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SCORM vs. Tin Can xAPI: A simple guide to everything you need to know

Plume - e-learning & learning management systems

Since the beginning of learning management systems (LMS), SCORM has been recognised as the industry-standard model for progress tracking in online courses. However, in recent years, SCORM has been replaced by another more future-proof, feature-heavy standard. Are there alternatives to SCORM? Cross-domain communication.

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Think xAPI is Next-Generation SCORM? Think Again

Talented Learning

Rewind briefly to a day in 2010, when the dew was still fresh and early morning sun filled the meeting room at Advanced Distributed Learning (ADL). Instead, the team at ADL actually paved the way for the Actively Narrating Technical Interface-Sharable Content Object Reference Model – otherwise known as the ANTI-SCORM. The Alternative.

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What is SCORM? A Complete Guide on SCORM Files and Packaging

learnWorlds

SCORM stands for Shareable Content Object Reference Model and is a collection of industry standards for elearning courses and LMS systems that support it. Having a set of standards allows for communication between systems, and the same SCORM file should work across most LMS without a problem. 4 SCORM Versions. 5 How to Create a SCORM.

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Why You Don’t Need a SCORM Compliant Learning Management System

Continu

Reference model” means that SCORM is a set of standards to make sure different learning management systems can work together. When ADL created SCORM trainers weren’t thinking about these things yet. There are Alternatives. It was a groundbreaking system that standardized elearning in a field that had very few standards.

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Choosing Mobile Learning Solutions Using Standards

JCA Solutions

Using Standards Separately or Together for Effective Mobile Learning. Now, thanks to new learning standards, and new ways of using older ones, that promise may be here. New Standards May Provide the Answer. Let’s look at how we can use our standards for learning in the mobile world. Technology is full of promise.

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Is it time to replace SCORM? A Look at Emerging Learning Technologies

Growth Engineering

SCORM won the hearts of L&D folk everywhere, when it was invented by the ADL in 2000. SCORM solved this headache by providing a standard software specification that worked across all learning technology. Modern Alternatives to SCORM. Alternatively, it can be located externally from your LMS. Something a lot better.

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Ultimate eLearning terms you should know: Part 1 (A-L)

LearnUpon

ADL (Advanced Distributed Learning): An initiative established by the US Department Of Defense in 1999, aiming to make the delivery of online training consistent across content formats, technologies, and organizations. One outcome of the project was SCORM , an interoperable content standard that’s still very popular today.