We’ve been talking to our friends Rustici over in the USA about an exciting development in the world of e-learning, which allows e-learning content to talk to e-learning players. (Rustici are, in our view, the world experts on the e-learning standard SCORM.)

Rustici have been commissioned to look at a future replacement for SCORM, which has the working title ‘Tin Can’.

We think that ‘Tin Can’ provides really exciting opportunities for our clients. It’s only a draft standard at the moment, but when it’s implemented it will allow learners to connect to learning anywhere, without necessarily needing to go through a corporate Learning Management System.

We think this means that Learning Management Systems in the future will become “activity recording systems” – where the activity can be far wider than a formal learning event. We’re seeing an ever-increasing blur between learning management, knowledge management and the work of the organisation. We’d encourage you to join the debate here or on the Tin Can website!

About Tim Newham

Tim is the founder and Managing Director at Think Associates Ltd. He takes an active role in helping clients and has specialist interests in organisation development, process improvement and knowledge management. Tim has over 10 years’ experience of managing large-scale performance and learning processes in the public sector, and focuses on building the bridges between HR policy/process, line management requirements, and IT systems to make life easier for staff. Tim has a First Degree in Engineering Systems and a Masters Degree in Management.

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