SCORM
In doing a little research last night on online testing, I happened across an acronym, SCORM, as it related to some application or another (as in, the application is SCORM compliant). I looked it up and found the following wiki regarding it: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SCORM.SCORM stands for Sharable Content Object Reference Model and it is a collection of standards and specifications for web-based e-learning. It defines communications between client side content and a host system called the run-time environment (commonly a function of a learning management system).
I need to research this a little more to understand if SCORM compliance is a standard I should aspire to in my designs or not. The main benefit I see is a built in market of clients that insist on SCORM compliance, particularly the government. And the government is no small client, particularly when you consider that public schools fall under some jurisdiction of the government. That said, it would seem that SCORM compliance is important to my designs. However, superficially, SCORM seems to be related to e-learning systems, where Flip is not so much a learning system, as it is a review and testing system (or a drill and test processor if you will). Still, in my cursory purview of SCORM standards I saw that some standards did apply to review and testing functionality. As I mentioned, I need to research this a little more.
Labels: data structure, drill and test processor, flashcard application, Flip, LMS, SCORM
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