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eLearning Glossary: Definitions for the Most Commonly Used Terms

Association eLearning

eLearning -Also referred to as internet-based learning, web-based learning, and online learning is any training or education delivered via computer. For many, their first experience with eLearning was educational computer games delivered via CD Rom. Grab a spoon, and let’s dig in to the soup, with this eLearning glossary.

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The Role of xAPI in Creating Powerful Learning Experiences for the Modern Workforce

Origin Learning

From early adopters who used archaic systems to set up a lesson that could be shared on one computer with an instructor to guide employees, to modern workplace learning that’s focused on xAPI -enabled mobile learning; eLearning at the workplace has traveled a long way. Why xAPI Matters? Here’s wherein xAPI plays a crucial role.

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SCORM vs AICC: how do they compare?

Elucidat

When these standards were originally set up in 1993, they only focused on CD-ROM based training. SCORM elearning needs an internet connection. What about xAPI? xAPI (also known as Tin Can) is a much newer set of standards (developed in 2011) that aimed to significantly improve elearning standardization.

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What is eLearning?

LearnUpon

Although eLearning is based on formalized learning, it is provided through electronic devices such as computers, tablets and even cellular phones that are connected to the internet. The rise of the internet allowed organizations to abandon one-dimensional practices and utilize the flexibility of eLearning. This isn’t the case.

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A Brief Historical Look at Corporate Training

Litmos

I’ve met people who had worked on the original SCORM standard, those driving the new xAPI standard, as well as early champions of our industry who coined the terms and built the original software tools. Mailing CD-ROM courses to offices around the world was significantly cheaper than regularly sending instructors to the same sites.

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Computer Aided Learning: From pre-history to where we’re at in late 2018

Ed App

Once home computers (and PCs in particular) became relatively-ubiquitous in the 1990s they were quickly followed by CD-ROM-based educational software and reference material (including digitised encyclopedias ). A year later, the LMS development industry welcomed Microsoft and its first SCORM-certified learning suite SharePoint.”

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The Ultimate Glossary of eLearning Terms

LearnUpon

From Agile to xAPI and everything in between, there are a lot of eLearning terms to get your head around. Notable contributions include SCORM and xAPI. The first official eLearning content standard, AICC was developed by the Aviation Industry CBT Committee in 1993 as a CD-ROM based standard. Agile Learning.