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New Digs

It was getting a little cramped around these parts so we decided to bite the bullet and get some more space. We really value having good space. To us, good space is a place I want to spend time. Good space gives developers the privacy…

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SCORM Engine v2008.1 Available

It has been about a year and a half since we last published an update to the SCORM Engine. We're proud to announce that version 2008.1 is now available to our clients. 2008.1 contains a number of improvements, most of which are under the hood.…

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SCORM Engine in Saba

Earlier this year, Rustici Software and Saba embarked on a joint project to integrate the SCORM Engine with the Saba Learning Suite. This project showed the US Army that it is be possible to integrate our SCORM Untethered offline player into the Army's ALMS (which…

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Joe

Meet Joe. With 150+ customers all over the world using five different products, it just isn't very efficient to have nine different people all juggling support requests. Sometimes two people wind up answering the same question, sometimes a request falls through the cracks and sometimes…

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Steppin’ Up

We've always said that our people are our most important asset...and as a software company, they're really our only asset. It only makes sense to keep employees comfortable, happy and productive. This Spring we decided that since we needed a few new computers anyway, we…

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Foray into SSP

There are a few specifications on the periphery of SCORM that add value above and beyond what SCORM has to offer. Two of them, both from IMS, Sharable State Persistence (IMS SSP) and Question and Test Interoperability (IMS QTI) seem to be gaining some traction.…

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You Say Rusticky, I say Rustichi

Nobody knows how to pronounce Rustici, it's just a fact of life. Since birth I've pretty much just answered to anything that starts with an R. We hear just about every pronunciation you can conjure up, Rust-icky, Rust-uchi, Rust-ecee, Ruustichy, Rustic...one client took the cake…

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DevLearn2007::Paul Saffo

Paul Saffo has some interesting things to say, but nothing that jumped out at me until he started talking about Facebook. According to his Stanford students, "Facebook is so over. It's for 30 year olds." Has sentiment on Facebook turned? Next great thought from Paul...…

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DevLearn2007::What the heck is Facebook?

Everybody is talking about Facebook... I mean, the blogosphere is just obsessed with it... Me? I'm not totally sold on Facebook as the killer app, but I am fascinated with how cultural/internet phenomena intersect with SCORM and eLearning.Shon Bayer from Enspire Learning in Austin led…

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DevLearn2007::Session 110

I spent part of the morning with a topic near to my professional heart... Session 110 was titled "A Web Service Architecture for Integrating SCORM and Experiential Learning". Yes, it's a mouthful.More or less, Ginny Travers was presenting BBN's solution from an ADL prototype that…

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DevLearn2007::Sir Ken Robinson

I'm often impressed by the visionary keynote speakers at these conferences. The themes are relatively similar, but they often express them in insightful ways. Sir Ken Robinson spoke today on the importance of creativity among other things. First, I'll share a couple of pearls he…

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DevLearn2007::Underway

Another week, another conference. This time I'm in San Jose, CA at DevLearn2007. My expressed purpose in being here is simply this: I want to understand the innovative technologies available in eLearning. What better place than a conference in Silicon Valley, right? So, three days…

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