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Transitioning from SCORM to xAPI

Web Courseworks

On October 5 th , 2017, the Department of Defense announced that its eLearning curricula would adhere to xAPI standards rather than the more traditional SCORM standards of the eLearning industry. By “traditional”, I mean developed-in-the-year-2000-why-is-our-industry-still-using-17-year-old-technology traditional.

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What is xAPI?

LearnUpon

Over the past three years, xAPI has emerged as the hot new standard for delivering online training. xAPI is often described as the next evolution of SCORM. While the SCORM standard isn’t going anywhere soon, xAPI has redefined some of the fundamental practices of tracking learning experiences. But what is xAPI?

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Ten Reasons We’re Excited About MedBiquitous 2017

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Where else can you meet an MD who will hook you up to a stress detector that fires the data to a learning record store via xAPI in real time? Real xAPI work is presented at MedBiq. MedBiquitous’s mission is “advancing the health professions through technology standards.” Speaking of which…. Standards are written at MedBiq.

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Why SCORM 2004 failed & what that means for Tin Can

eFront

Sign #3: ADL itself heavily supports Tin Can as the successor of SCORM.[4]. It was a lot of work for LMS vendors to implement and more importantly, it was too complex for many courseware developers to use. was that when you took a SCORM quiz there was no way for the LMS to know what the actual questions were. Technology shift.

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What is Tin Can API?

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Also known as the Experience API (xAPI), Tin Can is often described as the next evolution of SCORM. The SCORM specification was introduced by ADL in 1999. Rustici chose the name “Tin Can” to describe the two-way conversations the technology would track as it made it easier for learning systems to communicate with each other.

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Ultimate eLearning terms you should know: Part 1 (A-L)

LearnUpon

From API to xAPI, the words we use everyday can be complex and confusing. Accessibility means that content can be used by people with varying abilities and disabilities, from the sensory to the intellectual or technological. Assimilation can also describe the association of new information with preexisting knowledge.

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xAPI, LRS – The Interview

eLearning 24-7

xAPI and LRS (Learning Record Stores) have been in the news and frankly everywhere within the e-learning industry in the past 1.5 Two months after my layoff, a company called CTC recruited me to work for ADL. I worked with ADL from 2003-2006 and participated in the Technical Working Group afterwards. Grainger, Inc.

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