SCORM™ - Sharable Content Object Reference Model

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The Advanced Distributed Learning (ADL) initiative was launched by the Department of Defense and the Office of Science and Technology Policy in November of 1997. The need was to make it easier to share "learning objects" (video and audio clips, graphic, text and other files) between Learning Management Systems.

The ADL initiative focused on military training and a way to provide instruction and decision support that could be tailored to individual needs and delivered anytime, anywhere. The main goal being to develop a way of creating learning objects that would be reusable and interoperable with any LMS system. The result was SCORM™.

SCORM™ is a set of specifications for developing, packaging and delivering e-learning training materials. SCORM™- compliant content can be merged with other compliant packages to produce a repository of training materials that can be shared across Learning Management Systems.

SCORM™ General News

• SCORM 2004 4th Edition Announced
   
• US Navy Integrated Learning Environment Metrics
   
• Advanced Distributed Learning Co-Lab Hub Hosts Visit By U.K. Ministry of Defense Delegation
   
• ADL Releases the Manifest Basics Content Example (MBCE)
  The Advanced Distributed Learning Technical Team announces the release of the 2004 3rd Edition Manifest Basics Content Example (MBCE) Version 1.0.
   
• The Joint Knowledge Development and Distribution Capability (JKDDC) Launches the Joint Knowledge Online (JKO) Portal  The Advanced Distributed Learning (ADL) Initiative is proud to inform the ADL Community of the completion of a major milestone in Transforming DoD Training. On Monday, April 30, 2007, the Joint Knowledge Development and Distribution Capability (JKDDC) will launch the Joint Knowledge Online (JKO) Portal.
   
• SCORM 2004 2nd Edition Certification Closes With the milestone release of SCORM 2004 3rd Edition more than six months ago, ADL marked a notable stabilization point in SCORM. SCORM 2004 3rd Edition is more robust, complete and mature than the SCORM 2004 2nd Edition, in that it corrects issues, resolves ambiguities dealing with interoperability and incorporates changes based on accredited standards.
   
• ADL Releases SCORM 2004 3rd Edition Content Examples Updates  The Advanced Distributed Learning (ADL) Technical Team announces the release of the SCORM 2004 3rd Edition Version 1.1 Content Examples.  These content examples are illustrations of SCORM 2004 3rd Edition conformant content that demonstrates concepts of SCORM content in the areas of design, development and implementation.
   
• ADL Releases Updates to SCORM 2004 3rd Edition Software
   
• Advanced Distributed Learning - A Norwegian Defence Perspective
  The Norwegian Defence Education Command hosted an ADL conference for the first time. Held in the small town of Gol, Norway, eighty stakeholders from the Norwegian Defence training and simulation community assembled 9-11 May 2006 to discuss the use, development, and implementation of ADL.
   
• Sequencing Essentials Content Example (SECE) Version 1.0 Released
  The ADL Technical Team announces the release of the SCORM 2004 Sequencing Essentials Content Example (SECE) Version 1.0.
   
• Java Security Vulnerabilities in ADL Provided Software
  In February, Sun published a Sun Alert Notification describing seven vulnerabilities in the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) that may allow untrusted applets to elevate privileges, including the ability to access local files and applications.
   
• Expired Root Certificates in Java and Impacts to ADL Provided Software
  Users of the SCORM 2004 Conformance Test Suite and the LMS Test Packages may encounter security certificates that indicate they have expired. This anomaly is due to expired Class 3 and Class 2 VeriSign PCA root certificates in some versions of Java Software Development Kits (SDK) and Java Runtime Environments (JRE).