In today’s world, technology is a crucial part of our everyday lives, especially in the education field. The learning system has change over the years and will continue to evolve even more. With technology changing by the minute, software developers are already working on their individual projects in hopes for it to become the next big learning software. This week readings, an article that caught my eye was entitled, “Getting Started With SCORM”, by Christian Grainsbrugh. My initial thought before reading was, “What exactly is SCORM?”
SCORM is an acronym that stand for shareable, content, object, refence, and model (Grainsbrugh, 2013). SCORM is a form of an eLearning system and has been here for a while. SCORM is a package that comes with course tools and works with learning management systems, LMS, and application programing interfaces, API. It is very vital for SCORM to communicate with LMS so it can record the data from the trainee or students. The way SCORM communicate is easy and is done through a Java scrip, an API (Grainsbrugh, 2013). SCORM is a program that has codes and transfers information to a LMS and API and can track the learner’s results, how long it took them to complete the work, and what score they got. It also knows your name, progress, and attendance. SCORM also communicates with the API and sends requests to the LMS. It is very important for all three programs to coincide with one another.
The API also performs other functions which are titled as LMSlnitialize, LMSSetValue, LMSGetValue, LMSCommit, LMSFinish, LMSGetErrorString, LMSGetLastError, and LMSGetDiagnostic. They also come with a descriptive name that gives you an idea of the purpose. (Grainsbrugh, 2013). Some facts that I learned about SCORM was that it was invented 16 years ago before SCORM 1.0, SCORM has helped with standardize eLearning, SCORM also helps the learning management system and learning content work together. A good learning system means you don’t need SCORM and SCORM is not over yet (Anderson ,2016).
Since technology is always improving, software and technology applications will also need some type of adjustment. SCORM will constantly be updated to fit in our education. There is still more that I need to learn from SCORM so I may be more fluent on it as being familiar with SCORM will help me in my future career.
References
Anderson, D. V. (2016, April 16). What is SCORM? 5 essential SCORM facts you should know. eLearning Industry. https://elearningindustry.com/what-is-scorm-5-scorm-facts-know
Grainsbrugh, C. (2013, February 7). Getting started with SCORM: How does SCORM really work? eLearning Industry. https://elearningindustry.com/getting-started-with-scorm-how-does-scorm-really-work
Grainsbrugh, C. (2013, February 13). SCORM Demystified [Video]. YouTube. https://youtu.be/FzxNwWvmwf4
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