Michael,
Although feasible, it might not be the best idea. The reason for that is that SCORM works really well as individual self-paced training. But trying to want more out of it, it would be -using one of your analogies: trying to make veggie burgers taste like meat burgers 😉
Here's an interesting interview with Dan Rehak on the CETIS website:
http://www.cetis.ac.uk/content/20021002000737
Now, for full collaborative tools + content, just use LAMS (www.lamsfoundation.org), which is also open source. More about LAMS later.
Ernie
