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Unlike SCORM, xAPI can track learning offline and on mobile. This also means that when users access their courses on mobile, or without an internet connection, the data from this is not reported back to the LMS, and the user’s progress will therefore be underrepresented in the record.Ī huge part of our activity online now takes place on mobile, but learning content on SCORM still cannot fully operate this way. Different parts of a wider organisation might use LMSs on different domains, but if these work on SCORM standards it will be difficult to compile a universal record of data between them. This means that LMSs on different domains cannot share content or data with one another. Unlike SCORM, xAPI can track learning offline and on mobile.īecause of its security restrictions, SCORM blocks cross-domain communication. This will be enough for some courses, but it leaves a wealth of practical learning activities unacknowledged. SCORM, however, can only track online activity within the course. This will then be recorded as part of his course progression. With xAPI, learners can input their own records of learning in the ‘real world.’įor example, when Simon’s eLearning course on plant identification instructs him to find four native plant species on a countryside footpath, he can input this activity into the LMS on his phone, even without internet connection. XAPI’s main distinction is its ability to track and make use of a much wider range of learning data. Need a SCORM or xAPI compliant Learning Management System? Contact us about your project Flexible tracking for diverse learning experiences It is a set of standards which performs the same tracking and transferability functions as SCORM, but can be applied in a much more sophisticated way. The recognised heir to SCORM is known as xAPI (sometimes referred to as Tin Can or Experience API). If you do need to work within a protocol, it is a good idea to consider the alternatives to SCORM.
xAPI: a better SCORM alternative if you must use a standard Therefore if you don’t need to move the course out of the LMS, making it compliant with a set of standards like SCORM is unnecessary (and expensive).įurthermore, if you move away from these outdated standards, your content can flourish with new and innovative approaches to online learning (outside of the boundaries of SCORM). This means that you don’t need to create it within a separate authoring tool, nor package it into a format like SCORM. The learning management systems we develop allows you to build your courses within the LMS directly.
When a course is built with a flexible authoring tool within an LMS, it is not necessary to make it compliant with a set of standards like SCORM or xAPI unless you want it to be quickly transferrable to other LMSs. There is a common misconception that a learning course must be SCORM compliant in order to be hosted on a learning management system. So, what are the alternatives to SCORM? And do you even need to conform to a standard?ĭoes your training even need to be compliant with a protocol?ĭepending on your specific needs, it may not be necessary for your courses to be compliant with a protocol or set of standards like SCORM.
Being tied into creating your digital training in line with SCORM places limitations on the features you can deliver for your learners, and on the scope for future development. SCORM has gone through very little development since its first widespread adoption in 2001, while the potential of eLearning has sprung up in all directions. However, this language would be a rudimentary and restrictive one. SCORM has been compared to the universal language of digital learning courses, allowing them to communicate and work on different platforms that ‘speak’ it. This is the main benefit of using a standard. It allowed content distribution across other systems that conformed with SCORM, which made creating courses that could be sold and transferred to multiple learning management systems realistic. SCORM is a set of technical standards for hosting learning content that revolutionised digital training when it was first fully developed and adopted in 2001. SCORM's limitations confine eLearning into an outdated range of capabilities and act as a barrier to development.