Remember
our example of the proprietary LMS and custom-made SCOs? In the
real world, complex e-learning content often works only with the
system it was originally designed for, and might not work at all
with other systems. That’s precisely what the SCORM was created to address.
Too often, costly e-learning content has been developed that stopped
working when new generations of technology replaced the old. In
addition, other organizations — or even other parts of the
same organization — are often unable to take advantage of
excellent materials because of system incompatibilities. It is
very common for new materials to be developed when excellent materials
already exist, because it is very hard to find out what exists
and how to make use of it.
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