What is AICC? How do you comply with it? What's the future of AICC? Check out what Juliette has to say about AICC: https://youtu.be/YMU3PacAK0U

1. WHAT IS
AICC?
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2. THE
BACKGROUND
AICC is an important acronym within the world of online
learning, even if it has started to lose favour in recent times.
It stands for the Aviation Industry Computer-Based Training
Committee. Quite a mouthful. This committee would end up
transforming the world of online learning forever, by
introducing standardization across eLearning content.
Let’s find out how!

3. THE
STANDARD
The AICC group formed in 1988 to find a way to bring down
the costs involved with computer-based training. They
toiled away, and by 1993 they had produced the first
eLearning specification for Learning Management Systems.
If a learning platform, such as an LMS, is built to accept
AICC-compliant eLearning content, then it will be able to
host and deliver any content which complies with the AICC
Guidelines and Recommendations.

4. AN
ANALOGY
Think of it like a USB port. Anyone can
create a device which they want to
interact with a computer, but they need
a way to allow the devices to
communicate.
A USB port is a universal specification,
which allows any device to be used with
any machine. AICC can be thought of in
the same way. AICC-compliant content
can be played and tracked on any AICC-
compliant learning management
system.

5. COMPLYING
WITH AICC
To be AICC-compliant, your content needs to follow one
or more of the AICC’s Nine Guidelines and
Recommendations. These are known as the AGRs (oh
look, another acronym!).
Complying with these guidelines when creating your
content means that it will work on most LMSs. A lot of
content authoring tools are able to automatically package
your work so that it’s AICC-compliant, doing the hard
work for you!

6. A recent SoftwareAdvice article labelled AICC a ‘defunct
dinosaur’. They also showcased a survey of 150 learning and
development professionals, who detailed the technical
standards they use.
• 62% of respondents use SCORM.
• 23% of respondents use AICC.
• 15% of respondents use xAPI.
AICC, has fallen a long way behind SCORM, the recognized
industry leader. xAPI also continues to make up ground.
THE FUTURE OF AICC
PART 1

7. THE FUTURE OF AICC
PART 2
Over the years, newer specifications such as SCORM have
built upon the original AICC guidelines and ultimately
improved them. This has made AICC itself seem a little
outdated, though not entirely obsolete.
In December 2014, the AICC group officially dissolved due to
“declining membership”. They had a very good run, but this
means that the specification is no longer being maintained
or updated. But that doesn’t mean that it can now simply be
filed away and forgotten about! It’s been such a dominant
force in the eLearning industry for so long that there are still
many organisations using it to this day.