SCORM -- an Overview (contd.)

 A number of organizations have been working on different but closely related aspects of Web-based learning technology.

 These evolving areas have recently made great strides, they have not been well "connected" to one another.

Result--

•  Some specifications are quite general

•  Other are rooted in earlier computer managed instruction (CMI) practices and require adaptation to Web-based applications.

 The work of the ADL Initiative to develop the SCORM is also a process to knit together disparate groups and interests. This reference model aims to coordinate emerging-technologies and commercial and/or public implementations.