SCORM
and chocolate
One way to understand Assets, SCOs
and Content Aggregations is to think about graham crackers, marshmallows
and chocolate.
No, not because food helps you think better —
although for many, chocolate deficiency can definitely lead to
suppressed brain function – it’s because recipes
are a lot like content aggregations.
A recipe is a list of ingredients plus instructions
for combining them in a specific order to produce
a desired outcome.
A content aggregation is a list of assets and
SCOs plus instructions for combining them in a specific
order to produce a desired outcome.
A recipe may include both basic ingredients and
pre-made combinations of ingredients. Basic ingredients are things
like salt, butter and sugar. Graham crackers, marshmallows and
chocolate are examples of pre-made combinations of ingredients.
Within the SCORM Content Model, think of
assets as basic ingredients. Text, graphics, video and
web pages are the flour, sugar, and butter of SCORM content.
SCOs are the marshmallows
of SCORM content. They’re ready made using basic
ingredients (assets), combined in a very specific way.
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