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

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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.

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Ultimate eLearning terms you should know: Part 2 (M-Z)

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Today, I’ll complete the list by defining the true meaning of training, from ‘manifest’ to ‘white label’ Let’s dive into the language of learning! Manifest file: The manifest is a nitty gritty detail of SCORM. Mastery score: Defines the score a learner must achieve to pass a SCORM module.

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The Ultimate Glossary of eLearning Terms

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ADL (Advanced Distributed Learning). Notable contributions include SCORM and xAPI. A predecessor to SCORM, AICC was difficult to work with and many steps were required to get content in the format running in a learning management system (LMS). Agile Learning. Online web support was added to the specification in 1998. JavaScript.

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The A to Z of eLearning Acronyms Part 2

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If you need to create materials from scratch (rather than the upload of pre-existing materials such as documents, video, audio, SCORM or xAPI), you should choose an LMS and an authoring tool or an LCMS. LETSI is a new organization with worldwide sponsorship to whom ADL will be handing over stewardship of SCORM.