Monthly Archives: December 2014

Considering that SCORM has existed for a number of years, why is it only now becoming a hot topic in the world of continuing education (CE)? Again, if we look to the history of both SCORM and CE the answers become clearer. The last blog explored how SCORM was developed out of the training needs of various Federal agencies. Originally the content for this training was text-based, which meant that as the online version of the training was developed, the aim was to translate a textbook into an online format. Translating a textbook into an online format is what led to [...]

One of the hot topics in on-line continuing education these days is SCORM. In fact, the term is being so commonly used that it runs the risk of becoming just another acronym tossed around without true comprehension of its meaning. So now is a good time to focus on SCORM, understand what it means to the field of on-line continuing education, and why everyone is so excited by it. SCORM stands for “Sharable Content Object Reference Model” and is a set of technical standards that define how learning content is made for on-line consumption. The value in having a standard means [...]