About SCORM.ing
Why we built a museum for eLearning standards.
Built by Actyra
Actyra builds tools and platforms for the learning technology ecosystem. We believe understanding where eLearning standards came from is essential to building what comes next.
SCORM.ing is our contribution to preserving this history. The eLearning standards landscape can be confusing — acronyms pile up (AICC, SCORM, xAPI, cmi5, LTI), versions multiply, and the reasons behind design decisions get lost. We wanted to create a resource that explains not just what these standards are, but why they exist and how they connect.
The Exhibit
The centerpiece of SCORM.ing is a working SCORM 1.2 course from 2013. This course on "SCORM Content Development" was created by Dr. Edward R. Jones, Ph.D. at the ADL Co-Laboratory in Orlando, Florida.
We preserved it as a living artifact — it runs in your browser exactly as it was designed, using HTML framesets, JavaScript cookies, and the original SCORM 1.2 architecture. It's a time capsule of how eLearning was built in the early 2010s.
Credits
- Original SCORM Course: Dr. Edward R. Jones, Ph.D. (ejones@learning-anytime.com) — Created under the SNO License while working at the ADL Co-Laboratory
- Website & Curation: Actyra (https://actyra.com)
- Standards Information: Compiled from ADL Initiative documentation, AICC archives, IEEE standards, Rustici Software publications, and primary source specifications