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h2. Conclusions and Summaries

Now that people have had a chance to process the white papers, we're starting to get some summarizations and other attempts at categorization. Here has what has been submitted so far. Please feel free to send in your own thoughts and summaries to scorm2@letsi.org.

The Glossary contains terms with a single definition for each term: [SCORM 2.0 Glossary].
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|| Author || Link To Summary Page \\ ||
| Allyn Radford \\ | [Making Sense of it All |Summary - Radford - Making Sense of It All]\\ |
| Allyn Radford \\ | [SCORM 2.0 Challenges and Objectives Summary|Summary - Radford - Challenges and Objectives] \\ |
| Eric Roberts \\ | [Comments|Roberts - Summary] \\ |
| Frank Polster | [SCORM 2.0 Requirements from all 98 White Papers|Polster - Breakdown of Requirements from the WPs] |
| Mike Rustici | [Topic Descriptions with Relevant Papers|Rustici - Topic Descriptions] |

h2. The following White Papers have been submitted as part of the SCORM 2.0 process:

|| \\ || Author || Link to Summary Page || Topic(s) ||
| 1 | Len Murphy, Property Loss Research Bureau | [SCORM 2.0: Grab the Low Hanging Fruit|Murphy - Grab the Low Hanging Fruit] | General |
| 2 | Peter Berking, ADL | [HLA-SCORM Integration|Berking - HLA SCORM Integration] | Simulations |
| 3 | Tom Archibald and Peter Berking, ADL | [Team-Based Learning|Archibald - Team-Based Learning] | Team learning |
| 4 | Bukai, Haynes, Wason, and Pokorny - Intelligent Automation, Inc. | [Domain Enhanced Sequencing and Scenario Generation|Bukai - Domain Enhanced Sequencing] | Sequencing/ISD |
| 5 | Laura Gonella & Eleonora Pantò, CSP | [Didactic architectures and organization models: a process of mutual adaptation|Gonella & Pantò - Didactic architectures and organization models] | E-learning Models |
| 6 | Tom Wason, Intelligent Automation, Inc. | [Course Objects and an Architecture for Services|Wason - Course Objects and an Architecture for Services]\\ | Architecture \\ |
| 7 | Mike Rustici, Rustici Software | [SCORM: The Baby and the Bathwater|Rustici - The Baby and the Bathwater] | General \\ |
| 8 | Mike Rustici, Rustici Software \\ | [Reuse and Sequencing: Do we still want them?|Rustici - Reuse and Sequencing]\\ | General \\ |
| 9 | Allyn Radford, Learnilities \\ | [Learning in the Mainstream|Radford - Learning in the Mainstream] \\ | |
| 10 | John Campbell & Don Holmes, Imedia.it | [Enhanced Tracking and Shared Data|Campbell - Enhanced Tracking and Shared Data] | Architecture |
| 11 | John Campbell & Don Holmes, Imedia.it \\ | [Content Aggregation Issues|Campbell - Content Aggregation Issues]\\ | Content Aggregation \\ |
| 12 | Virginia Travers, BBN \\ | [SCORM RTE Web Services Interface|Travers - RTE Web Services]\\ | Simulations |
| 13 | Wayne Gafford & Bill Blackmon, ADL \\ | [PerformanceSCORM|Gafford & Blackmon - PerformanceSCORM]\\ | |
| 14 | Aplanalp, Ferrall, Garrison, Graf, Haag, Rippeon | [Lifecycle Management of Learning Objectives for SCORM 2.0 |http://wiki.letsi.org/display/nextscorm/Lifecycle+Management+of+Learning+Objectives] | Learning Objectives, Objective Identifiers, Competency Relationships \\ |
| 15 | Mike Rustici, Rustici Software \\ | [Sensible Sequencing|Rustici - Sensible Sequencing]\\ | Sequencing \\ |
| 16 | Chen, Thomas, McNeil, Rahmani - Medical Simulation Corp. \\ | [Simplifying SCORM While Keeping it Feature Rich|Chen - Simplifying SCORM While Keeping it Feature Rich]\\ | General \\ |
| 17 | Shota Aki, SkillSoft \\ | [Enable Richer Content Interactions with OLSA On-demand Communication|Aki - OLSA On-demand Communication]\\ | |
| 18 | Shota Aki, SkillSoft \\ | [Automate E-learning Asset Management with OLSA Asset Integration|Aki - OLSA Asset Integration]\\ | |
