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The Ultimate Glossary of eLearning Terms

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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. An eLearning content authoring tool is a software package which content developers use to create and package eLearning course content using SCORM or xAPI standards.

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PENS – Why your LMS and Authoring Tool Solution should include it

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When internet access became more prevalent, LMSs all jumped the band wagon, and at the time there were also a number of cloud based authoring tools. Think how long GIF has stuck around even though newer standards like JPEG, and PNG emerged. I think xAPI has managed to do that, but I don’t see SCORM disappearing anytime soon.

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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. A Learning Record Store is a data storage system that serves as a repository for learning records necessary for using xAPI statements.