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Best Practices in E-Learning

Someone recently posted a blog entry ranting about the use of the term “best practices” in our industry. I understand the frustration with thoughtless pronouncements about best practices, especially coming from people who may not know any better; it will often sound a lot like how mom used to say

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Adding SCORM code to an HTML file using the pipwerks SCORM wrapper

In my previous post, I briefly explained how to add SCORM code to an existing Flash file by using the pipwerks SCORM wrapper and SCORM ActionScript class. Today, I’m going to explain how to add SCORM code to a plain HTML file. This example uses SCORM 1.2 syntax,

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Development standards for e-learning, a starting point

Understanding that we should be using standards and best practices throughout e-learning development, the question becomes “what standards and best practices should we follow?” Here’s my attempt at outlining some basics. Please feel free to suggest additional items in the comments section. Follow established “web” best practices. Separate presentation

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Why don't more e-learning developers use standards?

Question: Why don’t more e-learning developers use standards? I don’t know for sure, but I have a number of guesses. Here’s a quick list off the top of my head: * Lack of knowledge about standards * Confusing or obtuse documentation * Competing standards * Misconceptions about cost effectiveness * Difficulty / Lack

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Building e-learning courses: Should we use e-learning authoring tools?

This post was triggered by BJ Schone’s question “How do you build e-learning courses?“ So, here’s my question: How do you build your e-learning courses? Do you build them from scratch (ex. HTML, JavaScript, etc.)? Do you use an authoring tool for the whole course structure? This is