WhatFix

MAY 2, 2023

Back to Blog Employee Training & Development What Is xAPI? the Director of the Advanced Distributed Learning (ADL) Initiative, aptly said, ‘xAPI is what helps us put the puzzle together’. What Is xAPI? xAPI stands for Experience API and is a cutting-edge eLearning standard format. How Does xAPI Work?

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Meridian

OCTOBER 4, 2019

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). Fast forward 20 years, and we are seeing the beginnings of a sea of change being led by xAPI. Two years later, the xAPI 1.0

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RISC

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

xAPI: Cornerstone of the Learning Ecosystem The 2018 iFEST wrapped up August 29th leaving attendees excited about the changes underway in Federal and Military learning technology. The Advanced Distributed Learning Initiative (ADL) paired with the National Training and Simulation Association.

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Rustici Software

AUGUST 1, 2023

And up until now, the only thing that hadn’t changed in the application was the pricing. While the new plans go into effect today for anyone signing up for SCORM Cloud, our current customers will see these changes go into effect over the next 90 days.

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Challenge to Learn

APRIL 21, 2015

Or are you just confused by all the abbreviations like: SCORM, AICC, XAPI, and CMI5? A course is SCORM compliant when it meets the requirements of the standard set by the ADL. SCORM and XAPI / Tincan. We now have XAPI , formerly known as (project) TinCan. SCORM and XAPI compared. SCORM and SCORM compliant.

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Plume - e-learning & learning management systems

OCTOBER 4, 2019

What is xAPI? Unlike SCORM, xAPI isn’t limited to learning management systems. Differences between SCORM and xAPI. This, amongst other reasons, has prevented SCORM from ageing well as it fails to keep up with the changing elearning landscape. Are all platforms xAPI complaint? Unsubscribe with one click.

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WhatFix

JULY 4, 2019

who serves as the Director of the Advanced Distributed Learning (ADL) Initiative, aptly put it ‘xAPI helps us put the puzzle together’. But What is xAPI Really? So, in 2013, the developers of SCORM released xAPI (also known as Tin Can). How Does xAPI Work? xAPI helps answer these questions and more.

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Rustici Software

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

Interest in learning more about SCORM (and xAPI) did not slow down in 2021. Most are starting with SCORM support but looking to expand into xAPI, cmi5 and video support next. cmi5 fills that gap by providing the rules and guidance needed to serve xAPI enabled activities in the context of an LMS. So let’s give it a whirl.

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Academy of Mine

JANUARY 4, 2021

When the ADL was told to create a useful standard for eLearning in the late 90s, there were a lot of different groups who were using electronic means to teach: notably the Army, Navy and Coast Guard. You should use SCORM because it grants you the freedom to switch between the LMS so you can grow and adapt your business as your needs change.

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Rustici Software

OCTOBER 11, 2017

Two years ago we answered a BAA from ADL to conduct research for updating the DoDI 1322.26- “Development, Management, and Delivery of Distributed Learning.”. Spoiler Alert – ADL accepted our proposal and we were awarded a contract to dig further into what an updated Instruction might look like and how it might be implemented.

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Rustici Software

AUGUST 28, 2017

xAPI Conformance. ADL officially released the xAPI Conformance Test Suite and (Good news!) Engine is xAPI conformant. Using Engine as your LRS will help your product pass the xAPI Conformance Test Suite and enable you to be on ADL’s list of Conformant LRSs. Expanded PENS Support.

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Instancy

FEBRUARY 15, 2013

Experience API, xAPI, Tin Can API Based Integrated Learning Management System and HTML5 based Authoring Tool and Platform form Instancy. Experience API, xAPI, Tin Can API Integrated Learning Management System No doubt the new learning world has arrived with the speed of mobility, as Web 3.0 has become the new reality in organizations.

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Trivantis

NOVEMBER 4, 2015

The AICC was dissolved in 2014, and all of its efforts have been transferred to the Department of Defense’s (DOD) Advanced Distributed Learning (ADL) group. In 1997, the DOD established the ADL Initiative to standardize and modernize training. was officially released, and the project name was changed to “Experience API” or xAPI.

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Elucidat

MAY 29, 2020

If it’s not certified by ADL, which SCORM API elements are supported? ADL is the governing body for SCORM. For an LMS to be SCORM-certified, it needs to have passed ADL’s testing process. You don’t need to manually download and then re-upload into your LMS each time you make a change. Consider other release options too.

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Instancy

MARCH 16, 2021

What is xAPI? . Personalized learning can be achieved by changing or modifying a student’s learning program to suit their specific learning needs. . Technology has the power to change lives by delivering personalized material that when learned can be useful and relevant to students." . What is xAPI ? . Conclusion.

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Growth Engineering

OCTOBER 18, 2016

The Advanced Distributed Learning Initiative (ADL) answered the call, and developed the Sharable Content Object Reference Model, more conveniently known as SCORM. The ADL has emerged once more to steward in the new age of eLearning specification. SCORM has done a fantastic job, considering that it’s more than 15 years old!

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Growth Engineering

JULY 31, 2017

Here’s the case for making the change to xAPI, LRS and cm15. SCORM won the hearts of L&D folk everywhere, when it was invented by the ADL in 2000. This meant when your company changed LMS all that old online training you loved didn’t work anymore! If SCORM fixed eLearning, why change? Benefits of xAPI.

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Obsidian Learning

APRIL 25, 2016

April’s Obsidian Chat topic was xAPI. We had xAPI expert Art Werkenthin from RISC, Inc. Art is a member of the ADL CMI-5 committee , and is an expert on both xAPI and CMI-5. xAPI is murky for a lot of folks, and the responses shared were extremely helpful in learning more about the topic. When shouldn’t you?

