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The ongoing work of learning standards

Litmos

At the dawn of the video recording age, a battle raged about the best standard to use: VHS or Betamax. In it, Sony came out with a better standard, but kept it to themselves. Meanwhile, JVC’s VHS standard wasn’t quite as good, but they openly licensed it. Standards provide several benefits. Learning Standards.

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An explanation of cmi5 in (mostly) plain English

Rustici Software

No matter which DVD you buy, it’ll play in your DVD player at home; you don’t need different players to watch different DVDs. But why should someone use this new fangled standard? Source: ADL cmi5 Specification. Open source Player Prototype that functions as a cmi5 content player.

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“How do I know which LRS is right for my needs?”

Rustici Software

If you need to launch and track cmi5 packages or play content published in a variety of standards, including xAPI, then you’ll want to consider going with a content player, such as Rustici Engine, that supports multiple content types and includes an integrated LRS. Then an integrated LRS might be a good fit for you.

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We launched CATAPULT: A giant step forward for cmi5

Rustici Software

One year ago, we kicked off a project with ADL to develop tools and resources to help accelerate the adoption of cmi5 , and ultimately xAPI, within both the DoD and across the industry as a whole. As with any standard or specification, the value comes with relevance and adoption.

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Taking cmi5 adoption further by developing a Conformance Test Suite

Rustici Software

For the last 18 years, some of the most important work we’ve done at Rustici Software has been the standards-based efforts we’ve worked on with the Advanced Distributed Learning Initiative (ADL). Since cmi5 was first released in 2016, there’s been a missing piece that has slowed its adoption.

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Learning technology procurement: 5 best practices for L&D

Rustici Software

There are a lot, but one has to be hanging out and chatting with other eLearning standards nerds. Take the time to inventory your existing relevant technologies to see if they are compatible or incompatible with your chosen standards. Your content player vendor must have an LRS to be conformant. You’re my people!

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CellCast mSCORM Player Announced

mLearning Trends

We're pleased to announce the availability of the CellCast mSCORM Player , the latest extension to our CellCast Solution platform for enterprise mobile learning delivery. This new functionality allows mobile workers to access learning content deployed as standard SCORM v1.2 and higher) and smartphones running Windows Mobile v6.1

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