In a strategic plan presented to Congress in April 1999, the United States Department of Defense outlined an ambitious set of expectations for the Advanced Distributed Learning initiative.


The report envisioned broad applications for instructional components that are characterized by:

 
  • Accessibility

  • Interoperability

  • Durability

  • Reusability

  • Cost effectiveness

Realizing these high-level requirements and the resulting benefits is the impetus behind the design and ultimate goals for the Sharable Content Object Reference Model – the SCORM.

Let’s take a closer look at each of the high-level requirements.