Fundamentals of ADL and SCORM
Detailed Outline
- Introduction to SCORM
- Advanced Distributed Learning (ADL) Initiative and SCORM Overview
- ADL Goals and Efforts
- Basic ADL/SCORM Concepts and Definitions
- The Role of SCORM in Modern Courseware Development
- Courseware Development Today
- Current State of Modern Courseware Development
- Instructional Systems Design (ISD): Basic Principles and Models to Ensure Pedagogically Sound Content
- Course Development Workflow Architecture
- Modern Courseware Technologies
- Course Development Media: Images, Audio, Video, Simulations
- Understanding Mobile Code Issues
- Course Development/Instructional Design Tools:
- How to choose the right tools
- Courseware Delivery Technologies:
- Current State, Trends and Issues
- Modern Course Development Standards
- Standards in Today’s Global Learning Environment
- Standards and Organizations Involved in Modern Courseware Solutions:
- IMS, AICC, IEEE, ARIADNE, ALIC, ISO
- Core Principles of SCORM
- Accessibility: Creating on-demand instructional content
- Adaptability: Tailoring instruction to your organizational needs
- Affordability: Ensuring the efficiency in instructional delivery
- Durability: Keeping your design up to date
- Interoperability: Making sure that your instructional components can be used across a variety of platforms
- Reusability: Showcasing your work in multiple applications and settings
- SCORM Essentials
- Reusable Learning Objects (RLOs)
- Understanding SCORM Assets
- Sharable Content Objects (SCOs)
- Repositories: Melting pots of reusable content
- Learning Management Systems (LMS): How to choose one?
- Expanding your options via a Learning Content Management System (LCMS)
- What is Meta-data?
- ADL Registry: Discovery of specific content resources
- SCORM Specifications
- Building Content Using the Content Aggregation Model (CAM)
- Exploring the Specifications of the Runtime Environment (RTE)
- The Latest Sequencing and Navigation Techniques
- SCORM Content Packaging: Preparing your content for reuse
- What are the SCORM Meta-data Requirements?
- SCORM Content Structure: Specifications Review
- Designing for SCORM
- Creating a SCORM-compliant Course: A Sample Blueprint
- Key Design Considerations: Breaking down the content without “breaking it”
- SCORM Tools and Development Packages: Does your software comply?
- Redesigning for SCORM: Tasks, Complexity and Level of Effort
- SCORM Implementation Examples: How did they do it?
- SCORM Testing and Certification: Let us walk you through the process!
- Support and Resources for the ADL/SCORM Community
- Critical Issues Associated with SCORM
- Conceptual Gaps: What is a Learning Object after all?
- Implementation Challenges and Solutions
- Human Use Factor: Why are people so slow to adopt SCORM and what can be done about it?
- Sharable Objects and Intellectual Property
- ADL and SCORM Trends and Implications for the Future
- Content Objects Repositories Discovery and Registration/Resolution Architecture (CORDRA)
- ADL Future Directions and Research
- Simulations and the High Level Architecture (HLA)
- Crossovers with the Gaming Industry
- Performance Support Technology
- Intelligent Tutoring Systems
- The Future of SCORM Outside of Military and Government Use
- Rethinking the Instructional Design Profession and Management Roles
