The history of SCORM

- To better understand what SCORM is all about,…it may help to take a look at the history of SCORM…and how it has evolved to become what it is today.…It was actually back in 2001…when the ADL completed its first set of standards,…which became the very first production version of SCORM,…and that was version 1.1.…The first version of SCORM was actually based…on the best of existing standards already created…by the Aviation Industry Computer-Based Training Committee,…also known as "AICC", the IMS Global Learning Consortium,…the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers,…or the "IEEE", and others.…

Later in 2001 came the first widely adopted version…of SCORM, version 1.2, and it incorporated…the inclusion of metadata specifications.…This allowed developers the option…to tag content objects and assets.…Then in 2004 came the first edition of SCORM 2004,…which came with new standards for API communication,…that's the "Application Program Interface",…as well as the use of learning objectives…for sharing of competencies across content objects.…