Adopting Standards and Specifications for Educational Content. Common Cartridge and SCORM are certainly the most important formats for packaging and exchanging eLearning content in a re-usable way.
This part of the ASPECT web site will help you to build and utilize learning content packages using these specifications – from the creation of packages through testing their conformance to working with the content. Simple question-and-answer scenarios guide you to evaluate the suitability of the specifications and of the available tools for your particular context. First of all, you might want to have a look at the two short videos that will explain more about Common Cartridge and SCORM.
Those interested in a more abstract reflection on the differences between both specifications find a downloadable paper on this subject as well. With your choice made to use Common Cartridge or SCORM (or both) your next need may be to find tools for creating content packages which conform to the selected specification. Adopting Standards and Specifications for Educational Content. Global Grid For Learning. Learning About Content Standards at the ASPECT Summer SchoolJuly 7, 2010 Photographer: Kati Clements Over 40 teachers from Belgium, Lithuania, Portugal and Romania came together to learn about the integration of digital learning resources into platforms (VLEs) and learning content packaging in a Summer School organised by the ASPECT project ( on 8 May 2010 in Lisbon.
