It has been about two years since someone asked me if LearnCentrix University is AICC-compliant.  Nowadays, everyone is more interested in SCORM.  And recently I had a client tell me that they considered LearnCentrix to not be SCORM-compliant because some off-the-shelf content that they bought wouldn't work without some tweaking.

I'm not going to attempt to defend (directly) LearnCentrix in relation to its SCORM-compliance.  I would rather focus on what that truly means.  Now, I'm no expert, but I have spent some time with the SCORM specs, and it appears to me that there are hundreds of ways to implement the "specification".  In fact, I contend that the vast number of optional methods (programming pieces) that may or may not be implemented by either the system or the reusable learning object content make the "standard specification" merely a set of guidelines.  The built-in flexibility dilutes its value. 

I've been working in e-Learning with various companies for the past five years. In the course of getting up to speed on the technologies and application on instructional sciences to online development and delivery, I've attended conferences, read books and journal articles, and compiled many lessons learned on my own and with other practitioners.

As a result, I've built a collection of resources and methods upon which I rely, basing the work and solutions I create on best practices published by organizations, vendors, researchers, and experts in the field. I spoke earlier this year to a local ASTD group about how to get ready for and evaluate your e-Learning approaches. I presented research and practices that come from a range of sources, including Marc Rosenberg, Michael Allen, and others. I'd like to share those resources with you. I've cited the original sources so you can check their websites or purchase their books.

This page has an introduction to SCORM that might be a good place to start for someone that needs to build SCORM content. It is not a full explanation, but a decent coverage of the fundamentals. http://www.claroline.net/doc/en/index.php/How_do_I_create_SCORM_content%3F