| 19 | Jason Haag, CSC \\ | [User Interface Interoperability|Haag - User Interface Interoperability]\\ | Interoperability, Usability, Accessibility |
| 20 | Leo Lucas, e-Learning Consulting | [SCORM 2.0: SCO-based Sequencing|SCORM 2.0 SCO-based Sequencing] | Sequencing |
| 21 | John Kleeman, Eric Shepherd, Paul Roberts - Questionmark | [Track without launching|Kleeman - Track without launching] | |
| 22 | Rachel Ellaway, N. Ontario School of Medicine \\ | [redefining reusable educational activities|Ellaway - redefining reusable educational activities] | |
| 23 | Kiyoshi Nakabayashi, Yousuke Morimotoa, and Yoshiaki Hadaa | [Object Oriented Architecture for Extensible Learner-Adaptive Environment|Nakabayashi - Object Oriented Architecture]\\ | Architecture |
| 24 | Valerie J. Shute and J. Michael Spector, Florida State Univ. | [Stealth Assessment in Virtual Worlds|Shute - Stealth Assessment in Virtual Worlds]\\ | |
| 25 | Tom King, Mobilemind \\ | [SCORM Is Insecure: Secure It Before Adding Features|King - Security Before Features]\\ | Security \\ |
| 26 | Vladimir Goodkovsky, University of Virginia \\ | [Content Aggregation Model and Recursive Manifest|Goodkovsky - Content Aggregation Model]\\ | |
| 27 | Alan Holtz, Northrop Grumman \\ | [Role-Based Sequencing in a SCORM Environment|Holtz - Role-Based Sequencing]\\ | Sequencing |
| 28 | Christian Strake, University of Duisburg-Essen | [How can we ensure sustainability of SCORM 2.0?|Stracke - Sustainable SCORM]\\ | |
| 29 | Aaron Silvers, Grainger \\ | [Content Authoring Standards and Services|Silvers - Content Authoring]\\ | Architecture Sequencing |
| 30 | Aaron Silvers, Grainger | [Engagement, Collaboration and Community|Silvers - Engagement, Collaboration and Community]\\ | |
| 31 | Charles Brewer, Logistic Services International \\ | [Reusability|Brewer - Reusability]\\ | |
| 32 | Tracey Williams and Fred Banks, Boeing \\ | [Objectives in Metadata and HTML|Williams - Objectives in Metadata and HTML]\\ | \\ |
| 33 | Fred Banks, Boeing \\ | [Embed Metadata in Objects|Banks - Embed Metadata in Objects]\\ | Metadata |
| 34 | Fred Banks, Boeing | [ADL Sequencing Switch|Banks - ADL Sequencing Switch]\\ | Sequencing |
| 35 | Fred Banks, Boeing | [Shared Data |Banks - Shared Data]\\ | Team Learning, simulations, games, data model extension |
| 36 | Robby Robson, Eduworks \\ | [SCORM 2004 4th Edition Thoughts|Robson - SCORM 2004 4th Edition]\\ | |
| 37 | Robby Robson, Eduworks | [Competency Portability|Robson - Competency Portability]\\ | |
| 38 | Damon Regan and Robby Robson, Eduworks \\ | [Aligning Instructional Design and Technical Standards|Regan - Aligning Instructional Design & Standards]\\ | |
| 39 | Lang Holloman, CSC \\ | [Fluid Content Aggregation|Holloman - Fluid Content Aggregation]\\ | Content updates, management, aggregation and collaboration |
| 40 | Jesse Hostetler, Leen-Kiat Soh, and Ashok Samal - U. Nebraska \\ | [Inclusion of the Sharable State Persistence Model|Hostetler - Sharable State Persistence Model] | |
| 41 | L. D. Miller, Leen-Kiat Soh, Sarah Riley, and Ashok Samal - U. Nebraska \\ | [Motivation for a Direct Access Tunnel|Miller - Motivation for a Direct Access Tunnel] | |
| 42 | Sarah Riley, Leen-Kiat Soh, and Ashok Samal - U. Nebraska \\ | [On the Importance of Metadata and Learner Interaction Data|Riley - On the Importance of Metadata]\\ | |
| 43 | Ray Shinol, David Bolt, and Tammi Pierce - US Army | [SCORM 2.0 - The Next Generation|Shinol - The Next Generation] | |
| 44 | Felix Mödritscher and Victor Manuel García-Barrios, Austria \\ | [Standardization's all very well, but what about the Exabytes?|Mödritscher - What about the Exobytes?]\\ | |
| 45 | Philip Hutchison, Pipwerks \\ | [Break it up, make it easier, and encourage accessibility|Hutchison - Break It Up]\\ | |
