We operate as a subcommittee of the DITA Technical Committee at OASIS.

We have a charter, with goals and deliverables, and report progress and results back to the DITA TC.  See http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/tc_home.php?wg_abbrev=dita-learningspec.

We meet by teleconference regularly on Thursdays, at 11 am - 12 noon, US Eastern Time.

We maintain records of our meetings, an email discussion list, and post documents at the OASIS.org site.

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Getting started with DITA requires a multi-step process:

• Understand the topic-based architecture underlying the DITA model.

  Topic-based authoring is the basis of DITA. In order to understand the best approach to DITA, first understand how to work with topics and structured writing.

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Introduction to SCORM for Instructional Designers -
        http://www.adlnet.gov/scorm/articles/3.cfm

See Slide 6 and supporting slides for an overview of the core elements of SCORM:
- The Content Aggregation Model (CAM) provides content packaging, metadata (LOM), and sequencing information
- The Run-Time Environment specifies APIs and other requirements for a SCORM-compliant learning-management system (LMS)
- Sequencing and Navigation specification (IMS)

Two-minute SCORM overview for developers - Technical details on SCORM implementation for developers.
        http://www.adlnet.gov/scorm/articles/7.cfm

Learning objects and SCORM intro from EduWorks -
        http://www.eduworks.com/LOTT/tutorial/index.html

Readable overview about SCORM, from Randall House Associates
        http://www.rhassociates.com/scorm.htm

SCORM In Practice - presentation with pretty good introduction to SCORM in slides 6-15
        http://www.adlnet.gov/downloads/241.cfm

A (rather lengthy) powerpoint presentation on SCORM intro; be sure to view in Screenshow mode, if possible.
        http://www.adlnet.gov/downloads/85.cfm

SCORM spec on sequencing - includes information about information types used for learning content.
        http://www.adlnet.org/screens/shares/dis_displayfile.cfm?field=998

Introduction to SCORM Content Structure - An interactive course-like introduction, replete with a quiz.
        http://projects.aadlcolab.org/scourse/latestgreatest/4_4_1/4_4_1_P1.htm

SCORM 2004 Documentation set - HUGE -
        http://www.adlnet.gov/scorm/20043ED/Documentation.cfm

Tecfa has a Wiki about SCORM sequencing - http://edutechwiki.unige.ch/en/IMS_Simple_Sequencing

Carnegie Mellon's Learning Systems Architecture Lab - http://www.lsal.cmu.edu/lsal/expertise/projects.

Sample SCORM course and sample on sequencing - SCORM 2004 Sequencing Essentials Content Example (SECE) Version 1.0 - http://www.adlnet.gov/news/articles/366.cfm. This provides a working sample of SCORM 2004 sequencing, in the form of an actual SCORM course. It contains some really good sample content and information about content types and how to structure them into an activity sequence with objectives, etc, for SCORM deliverables.

To view the sample course, you need to have installed the SCORM Sample RTE Version 1.3.3, which you can download from here - http://www.adlnet.gov/downloads/index.cfm
S1000D/SCORM Redundancy Analysis and Conversion Guidelines document. Within the document, we reference and discuss Gagne (around page 25 or so). There is a table that clarifies the instructional events and potentional objects that can support the event. http://www.jointadlcolab.org/research/s1000dscorm/

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We're currently focused on  our Task 1 review of structured designs for learning and how to apply DITA principles and best practices.

Meetings so far:

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Initial goals:

1. Develop a general top-level design for structured, intent-based authoring of learning content with good learning architecture, following DITA principles and best practices. Such a design would build on past work on topic-based content, reusable learning objects, and the learning content types needed to support them. Some specifics of a DITA design for learning content include:

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