SCORM and XML Content The Its dj vu

SCORM and XML Content The “It’s déjà vu all over again” Perspective Tyde Richards

The CMI-SCORM Core Processing System import/export Document • structure • metadata • resources Content • data model • transport

Cars, Tail-fins, Corvairs, and Air Bags

Expectations then and now • Then - CMI – – Narrow focus on specific problem Limit scope to “low hanging fruit” No assumption of use beyond original scope Not plug-and-play • Now - SCORM – Fully plug-and-play – UI and pedagogical consistency – Key integrative technology in a much bigger technical picture – XML figures prominently in this expanded agenda

A Context of Increasing Complexity • • • SCORM itself is complex Specification and Standards Development Evolution/increase of Web technologies Merging of learning with other technologies Need to address pedagogical/ui “holes” Global and diverse communities of practice

Complexity and Collapse Examples from The Collapse of Complex Societies Joseph A. Tainter 1988

A System with Technology and People Like the earth and the sun, a question of what revolves around what? Holy Grail Technology Quest Coordinated Action

Coordinated Action versus Holy Grail Technology A cautionary tail for XML adoption The moral: coordinate or collapse gap 2 crop old 3 crop new