| 46 | Jill Abbott and Vince Paredes, SIFA \\ | [Defining Content for Interoperability|Abbott - Defining Content for Interoperability]\\ | |
| 47 | Brandt Dargue, Boeing \\ | [Interfacing simulators or their instructor consoles to LMSs|Dargue - Interfacing Simulators to LMSs]\\ | Simulations, data model extension |
| 48 | Brandt Dargue, Boeing | [Interfacing training content with simulations/simulators|Dargue - Interfacing Content with Simulations]\\ | |
| 49 | Brandt Dargue, Boeing | [Developing a domain/specification-neutral sequencing description model|Dargue - Domain-Neutral Sequencing]\\ | |
| 50 | Jane Haag \\ | [Response to LETSI|Haag - Response to LETSI]\\ | |
| 51 | Michael Jay and David Langdon, Educational Systemics \\ | [A meta-tagging framework to address pK-12|Jay - Meta-tagging to address pK-12]\\ | |
| 52 | Yannick Warnier, Dokeos SPRL | [Avoid SCORM Profiles |http://wiki.letsi.org/display/nextscorm/Avoid+SCORM+Profiles] | General |
| 53 | Yannick Warnier, Dokeos SPRL | [Cross Domain |http://wiki.letsi.org/display/nextscorm/Cross+Domain] | Interoperability |
| 54 | Yannick Warnier, Dokeos SPRL | [Cross Platform Test Suite |http://wiki.letsi.org/display/nextscorm/Cross+Platform+Test+Suite] | Interoperability |
| 55 | Yannick Warnier, Dokeos SPRL | [Database Structure |http://wiki.letsi.org/display/nextscorm/Database+Structure] | Documentation |
| 56 | Yannick Warnier, Dokeos SPRL | [Documentation License |http://wiki.letsi.org/display/nextscorm/Documentation+License] | Documentation |
| 57 | Yannick Warnier, Dokeos SPRL | [Interactions Objectives Example |http://wiki.letsi.org/display/nextscorm/Interactions+and+Objective+Examples] | Documentation |
| 58 | Yannick Warnier, Dokeos SPRL | [LMS SCORM Library |http://wiki.letsi.org/display/nextscorm/LMS+SCORM+Library] | Documentation |
| 59 | Yannick Warnier, Dokeos SPRL | [Not Exportable Type |http://wiki.letsi.org/display/nextscorm/Not+Exportable+Type] | Architecture |
| 60 | Yannick Warnier, Dokeos SPRL | [Recommend SCORM API |http://wiki.letsi.org/display/nextscorm/Recommend+SCORM+API] | Documentation |
| 61 | Yannick Warnier, Dokeos SPRL | [Sequencing Examples |http://wiki.letsi.org/display/nextscorm/Sequencing+Examples] | Documentation |
| 62 | Daniel Fowler, Intelligent Automation, Inc. \\ | [Enhancing the Role of Instructors|Fowler - Enhancing the Role of Instructors]\\ | E-learning Models |
| 63 | Dr. Fanney Klett, Fraunhofer IDMT | [SCORM 2.0 Assessment Framework|Klett - SCORM 2.0 Assessment Framework] | Assessment |
| 64 | Dr. Fanny Klett, Helga Scholz | [360 View of Assessment and Quality Management |http://wiki.letsi.org/display/nextscorm/360+View+of+Assessment+and+Quality+Management] | Quality and General Assessment \\ |
| 65 | Mark Ewer, Logistic Services International | [How to Make SCORM's Simple Sequencing Model Simple Again |http://wiki.letsi.org/display/nextscorm/How+to+make+SCORM+Simple+Sequencing+Model+Simple+Again] | Sequencing |
| 66 | Ian Leader and Paul Nebel, LINE Communications | [PENCasting - A standards-based approach to LMS/LCMS integration|Leader & Nebel - Pencasting] | |
| 67 | Ian Leader, LINE Communications | [Bookmarks and Links|Leader - Bookmarks and Links] | |
| 68 | Paul Brown, LINE Communications \\ | [Navigational SCOs - navigating a complex learning activity|Brown - Navigational SCOs]\\ | Sequencing |
| 69 | Paul Coupe, LINE Communications | [Additional content ad-hoc or SCO defined run-time data fields |Coupe - Additional content ad-hoc]\\ | Data model, extensibility, metadata, persistence |
| 70 | Ian Leader, LINE Communications | [Full text search - by the LMS, for SCOs |Leader - Full text search - by the LMS, for SCOs] | |
| 71 | Peter Berking, ADL \\ | [Screen Classification Rubric|Berking - Screen Classification Rubric]\\ | |

