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SCORM Compliant LMS: What Does It Mean to be ‘SCORM-Compliant’?

eLearningMind

SCORM began as an initiative from the Department of Defense, which wanted to modernize technology-based education and training and expand distance learning initiatives. Harness the power of the Internet and other virtual or private wide-area networks (WANs) to deliver high-quality learning. First, a little history about SCORM.

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5 papers every learning professional should read

E-Learning Provocateur

And that’s a problem because as a practitioner, I consider it important to inform my work with the latest science. The latter metaphor reminds me that learning is not about the consumption of information; it’s about making sense. Connectivism: A Learning Theory for the Digital Age. Cook‐Greuter, S. Siemens, G.

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My 1-liners from ElNet 2011

E-Learning Provocateur

Aside: Alison’s VLEs are wonderful examples of Informal Learning Environments (ILEs) as per How to revamp your learning model. Don’t do it just because everyone else is. Alison Bickford demonstrated content-rich VLEs on the Confluence platform. All you need is a dash of creativity.

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SCORM Compliance and LMS: What Does It Mean to be ‘SCORM-Compliant’?

eLearningMind

SCORM began as an initiative from the Department of Defense, which wanted to modernize technology-based education and training and expand distance learning initiatives. harness the power of the Internet and other virtual or private wide-area networks (WANs) to deliver high-quality learning. First, a little history.

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SCORM Compliance and LMS: What Does It Mean to be ‘SCORM-Compliant’?

eLearningMind

SCORM began as an initiative from the Department of Defense, which wanted to modernize technology-based education and training and expand distance learning initiatives. harness the power of the Internet and other virtual or private wide-area networks (WANs) to deliver high-quality learning. First, a little history.

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The survival of higher education (1): Changing roles

Learning with e's

I urged universities to develop new strategies that were based upon digital technologies to widen access, increase quality and generally subscribe to the idea that students need no longer attend traditional lectures to achieve quality learning outcomes (Wheeler, 2004). Distance Learning 1(3), 11-17. Wheeler, S.

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Your Brain on Learning

CLO Magazine

When the brain learns, it acquires information through a person’s various senses, and this information travels along the synapses to the short-term memory. But there’s a great distance learning organizations can and should travel regarding what is known about the brain and adult learning, Andreatta said.

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