COURSE OUTLINE

1. 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

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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

8. 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

9. 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

10. 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