| 77 | Chris Raasch, Academic ADL Co-Lab | [SCORM 2.0 Simpler Control / Sequencing Method |http://wiki.letsi.org/display/nextscorm/SCORM+2.0+Simpler+Control+and+Sequencing+Method] | |
| 78 | Mark Friedman, _CTC_ | [SCORM 2004 + Web 2.0 = SCORM 2.0 |http://wiki.letsi.org/display/nextscorm/SCORM+2004+and+Web+2.0+-+Defining+SCORM+2.0] | General |
| 79 | Chris Raasch, Academic ADL Co-Lab | [Proposed CORE SCORM Model |http://wiki.letsi.org/display/nextscorm/Proposed+CORE+SCORM] | Data models for content and related functionality |
| 80 | Dr. Larry (Scott) Anderson, The Boeing Company | [Metadata: Describing Courseware to Support Discovery |http://wiki.letsi.org/display/nextscorm/Metadata+-+Describing+Courseware+to+Support+Discovery] | |
| 81 \\ | Daniel Standage & Dr. Michael Bush, Brigham Young University \\ | [The Learner Performance Data Model|Standage - The Learner Performance Data Model]\\ | |
| 82 \\ | Gareth Farrington, Advanced Systems Technology \\ | [Core SCORM Enhancements|Farrington - Core SCORM Enhancements] | |
| 83 \\ | Vladimir Goodkovsky, University of Virginia \\ | [Competence Portability: Manifest and Constructive Models|Goodkovsky - Competence Portability]\\ | |
| 84 \\ | Sigmund Tobias, Columbia University \\ | [SCORM, LETSI, and Learning from Instruction|Tobias - SCORM, LETSI, and Learning from Instruction]\\ | Pedagogy |
| 85 \\ | Dr. Goran P.A. Kattenberg, Outstart | [Simply SCORM |http://wiki.letsi.org/display/nextscorm/Simply+SCORM] | |
| 86 \\ | Robbe Addis, Curtis Elliott, Adam Vandover, IBM | [Accessibilty: Just Who's Responsibility Is It Anyway?|http://wiki.letsi.org/display/nextscorm/Accessibility] | |
| 87 | Dr. J. Wesly Regian - _CTC_ & Dr. Xiangen Hu - Workforce ADL Co-Lab | [Advanced Distributed Learning, Intelligent Tutoring Systems and SCORM 2.0|Regian & Hu - ADL, ITS and SCORM 2.0] | |
| 88 \\ | Cramer et al., AICC \\ | [AICC Position Paper]\\ | General. Requirements for SCORM 2.0 |
| 89 \\ | Cramer et al., AICC \\ | [AICC Content Sequencing|AICC - Content Sequencing]\\ | ISD/Sequencing |
| 90 \\ | Elizabeth Biddle, The Boeing Company \\ | [Intelligent Tutoring System (ITS) Requirements for SCORM 2.0 |http://wiki.letsi.org/display/nextscorm/ITS+and+SCORM+2.0]\\ | |
| 91 \\ | Jacqueline Haynes, Intelligent Automation, Inc. \\ | [Supporting Teaching and Learning in SCORM 2.0|Haynes - Supporting Teaching and Learning]\\ | |
| 92 | Tyde Richards, et al., ISO/IEC JTC1 SC36 \\ | [SC36 Core SCORM Study Group Final Report |Richards - SC36 Core SCORM Final Report] | |
| 93 | Will Peratino, US Office of Personnel Management | [Proposed Web Service Initiatives for the eLearning Industry|Peratino - Proposed Web Service Initiatives] | |
| 94 \\ | Martin Lindner, Research Studios Austria \\ | [Learning in the Microcosmos|Lindner - Learning in the Microcosmos]\\ | |
| 95 \\ | Avron Barr, LETSI \\ | [What Does LETSI Want from SCORM 2.0?|Barr - What Does LETSI Want from SCORM 2.0?]\\ | |
| 96 | Manuel Galadí & Bruce Peoples, Raytheon | [Supporting the Creation of Actionable Multilingual Content|Galadí & Peoples- Multilingual] | |
| 97 \\ | Dan Rehak \\ | [Technical Evolution of SCORM|Rehak - Technical Evolution of SCORM]\\ | |
| 98 \\ | Blackmon and Jesukiewicz, MTS \\ | [Separate Delivery from Authoring Specifications|Blackmon & Jesukiewicz - Separate Delivery from Authoring]\\ | |
| 99 | Shane Gallagher, ADL | [Gaps in SCORM Implementation and Practice Using an Online Simulation|http://wiki.letsi.org/display/nextscorm/Gallagher+-+Gaps+in+SCORM+Implementation+and+Practice+Using+an+Online+Simulation] | |
| 100 | Bradshaw et al. | [Emerging Technology and Concepts CBT|Bradshaw - Emerging Technology and Concepts for CBT] | |
| 101 | Leo Lucas, eLearning Consultants | [Business Requirements for SCORM 2.0|Lucas - Business Requirements for SCORM 2.0] | |
| 102 | Paul Feltovitch, IHMC | [What You First See in Learning Is Not Necessarily What Sticks|Feltovitch - What You First See in Learning] | |
| 103 | Crispin Weston \\ | [Sequencing simplicity and extensibility |Weston - Sequencing simplicity and extensibility]\\ | Sequencing |
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h2. Blogs about SCORM 2.0

