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Author(s): Carol Fallon, Sharon Brown
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Author: Carol Fallon, Sharon Brown

For the first time ever, clear, comprehensive information about the major e-learning standards has been brought together in a single resource. No more confusing patchworks of information gleaned from scattered Web sites and periodicals. No more frustrating searches through hundreds of pages of technical specifications to find the twenty pages that

E Learning Standards A Guide to Purchasing Developing and Deploying Standards Conformant E Learning 1st Table of contents:

Part 1: A Guide for Decision Makers

1. The Vital Role of Standards in E-Learning Environments

  • Introduction

  • What Is This Thing Called E-Learning?

  • Types of E-Learning

  • The Components of E-Learning

  • Conceptual E-Learning Components

  • Learning Objects — The Conceptual Building Blocks of E-Learning

  • Reusability Is the Key

  • How Is Reusability Enabled?

  • Content Structures

  • Curricular Taxonomies

  • The SCORM Content Hierarchy

  • The AICC Content Hierarchy

  • Physical E-Learning Components

  • Courseware

  • Learning Management Systems

  • What Is an LMS?

  • Do I Need an LMS?

  • Learning Content Management Systems

  • Do I Need an LCMS?

  • Assessment Systems

  • Development and Authoring Tools

  • Collaboration Tools

  • Why Do E-Learning Standards Matter?

  • Standard vs. Proprietary

  • Case Studies

  • So Does My Organization Really Need Standards?

  • So What Is a Standard?

  • Understanding the Term Standards

  • The Life Cycle of a Standard

  • Specifications

  • Implementations

  • Accredited Standards

  • The Downside of Standards

  • So Are Standards Really Worth the Trouble?

  • Conclusion

  • Reference

2. The Evolution of Standards for E-Learning

  • Introduction

  • The Rise of Standards for E-Learning

  • An Overview of the Standards Bodies

  • The ADL Initiative

  • Aviation Industry CBT Committee

  • IMS Global Consortium

  • IEEE Learning Technology Standards Committee

  • Alliance of Remote Instructional Authoring & Distribution Networks for Europe

  • International Organization for Standardization / International Electrotechnical Commission, Joint Technical Committee 1, Sub-Committee 36

  • Other Standards Bodies

  • Relationships between the Standards Bodies

  • Future Directions for E-Learning Standards

  • Moving toward Accredited Standards

  • Keeping Up-To-Date

  • Conclusion

  • References

3. Which Standards? Matching Standards to E-Learning Components

  • Introduction

  • Standards for Courseware

  • Standards for Courseware Interoperability

  • Standards for Content Packaging

  • Do I Need AICC or SCORM Content Packages?

  • What About Meta-Data?

  • Certifications and Self-Tests for Courseware

  • Standards for Courseware Development Tools

  • Standards for Assessment Tools

  • Standards for Administrative Systems

  • AICC-Conformant LMSs

  • SCORM-Conformant LMSs

  • New Specification Versions and the Real World

  • What about LCMSs?

  • Assessment Systems

  • Shopping for Standards-Conformant E-Learning Components before You Start

  • Managing Vendors

  • Conclusion

4. Standards for Interoperable Data Tracking

  • Introduction

  • The Mechanics of Data Tracking

  • The Learning Object

  • The Components of Data Tracking

  • The API Specification

  • Launching an LO

  • Communication between the LO and the LMS

  • The Data Model

  • The HACP Data Exchange Specification

  • Optional Data Model Elements

  • API vs. HACP: Pros, Cons, and “Gotchas”

  • Certification and Self-Testing

  • Conclusion

  • References

5. Standards for Self-Describing Learning Objects

  • Introduction

  • Self-Description and Sharability

  • Constructing Courses from Sharable Components

  • Meta-Data — How LOs Become Self-Describing

  • XML — The Language of Meta-Data

  • Why XML?

  • An XML Primer

  • SCORM Meta-Data

  • Why Bother with Meta-Data?

  • A Simplified Example of Meta-Data

  • Required Meta-Data Elements

  • Certification and Self-Testing

  • The Downside of the Specification — Trying to Allow for Everything

  • Conclusion

  • Reference

6. Standards for Importing and Exporting Entire Courses

  • Introduction

  • Portable Courses

  • Common Course Structure Information

  • Two Specifications, Two Philosophies

  • The SCORM Content Packaging Model

  • The Structure of a Manifest

  • A Complete Content Package

  • The AICC Course Interchange Files

  • The Launching and Sequencing of LOs

  • Today’s Capabilities

  • Prerequisites

  • Completion Requirements

  • The SCORM isvisible Attribute

  • Auto-Launch Availability

  • Looking Ahead

  • Certification and Self-Testing

  • Conclusion

  • References

7. Standards for Tests and Test Questions

  • Introduction

  • Why a Separate Specification?

