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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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What is a Learning Management System? (2019 Update)

Docebo

Administrators can easily create and manage courses and course catalogs to deliver more targeted learning. Content Integration and Interoperability: Learning management systems should support learning content packaged according to interoperable standards such as SCORM, AICC and xAPI (formerly Tin Can).

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My Favorite Things: Tools and Tips to Facilitate Content.

Dashe & Thomson

Remember, Visio is not a standard part of MS Office and requires a separate license (and it’s expensive). I can’t tell you how many times I’ve been working at a client site (on a client PC) and went to create a process flow chart, only to realize Visio was not on the PC. Properly d.

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My Favorite Things: Tools and Tips to Facilitate Content Development

Dashe & Thomson

Remember, Visio is not a standard part of MS Office and requires a separate license (and it’s expensive). I can’t tell you how many times I’ve been working at a client site (on a client PC) and went to create a process flow chart, only to realize Visio was not on the PC. Properly d.

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Tin Can API, the evolution of SCORM

Paradiso

The Shareable Content Object Reference Model – SCORM – has been the industry standard for over 15 years and has served as the foundation for many an LMS across its lifetime. Some of the many benefits of Tin Can API are: Tin Can API can track many different formal and informal learning experiences, not just the content hosted on an LMS.

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LMS For SMBs And Training Companies – A Year On, Is It Still The Same?

Upside Learning

Standards Compliance. License Management. While I did not summarize a similar post for SMBs a year back, I can list a few important ones which are more relevant (and needed) now than were earlier: Social Learning / Informal Learning components. The key points I had mentioned earlier were. Hosting and Support.

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10 best LMS software of 2020

Ed App

Some of the most important advantages of LMS-assisted learning in the workplace are integration with work, independent choice of learning pace, distribution of materials according to the needs of those who learn, standardization, accessibility, self-sufficiency, and individualization.