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LETSI and the Future of SCORM MedBiquitous Annual Conference April 30, 2009 Avron Barr LETSI Communications Chair [email protected] The views expressed are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the views of the Advanced Distributed Learning Initiative or the US Department of Defense. LETSI is an international non-profit federation dedicated to realizing the potential of technology to revolutionize education and job training Technology transforms industries … … why not ours? Interoperability is Key Freeing “content” from software apps, thus creating a unified market for publishers Reducing costs of systems integration Avoiding vendor lock-in Lowering barriers to the dissemination of new, innovative projects and products Enabling “intelligent” learning systems that require data from multiple sources 4 SCORM is the De Facto International Content Interoperability Standard, But… The SCORM community has outgrown SCORM SCORM has outgrown the Advanced Distributed Learning Initiative (U.S. DoD) Assumptions from the 1990’s: single student, self paced, content “packages”, programmed instruction, … LMS: a “walled garden in the era of Web 2.0? But the ADL’s open processes and “no-strings-attached” licensing remain essential to innovation and adoption Standards development methodology remains frozen in time Need to be iterative and agile to speed the adoption cycle and accelerate innovation 5 Trial Adoptions Content Development Interoperability Tests Product Implementations Implementation Support: Test Suite, Help Desk, Sample Implementation, Certification Services Plugfest Events First Release of SCORM Docs The Evolution of SCORM Multiple Releases Improvements and Disambiguation: ADL TWG meetings, CCB Strategic Adoptions Broad Adoption. Standardization. Specification Development & Harmonization 6 LETSI’s Founding Sponsors 7 LETSI’s Fills a Gap An open, inclusive forum for educators and technologists from all market sectors Supporting disruptive innovation as well as incremental improvement Working with standards development organizations to promote adoption Expediting adoption by supporting innovators Using community-based, agile software projects to facilitate early, more consistent adoption, and reduce costs to implementers 8 Report on the “SCORM 2.0” Project Open solicitation of white papers, June 2008 Online discussion forums Comments on white papers; comments on comments; community enthusiasm First SCORM 2.0 Requirements Workshop Over 100 papers plus informal comments Pensacola, October 2008 (sold out a month in advance LETSI Working Groups produce Assumptions Document, Feb. 2009 Working groups will meet again in June 2009. 9 10 The LETSI Open Platform: Active and Proposed Projects A new, service-based software architecture to support integration of systems and innovations A new solution to content orchestration (sequencing) that supports reusable, adaptable objects and true plug-and-play interoperability A reexamination of performance reporting and competency frameworks across market sectors Integration of training with authoritative policy or technical documents (S1000D) A cross-market approach to student information 11 Open Participation LETSI website, wiki, blog – http://www.letsi.org LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter Workgroups, teleconferences, meetings LETSI working group participants are all volunteers. Contact [email protected] 12 Questions? A Decade of LET Standards AICC, SCORM, IMS, and others have adoption But challenges remain… Assumptions from the 1990’s: single student, self paced, content “packages”, programmed instruction, … Limited use of competencies, objectives Slow adoption, inconsistent implementation Variation across communities Unintended barriers to innovation 14 Who’s Who of LET Related Standards … Re-think LET interoperability issues SCORM’s assumptions from the 1990’s: single student, self paced, content “packages”, programmed instruction, … SCORM’s solution to content modularity and “sequencing” has not done well Address the interoperability needs of new uses of computers in education and training Collaboration, immersive environments, ITS, … Not just content interoperability – all needed data LETSI Opportunities LETSI has successfully made the case for change Organizations can sponsor this high-visibility industry initiative: Managing Sponsor: $10,000/year Advocate Sponsor: $3,000 Sponsors can also become development effort contributors at no additional cost Individuals can participate in development efforts: Individual Contributor: $100 17 From go2web20.net