A Sharable Content Object Reference Model (SCORM) Initiation:
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2009-01-29
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Abstract
The era of information and communication technology has created web-based
learning environment and led to the digital and virtual educational systems. With elearning
mode classrooms have been changed to virtual classroom. Libraries can
be seen in the midst of so many innovations, progressing towards their new vision
and goal to be the part of the virtual world in its true sense, where there is no
barrier between information and information seekers. Libraries are undergoing
phase of developmental changes even unaware of so many challenges. Today’s
hybrid libraries are favouring electronic learning objects and facilitating end users
with the help of innovative semantic interoperability. Extensive use of online resources
in the developing countries like India, which is geographically very vast and varied,
provoked the authorities of educational system to incorporate web-based learning
system to facilitate the distant user who are physically deprived from the learning
in form of education. Various institutions and databases are providing access to elearning
objects, though they have their own ways for creating metadata. The
precision value is quite low at standardized retrieval points which also vary from
interface to interface, therefore, to share all these resources and for their easy
exchange, a set of rules and specifications are required. Here comes Sharable
Content Object Reference Model in picture, a set of rules and specification developed
by Advanced Distributed Learning for setting the compatibility between e-learning
object and learning management systems or tools. This paper has been divided
into three sections. First one discusses the holistic nature of problem in terms of
spatial changes in library architecture, change in the definition of learning object
and perception and training problems of the librarians in the current scenario.
Second section includes the six case studies with respect to websites of Google,
Wikipedia, Merlot Open source learning project, Massachusetts institute ofTechnology, social sciences research network and consortium of educational
communication. Third section carries over the insight of the first two sections to
throw light on the key role of standards for the proper integration of learning
management systems specifically Sharable Content Object Reference Model and
the level of awareness and preparation vis-à-vis the same.
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A Sharable Content Object Reference Model (SCORM), web-based learning, Advanced Distributed Learning, e-learning