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The ongoing work of learning standards

Litmos

The problem with committee work is well known; in this case vendors who participated wanted the standard to make it easy for their content to be made compliant. They wanted a standard, took a plausible set of standards from the work, and called it the Standard Courseware Object Reference Model (SCORM). SCORM works for courses.

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Why So Many LMS Vendors?

Talented Learning

Nearly 700 LMS vendors compete in today’s LMS marketplace. These LMS vendors range from global software companies to tiny cloud vendors. Cloud technology has lowered the barrier of market entry for LMS vendors. Revenue is reinvested in expanding functionality to broaden the vendor’s market and price point.

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LMS-Agnostic eLearning Should Be Your New Strategy

JCA Solutions

That’s often a mistake. Many eLearning vendors create content that is not LMS-agnostic. Vendors whose eLearning content complies with all versions of industry standards and has been tested on multiple LMS platforms can escape many of these problems. SCORM SCORM stands for “Shareable Content Object Reference Model.”

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Tin Can vs. SCORM: What’s It All About?

KZO Innovations

There’s been buzz about the “Tin Can API” and “next generation SCORM” for some time now – but do you actually know what these terms mean and the key differences between the two? Here, we’ll define and differentiate Tin Can and SCORM to make e-Learning a whole lot clearer for you! What is SCORM? What Are the Differences?

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Test SCORM Courses with an LMS

Tony Karrer

We are developing a SCORM or AICC compliant course either custom or using an authoring tool. Here are some ideas - SCORM Test Suite One of the best things about SCORM (ADL's Sharable Content Reference Model) is that it is pretty easy to test and diagnose problems. There is another called SCORM Test Tracker.

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Top 10 LXPs for 2020

eLearning 24-7

What I really like is that they aren’t trying to be focused solely on the large enterprise space, which too many vendors across the industry see as the “mighty” Rather small biz (5-500), small enterprise (501-999), Enterprise (1,000-10,000) are their strong spots. . Definite a player to come. Mobile app is good.

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What you can expect in 2019

eLearning 24-7

Cost is a key factor, and while authoring tool vendors are jumping into VR with new functionality, the truth of the whole matter is that VR headsets haven’t punched thru the L&D and/or training departments across the globe. . If a vendor declines to provide this information to you, then move on. Multiple sets of data? .

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