Durability


The ability of an instructional component to withstand technology changes without redesign, reconfiguration or recoding.

An example

Several years ago you spent considerable time and resources moving your PC-based course onto the Web using a popular learning content management system. Now your institution no longer supports the system you used, and the new system won't run your course. Your materials are not durable.

Since you will have to re-do the course from the ground up, this is your chance to make it durable so you'll never be in this position again. Make sure your new course is SCORM conformant so you'll be better able to navigate the next technology change — there's always one coming — with much less disruption and expense.

SCORM features that support Durability

The SCORM addresses the durability requirement by standardizing communications between management systems and content and specifying critical details about how content is aggregated and packaged.