SCORM
• Modification made be necessary
 Assess the object
 Add an acknowledgment to the SCO
The future is looking bright!
 Training & Learning Architecture (TLA)
• Encompasses a set of standardized Web service specifications
and Open Source Software (OSS) designed to create a rich
environment for connected training and learning.
• Like SCORM, the TLA is not a system itself, but rather enables
systems or applications to be built for learning.
• Experience API (xAPI)
• Learning Record Store
• Learning Registry
• 3D Repository
• RUSSEL
Training & Learning Architecture (TLA)
 The TLA components align with 4 key concepts:
Experience Tracking
 Experience Tracking:
• Specifications and software that can be used to track
learner data based on interactions with learning
experiences.
• Learning experiences can derive from many contexts,
including formal courses, simulations, informal learning
with websites and videos, games, and social media
interactions.
• Experience API (xAPI)
• Learning Record Store
Experience Tracking
 Experience API:
• Store and track access to learning experiences
• Enable tracking of learning experiences, including traditional
records, such as scores or completion
• Stores records of learner’s actions, like reading an article or
watching a training video
 Learning Record Store:
• a system that stores the tracking statements communicated
through the Experience API (xAPI)
• validate and store incoming statements, then retrieve the data
when queried
• Learning activities using the xAPI generate statements in the
form of "I did this" or "Actor verb object
Content Brokering & Understanding
 Specifications and software to manage content to
support just-in-time learning and enable selection of
the next logical activity
• Re-Usability Support System for E-Learning (RUSSEL)
• Learning Registry
• 3D Repository
Content Brokering & Understanding
 Re-Usability Support System for E-Learning (RUSSEL)
• Open-source software project to manage and repurpose
courses, documents and multimedia assets
• Includes an Electronic Performance Support System (EPSS)
for reuse and repurposing of SCORM-conformant content
based on instructional design best practices and reusable
design frameworks
 Learning Registry
• capturing, connecting and sharing data about learning
resources available online
 3D Repository
• A repository for 3D objects
Learner Profile
 Provides access to data about learners such as learner
preferences and course history
 Information found in the profile can be used to tailor
a learning experience to an individual by taking into
account the learners specific style and experience
within a subject
 Profile can be developed with data from many
sources, including experience tracking and learnerentered information
Competency Networks
 Enables learning objectives and competency
definitions to be used by content and systems to
establish proper relationships
 The relationships will map content/courses to
objectives/competencies based on the established
definitions
Resources
 www.scorm.com
 www.adlnet.org
Questions?
Milan Hatch, Instructional Systems Specialist
Instructional Technology Department
National Corrections Academy
Federal Bureau of Prisons
303.338.6554
[email protected]