Over 70 White Papers submitted on SCORM 2.0, so far

LETSI has already received more than 70 white papers from all over the world on topics that range from SCORM's content aggregation scheme to the use of games, simulations and other immersive learning environments. We have also been posting the informal comments that have been sent to scorm2@letsi.org. And we've tried to accumulate links to the relevant conversations in the blogsphere.

There are still white papers coming in. The Program Committee will continue to accept submissions until Sept 1. Send formal and informal submissions to scorm2@letsi.org.

The next phase of the project involves reading the submissions and discussing priorities and alternatives online. The 57-person SCORM 2.0 Program Committee will be facilitating these discussions and will be responsible for putting together the agenda for the SCORM 2.0 Workshop in Pensacola, October 15-17.

We invite the community to participate fully in these open discussions. The links will guide you to the relevant material on the wiki:

• Submitted White Papers
• Informal Submissions Section
• As people read the submissions, both white papers and informal comments, they can add comments and generate discussion threads. Labels can be added to the cover pages. These labels, in turn, will be used to generate an indexed list by topic.
• Relevant discussions in the blogsphere
• The SCORM 2.0 Program Committee
• The October Workshop
• An FAQ about the LETSI and the SCORM 2.0 process
• Background material, including the white paper solicitation and the SCORM 2.0 project plan.

SCORM 2.0 - Challenges and Objectives

SCORM 2.0 is intended to be an interoperability model that, like its predecessor, can be used strategically across market sectors and geographical regions. The following overarching criteria for SCORM 2.0 have been identified:

• Support existing and emerging technologies and architectures and encourage innovation in applications across the LET life cycle: authoring and ISD, learning management, content management, knowledge management, HR systems, mobile delivery, Web 2.0, service-oriented architecture, and hosted learning activities.
• Support multiple learning paradigms and teaching methods, e.g., immersive learning environments, informal learning, community-based learning, blended learning, and collaborative learning.
• Support multiple training and education contexts, e.g., classroom, distance learning, on-the-job performance support, and individual self-study.
• Incorporate a modular and extensible software architecture to provide communities of practice maximum flexibility to profile and experiment.
• Allow convenient migration strategies to preserve existing investments in systems and learning materials.
• Include specifications and standards created and managed using open, transparent processes that are not encumbered by patents, licenses or restrictions that would impinge on its availability to the global LET community. LETSI will create an open source software community to support SCORM adopters and product developers.