Our Call for Papers has generated some discussion in the blogshere as well. While not exactly white papers, blog entries have contained some lively discussion about the future of SCORM.
|| Title || Summary ||
| [Help Shape SCORM 2.0|http://www.scorm.com/scormblog/2008/06/help-shape-scorm-20.aspx] (June 3, 2008) \\ | Responses to a call for feedback on SCORM 2.0 include a couple details on how to incrementally improve SCORM. \\ |
| [What do you want your SCORM to do?|http://pipwerks.com/journal/2008/06/22/what-do-you-want-your-scorm-to-do/] (June 22, 2008) | SCORM is not currently equipped to effectively handle reuse and the premise of wide spread reuse is not valid. In it's current form, Sequencing and Navigation is something that gets bolted on after the fact and is an obstacle to project completion rather than being a tool that makes putting a course together more efficient. Despite it's flaws, SCORM still does add value. Some suggestions for the evolution of SCORM into SCORM 2.0:
* SCORM should be broken into separate and clearly differentiated APIs or functionality.
* SCORM's course-to-LMS communication protocol should be simplified and strengthened.
** Simplify (or eliminate\!) the imsmanifest file.
** Use proper data types.
** Simplify syntax.
** Create a standardized JavaScript wrapper.
* All CMI elements should be re-examined for usefulness.
* Provide more space in the database for developers to store custom data. |
| [Call for Whitepapers on SCORM\- Do SOMETHING please|http://mobilemind.net/2008/07/call-for-whitepapers-on-scorm-do.html] (July 6, 2008) | SCORM 2.0 could represent at make-or-break situation or the evolution (or revolution) of learning and training infrastructure. Current specifications and infrastructure don't match how we live, learn and work. |
| [SCORM 2.0 and Web 2.0 Considerations|http://blogoehlert.typepad.com/eclippings/2008/07/scorm-20-and-we.html] (July 14, 20008) | SCORM 2.0 should examine the work of the [Information Card Foundation|http://news.cnet.com/8301-10789_3-9975122-57.html?hhTest=1]which is a group of major technology companies examining standards for digital identities. \\ |
| [SCORM and the Whole 2.0 Thing Again.....|http://blogoehlert.typepad.com/eclippings/2008/07/scorm-and-the-w.html ] (July 16, 2008) \\ | The industry has moved away from the pedagogical and technological models that were dominant when ADL started. There is still a role for SCORM to play, but that role should be focused on "pedagogy, design, design, design, and to a small degree any unique, technical requirements that are not being met by existing and emerging market standards." |
| [Why Elearning Is Dead|http://www.brooksandrus.com/blog/2008/07/17/why-elearning-is-dead/] (July 17, 2008) \\
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[Ping Pong with Brooks: Clarifying that Challenges \!= Death|http://mobilemind.net/2008/07/ping-pong-with-brooks-clarifying-that.html]  (July 17, 2008) | Tom King and Brooks Andrus debate the current state of e-learning |
