THE ADVANCED DISTRIBUTED LEARNING (ADL) INITIATIVE

Paul Jesukiewicz

Director, ADL Co-Lab

February 16, 2004

Server

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Shareable Content Objects from across the

World Wide Web

Assembled in real-time, on-

demand

To provide learning and assistance

anytime, anywhere

The “A” in ADL

SCORM

Air Force

Job Performance

CDC

Global Knowledge

Air Force

Army

Publishers

Academia

K-12

Industry

Dept of Labor

Sharable Content Object Reference Model

A software model that defines the interrelationship of course components, data models, and protocols such that content “objects” are sharable across systems that conform with the same model.

ADL Resulting in a World Wide Community for Learning Technology

Singapore

IMS Asia

PROMETEUS

CEN/ISSS

IMS Australia

ISO/IEC JTC1 SC36

ARIADNE

ALIC

Dublin Core

AICCAPI based on Appendix B in the AICC CMI document and widespread SCORM usage is now an approved IEEE standard.

LOM (metadata) is an approved IEEE standard.

ADL Model for Standards Evolution

ADL Certification and Adopters

• ADL Certified Products are certified through one of the ADL Certification Testing Centers.

• 28 LMS/LCMSs have been certified

• 10 Content products have been certified

• 94 products/vendors have become SCORM Adopters– to include test logs and descriptions of SCORM products

Enterprise Exemplars

Org Users Learning Content* Standards Usage

Oracle 600k 450,000 objects SCORM, QTI, EP 6k/day

UFI 900k 900 courses SCORM, LOM, CMI, QTI, LIP 50k/day

Cisco 100k 1,400,000 objects SCORM, LOM

MSFT 80k 1,000,000 objects SCORM, LOM, QTI, CP 50k/day

HP 160k 5,000 courses SCORM, QTI, AICC 5k/day

Sun 30k SCORM, AICC

* courses/objects – cataloged, tagged and searchable

SCORM 2004

• SCORM Content Aggregation Model (CAM) 1.3– IEEE 1484.12.1-2002 Learning Object Meta-data– IEEE P1484.12.3 – Draft Standard for XML Binding of LOM– IMS Content Packaging Version 1.1.3– IMS Simple Sequencing Version 1.0

• SCORM Run-Time Environment (RTE) 1.3– IEEE P1484.11.1 – Draft Standard for Data Model for Content Object

Communication– IEEE P1484.11.2-2003 –Standard for ECMAScript API for Content to

Runtime Service Communication

• SCORM Sequencing and Navigation (SN) 1.3– IMS Simple Sequencing Version 1.0

SCORM 2004 Sequencing

• Predictable, consistent ordering and delivery of learning activities, in an instructionally meaningful manner, regardless of delivery environment

Benefits

• Defines sequencing information and behaviors that enable SCORM 2004 content to reproduce standard CBT-Type sequencing in an interoperable manner.

• Code for sequencing learning resources no longer needs to be embedded within learning resources, reducing coupling and increasing reusability

SCORM 1.2 to SCORM 2004 Conversion

ADL is developing tools to assist content conversion:

• Content Packaging Converter (for manifests) • SCO Wrappers (two versions)• Meta-Data Converter• Sequencing Rule Examples

ADL – Future Directions

• Continuing commitment by ADL Sponsors

• Stabilize @SCORM 2004 and plan next generation

• Registration of objects and repositories

• Integration with other technologies

ADL – Integration and Research Areas

• Content Object Repositories Discovery and Resolution Architecture (CORDRA)

• Simulations and High Level Architecture (HLA)

• Job Performance Technology (S1000D) – Hand held, wireless

• Intelligent Tutoring Systems

• Massive Multiplayer Online Games

• Web-services or other messaging technologies as Integration Technology

New Architecture R&D-Track evolution of the Web

- Web Services- Semantic Web

- DAML+OIL- New Knowledge Representation Approaches

- Determine “Next Generation” Platforms

Phases Of SCORM Evolution

Expanded Scope: Integration

With Other Architectures-Simulation

-Performance Support-Mobile Systems

-Intelligent Tutoring-Knowledge Based Systems

-Others…

SCORM “1.X”

Stable and Complete at “2004”-Maintain-Extend

Today

Questions?

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