The Content Model is a framework for describing
the components used to build a learning experience. The
model identifies three types of components and defines how these
lower-level reusable learning resources may be aggregated into
higher-level units of instruction. The three classes of components
within the SCORM Content Model are:
Assets – text, images,
sound, media, web pages and assessments that
can be delivered via a Web client.
Sharable Content Objects (SCOs)
– A collection of one or more assets
that can be launched by and communicate with a Learning Management
System.
Content Aggregation –
An organization of assets and SCOs
into a cohesive unit of instruction.
To relate this to our
classroom example, the Content Model might be thought of as the
classroom itself, containing assets and SCOs (books, maps, displays,
teaching kits) that may be aggregated into lessons (content aggregations)
by a skilled teacher