[osflash] Open Source Interaction Components

[Aral Balkan]

Hi Tim,

> While I laud the effort to standardize eLearning transactions using 
> SCORM, I just can't sign on to a system that is (in my view) so 
> fundamentaly flawed. Perhaps I am misunderstanding, so correct me if I 
> am wrong, but SCORM requires a page-turning interface with content, 
> with a round-trip each time a "learning object" is loaded and used. It 
> also requires very specific scoring syntax, correct? I did some 
> research into it a year ago, and was mortified by the adherence to 
> JavaScript. Beyond that shortsighted spec, I found the API confining 
> from an architecture standpoint.

> During my research, all of the work done using Flash was based on the 
> paging model of traditional web pages. Flash was pretty much simple 
> eye candy (Did someone say FutureSplash?) in every example I found. On 
> top of that, the user interactions were the classic, boring 
> checkboxes, radio buttons, etc. SCORM doesn't appear to be designed 
> for an asynchronous, non-"traditional" interface that is the strength 
> of Flash.


This is exactly what I found upon reviewing it quite a while back. I 
wouldn't touch it with a 5ft pole! :)

Aral