  • Question and Test Interoperability

  • How Is QTI Being Used Today?

  • The IMS Question and Test Interoperability Models

  • The ASI Information Model

  • The ASI Hierarchy

  • A Simple Example of an Item

  • Available Test Item Types

  • Item-Level Response Processing

  • Results Reporting

  • A Simple Example of Results Reporting

  • The Data Model

  • The Downside — Trying To Be Too Comprehensive

  • Looking Ahead

  • Establishing Conformance

  • Conclusion

  • References

Part 2: A Guide for Designers and Developers

8. Working with Standards: How to Author Standards-Based Content

  • Introduction

  • Planning Your Standards-Based Content

  • What Data Do You Want to Track?

  • Understanding What Data Your LMS Supports

  • Using Optional Data Elements

  • Testing for Optional Elements

  • When the API Is Used to Communicate with the LMS

  • When HACP Is Used to Communicate with the LMS

  • Unsupported Data Elements

  • Example of Using Unsupported Data

  • When Should Data Be Sent to the LMS?

  • Intracourse Navigation and Content Chunking

  • How Current LMSs Control Navigation

  • Content Chunking and Navigation

  • Advanced Sequencing and Navigation Features

  • Objectives Tracking

  • Prerequisites

  • Completion Requirements

  • Planning for Remediation

  • Keeping an Eye on the Future

  • Using the Specification Documents

  • SCORM Specifications

  • AICC Specification

  • IMS Specifications

  • Meta-Data Specification

  • QTI Specification

9. Creating Interoperable Learning Objects

  • Introduction

  • The API Data Exchange Method

  • Launching an LO

  • Communication between the LO and the LMS

  • The API Data Model

  • The Cross-Domain Problem

  • The HACP Data Exchange Method

  • Launching an LO

  • Communication between the LO and the LMS

  • Request Messages

  • HACP Commands

  • Response Messages

  • The Data Model

  • The HTML Communication Problem

  • Common Development Problems and Solutions

  • Standards-Friendly Authoring Tools for Interoperability

  • Conclusion

  • References

10. A Guide to Creating Meta-Data Files

  • Introduction

  • XML Concepts and Terminology

  • Elements and Attributes

  • The Well-Formed Document

  • Data Types and Vocabularies

  • Namespaces

  • Document Type Definitions and Schema — Reference Models for XML Documents

  • The SCORM Meta-Data Information Model

  • An Annotated Example — Meta-Data for a SCO

  • The Meta-Data Information Model

  • Special Data Types

  • LangString Type

  • Date Type

  • Vocabulary Type

  • Meta-Data Application Profiles

  • Oddities of the Specification

  • The XML Binding — Turning the Data Elements into XML

  • Common Development Problems and Solutions

  • Tools for Creating Meta-Data

  • Conclusion

  • References

11. A Guide to Creating Course Structure Manifests and Interchange Files

  • Introduction

  • Example Course Structure

  • SCORM Content Aggregation Packaging

  • An Annotated Example — A Manifest for Pies 101

  • The Content-Packaging Information Model

  • The AICC CIFs

  • Example: An Annotated Set of CIFs for Pies 101

  • The Course (.crs) File

  • The Descriptor (.des) File

  • The AU (.au) File

  • The Course Structure Table (.cst) File

  • The Prerequisites (.pre) File

  • The Completion Requirements (.cmp) File

  • More about Optional CIF Files

  • The Objectives Relationships (.ort) File

  • Complex Prerequisite and Completion Logic

  • Statuses and Status Categories

  • Logic Statements

  • Common Development Problem and Solution

  • Tools for Content Packaging

  • Conclusion

  • References

12. A Guide to Creating Standards-Based Test Items and Assessments

  • Introduction

  • The Assessment-Section-Item Information Model

  • The Assessment Engine

  • Response Types and Rendering Formats

  • Response Processing

  • Building an Assessment

  • Selection and Ordering

  • Outcomes Processing

  • Scoring Algorithms

  • How Outcomes Are Specified

  • The Results Reporting Information Model

  • Authoring and Presentation Tools for Items and Assessments

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