WK2 Response #2 - Joseph Huber

Joseph wrote:

The primary purpose of Advanced Distributed Learning (ADL) is to harness the power of technology to deliver and distribute education and training (ADL vision). ADL is responsible for the creation and development of the Sharable Content Object Reference Model (SCORM) initiative, which would allow for Learning Management Systems (LMS) to be used interchangeably without proprietary constraints. The main function of SCORM content is that it has the ability to be used within a variety of systems in order to recognize students and relay their success and mastery of a certain subject or topic (Basic SCORM concepts, 2008). Provided that the LMS is SCORM conformant, the SCORM is interchangeable across a variety of platforms, which leads to the reusability of the original content.

I commented:

SCORM sounds like a youtube but for educational tutorials and videos and such...and with many standards. It is a good idea to compile a repository of learning objects regardless of affiliation. I continue to be amazed with a business-style like wikipedia. It manages to provide good, substantiated information placed within a strict set of standards while remaining balanced and open.

Often, my history cartoons have been labeled as 'edgy'. This is a nuance that I never picked up on. While I believe my learning oblects are very school appropriate, I would be interested to see where my website or cartoons on it would be ranked by SCORM.