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SCORM Vs. xAPI (Tin Can): eLearning Content Standards

Academy of Mine

Both SCORM and xAPI are content standards used to create eLearning courses. Tin Can, otherwise known as xAPI, was developed in 2013 (over a decade after SCORM was released). After all, what’s the difference between SCORM and xAPI? And if you’re using SCORM, does it make sense to convert all of your eLearning to xAPI?

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SCORM – Why does it matter and why do you need it?

Kitaboo

The answer to that need comes from a five-letter acronym – SCORM. What is SCORM? This is where SCORM compliance plays a crucial role. . SCORM is an acronym for Sharable Content Object Reference Model. Most eLearning companies use the standard to develop SCORM- compliant content because it is interoperable.

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Anatomy of a SCORM Course

Academy of Mine

SCORM is a standardized format to create online courses with a predefined structure. This allows any SCORM-compliant learning management system (LMS) to be able to import and run the SCORM course and provide certain analytics and reporting immediately out of the box, such as completion status.

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Adobe AIR & Flash Player 10.1– How it Can Benefit Mobile Learning

Upside Learning

On Feb 15, 2010, at Mobile World Congress 2010, Adobe announced Adobe AIR for mobile devices, a consistent runtime for standalone applications which is an outcome of Adobe initiated Open-Screen project. Mobile device platforms are diversified – from screen sizes to the operating-systems driving the devices.

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12 Ways to Get the Most Out of Your Authoring Tool

Knowing what you need from an eLearning authoring tool can be hard, especially when there are so many options on the market. gomo’s new ebook aims to save you time and hassle by identifying 12 must-have authoring tool features.

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SCORM Implementation For Mobile Devices

Upside Learning

Recently we’ve made the UpsideLMS compatible to mobile devices and also launched a new version – UpsideLMS Version 4.0. While ensuring compliance, we encountered some interesting issues in the implementation of SCORM and found very little help online about implementing SCORM for mobile devices.

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

eLearningMind

First, a little history about SCORM. SCORM began as an initiative from the Department of Defense, which wanted to modernize technology-based education and training and expand distance learning initiatives. What is SCORM Compliance? So what does a SCORM course look like? SCORM courses are usually chunked into modules.

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