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Suite Dreams; The analyst view

Learning Pool

As mentioned in Learning Pool’s Suite Dreams white paper (page 2) – Bersin’s concept of the modern learner – brought about through new patterns of employment, market forces, and technological transformation – drove the business need for a new type of learning system. Suites, stacks & ecosystems – the analyst view.

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Taking cmi5 adoption further by developing a Conformance Test Suite

Rustici Software

Over the years, our folks have participated in the working groups for, and the development of, standards as ubiquitous as SCORM, as forgotten as RTWS, and more recently xAPI. Most importantly, there has not been an authoritative source or governance of the cmi5 specification as we had with the SCORM conformance test suite.

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We launched CATAPULT: A giant step forward for cmi5

Rustici Software

One year ago, we kicked off a project with ADL to develop tools and resources to help accelerate the adoption of cmi5 , and ultimately xAPI, within both the DoD and across the industry as a whole. To build a conformance test suite, the specification you’re testing against has to be explicit in all of the things.

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An explanation of cmi5 in (mostly) plain English

Rustici Software

It’s all too common to hear someone say “cmi5 is the bridge between SCORM and xAPI” around the office. No matter which DVD you buy, it’ll play in your DVD player at home; you don’t need different players to watch different DVDs. Behold: cmi5, which provides a way to move from SCORM to the more modern xAPI specification.

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Learning technology procurement: 5 best practices for L&D

Rustici Software

So whenever I have the chance to present to the xAPI Cohort , I jump at it. We had a room full of folks who wanted to learn more about best practices for procuring xAPI and cmi5 technologies, and we thought we’d share those with you. With that many, you might already have a system that supports xAPI and cmi5. You’re my people!

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The ongoing work of learning standards

Litmos

You could use any of the many authoring tools, such as Authorware, but you needed an appropriate player. With the advent of Flash, many authoring tools started creating output that could be played by the Flash player, which meant you didn’t need special software to use the courses (if your IT org would support you having it).

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Attending I/ITSEC? Join us as we talk cmi5 and CATAPULT(ing The Rock)

Rustici Software

Brian will also introduce the cmi5 CATAPULT tools that were developed, including the Content Test Suite, course templates , LMS Test Suite, Player Prototype and comprehensive best practices guide. I/ITSEC emphasizes defense and security training and themes. Learn all about cmi5 here. on Monday, Nov.