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Paradiso

OCTOBER 5, 2015

SCORM was originally developed way back in the 90s by Advanced Distributed Learning (ADL), an initiative of the U.S. SCORM has been the industry standard since its inception, but updates and grand changes have hardly come thick and fast. Tin Can Api / Xperience Api / xApi. Department of Defence. Future of SCORM.

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eFront

APRIL 15, 2013

Sign #3: ADL itself heavily supports Tin Can as the successor of SCORM.[4]. SCORM 2004 had to change in order to adapt to such a dramatically different environment and rather than do that ADL decided to save itself the trouble and start from scratch through what we now know as Tin Can or Experience API (xAPI).

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ProProfs

MARCH 31, 2016

Also known by the name of Experience API, or xAPI, Tin Can is a special program interface with the ability to deliver and truly measure learning experiences beyond what was previously possible. This was the year 2010 and ADL was looking for research ideas for the development of the next generation of SCORM. How Does Tin Can API Work?

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eLearning 24-7

JANUARY 26, 2014

Yes, it is an API, specifically xAPI. But unless your well versed in what is an API (Application Program Interface), how it works and the coding stuff – the value of calling it an xAPI to the general public (i.e. Which would then I assume replace Tin Can, xAPI and Experience API. And no you cannot change that.

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Learnnovators

NOVEMBER 17, 2013

That doesn’t fundamentally change the way we learn, but it does provide us many new tools to use in the learning process. Tin Can doesn’t change that, and the same privacy and security practices that apply to any other industry apply equally to us. The ADL vision is actually looking this far out in the future. Mike: Absolutely.

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Learnnovators

NOVEMBER 14, 2013

That doesn’t fundamentally change the way we learn, but it does provide us many new tools to use in the learning process. Tin Can doesn’t change that, and the same privacy and security practices that apply to any other industry apply equally to us. The ADL vision is actually looking this far out in the future. Mike: Absolutely.

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eloomi

OCTOBER 24, 2022

There are also other standards like xapi, also known as an experience api (tin can api), cmi5 and AICC for advanced capabilities. The initial version of SCORM was developed and released in 2000 by the Department of Defense-sponsored Advanced Distributed Learning (ADL) Initiative. Group 5 Copy 3. Group 5 Copy 3. Group 5 Copy 3.

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learnWorlds

AUGUST 8, 2022

This way, a company can change LMS but keep their course material and easily migrate to another. A SCORM-certified course has passed and was certified by ADL, the organization behind the SCORM standard. As a widely recognized and used standard, it allows for the courses to be portable in case of changing LMS. SCORM Certified.

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ProProfs

MARCH 28, 2016

Also known by the name of Experience API, or xAPI, Tin Can is a special program interface with the ability to deliver and truly measure learning experiences beyond what was previously possible. This was the year 2010 and ADL was looking for research ideas for the development of the next generation of SCORM.

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eLearning 24-7

JANUARY 12, 2015

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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LearnUpon

MAY 30, 2016

The US Department Of Defense (DoD) and Advanced Distributed Learning (ADL) decided to combine their collective experience on the subject, under an initiative issued by President Bill Clinton no less. SCORM is now in competition with new standards, quickly evolving specifications like Tin Can (xAPI) , cmi5, LTI , and CC.

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eLearning 24-7

JANUARY 5, 2015

One of the most interesting items which presents to me an unknown variable is CMI-5, a compliance standard (formally with AICC) now headed up by ADL. Standard adoption takes time (as we can see with xAPI), so if you are concerned or worried about having to go with CMI-5, etc. – don’t. – don’t.

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Learnnovators

DECEMBER 31, 2013

In this exclusive interview with Learnnovators, Mike Rustici talks about the Tin Can API specification, and how it is spreading throughout the world, getting people excited, spurring innovation, changing an entire industry, and might actually end up affecting how children are educated. Let’s not drive learning by technology.

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Infopro Learning

DECEMBER 15, 2015

Tin Can API changes the fundamental way in which learning data is recorded, stored, and used. The statement is written in format and can be applied to any type of learning, such as “I read InfoPro’s description on xAPI”. ADL provides an overview ( [link]. tracking-analysis/experience-api/. )

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JCA Solutions

NOVEMBER 20, 2018

With a wider variety of ways we could deliver learning experiences, combined with the desire to support and track performance, things had to change. Then came Experience API (xAPI) and CMI5. Using xAPI for mobile learning gives you some options. If by app, you build the xAPI hooks into it. SCORM and xAPI.

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KnowledgeAnywhere

APRIL 30, 2021

An LRS is an integral element in the process flow for utilizing the Experience API (xAPI) standard by ADL (Advanced Distributed Learning). The LRS is uniquely designed to help systems store and retrieve xAPI statements and other forms of xAPI metadata from other systems. An Overview of the LRS: Pros.

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Experience API

JUNE 11, 2015

Questions: What is the common identifier that allows the xAPI to connect the data provided by the ‘activity provider’ to a specific user in the LRS? Answer: xAPI allows for learners to be identified by email address, Open ID or an account on some system, such as an LMS. How do you best see xAPI interfacing with an LMS?

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CLO Magazine

AUGUST 27, 2021

A: Dear Data Downer, This is an all-too-common story, and unfortunately, it may be challenging to change your LMS, especially if it’s stuck in its proprietary ways. That tiny change could, for example, earn you around a third fewer general liability issues and a quarter fewer worker’s comp claims. Why won’t my LMS open up?

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eLearning Brothers

OCTOBER 12, 2017

How games stimulate mental cognition and produce positive brain changes. or Why Should I Care About xAPI? How the Experience API (xAPI) is an enabler. Technology discussed in this session: Experience API (xAPI), games, simulations, and HTML5. How playing games can boost the formation of new memories.

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