| [SCORM 2.0: White Paper Topics I'm interested in collaborating on|http://flashforlearning.com/2008/07/scorm-20-white-paper-topics-im-interested-in-collaborating-on/] (July 24, 2008) | Aaron Silvers puts forth outlines for separating content from presentation and using social tagging as a key element of an content repository |
| [SCORM 2.0 - Simplify And Make eLearning Relevant|http://www.brooksandrus.com/blog/2008/07/29/scorm-20-simplify-and-make-elearning-relevant/] (July 29, 2008) \\ | More from Brooks Andrus. SCORM is WAY to complicated. Boil it down to a simple REST API and packaging should be as simple as a zip file with a well defined entry point. Eliminate content packaging, metadata and sequencing. \\ |
| [SCORM 2004 or Let's See?|http://elearnity.blogspot.com/2008/08/scorm-2004-or-lets-see.html] (August 7, 2008) \\ | What is the community going to do, continue to adopt SCORM 2004 or wait for whatever LETSI comes up with for SCORM 2.0? \\ |
| [SCORM Warning|http://www.learningconversations.co.uk/main/index.php?blog=5] (August 8, 2008) \\ | SCORM is often misunderstood. If you're tempted to specify SCORM as a requirement for your elearning project, make sure you understand clearly which bits of SCORM are important to you, and why. \\ |
| [e-Learning Blog|http://www.e-learningconsulting.com/blog/] | Problems and solutions in e-learning development |
| [Standards Don't Foster Innovation They Codify It|http://pipwerks.com/journal/2008/08/16/standards-dont-foster-innovation-they-codify-it/] (August 16, 2008) \\ | Drawing a parallel with a current debate about the ECMAScript standard, this post suggests that LETSI should codify existing practices into standards rather than attempting to innovate. \\ |
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h2. Informal Submissions

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Rather than submitting a formal white paper, several people have submitted comments and suggestions that merit consideration. Send an email to scorm2@letsi.org.
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[Dan Ingvarson|Ingvarson - Informal]

[Weidong Zhang, Pearson|Zhang - Informal]

["Michael"|Michael - Informal]

["Joost"|Joost - Informal]

[Randy Simmons, Medical Present Value|Simmons - Informal]

[Andrew Poulos, Apixel|Poulos - Informal]

[Zaheer Inamdar|Inamdar - Informal]

[Ellen Meiselman, University of Michigan Health System|Meiselman - Informal]

[Gerald Hernandez, US Army Medical Department|Hernandez - Informal]

[Jon Gorrono |Gorrono - Informal]\\

[Ger Tielemans |Tielemans - Informal]

[Phil Mann|Mann - Informal]

[Karen Billings |Billings - Informal]

[Howard Simpson|Simpson - Informal]

[Jayashree Pandeya|Pandeya - Informal]

[Richard Hughes |Hughes - Informal][Weidong Zhang - QTI|Zhang - QTI Informal]

[Lim Kin Chew|Chew - Informal]

[Damon Regan|Regan - Informal]