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The ongoing work of learning standards

Litmos

The Advanced Distributed Learning (ADL) initiative of the Department of Defense finally had enough. The ADL provided compliance testing, so that content and systems could be validated for interoperability. ADL decided to create a new standard, the Experience API (xAPI; originally known as Tin Can). And because of the 800 lb.

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Using Fantasy in Instructional #Games

Kapp Notes

One note of caution however is that you don’t need to add fantasy to everything and, at some point, you need to allow the learner to rehearse the desired behavior in a real or realistic setting. Think of the fantasy learning game as one point on the continuum to total application of the learned skills, attitude, behavior or knowledge.

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xAPI: Why Should I Care and What Could It Do for Me?

Meridian

In the training world, we were introduced to SCORM from an initiative that arose in 1999, led by the United States Department of Defense (DoD) and Advanced Distributed Learning (ADL). xAPI, like SCORM before it, started from a DoD and ADL 2011 initiative. Two years later, the xAPI 1.0

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Getting contextual

Clark Quinn

For the current ADL webinar series on mobile, I gave a presentation on contextualizing mobile in the larger picture of L&D (a natural extension of my most recent books). So, I’ve argued that we should be looking at models for guiding our behavior. And a question came up about whether I thought wearables constituted mobile.

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Singapore Learning Symposium Resources #SLS2013

Kapp Notes

Then we discussed knowledge transfer and references a paper by ADL titled Transfer of Training from Simulations in Civilian and Military Workforces: Perspectives from the Current Body of Literature. Next, we talked about how behavior can be changed via games and game elements. We discussed Malone’s Theory of Intrinsic Motivation.

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xAPI: Why Should I Care and What Could It Do for Me?

Meridian

In the training world, we were introduced to SCORM from an initiative that arose in 1999, led by the United States Department of Defense (DoD) and Advanced Distributed Learning (ADL). xAPI, like SCORM before it, started from a DoD and ADL 2011 initiative. Two years later, the xAPI 1.0

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Mike Rustici – Crystal Balling with Learnnovators

Learnnovators

That often means outfitting systems providing educational experiences, but also systems that capture the behaviors and performance we are training for. Mike: I often say that our lives are increasingly pervaded and controlled by devices that know about our experiences and behaviors. How do you plan to address this? Mike: Absolutely.

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