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eLearning Glossary: Definitions for the Most Commonly Used Terms

Association eLearning

SCORM, LMS, AMS, LCMS, API, JITT, what does it all mean?! API- Taken from Wikipedia “an application programming interface (API) is a set of routines, protocols, and tools for building software and applications.” For example, if you create a course in Articulate Storyline, it will play in any SCORM compliant LMS.

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Podcast Episode 8: The Business Benefits of xAPI – With Mike Rustici

Talented Learning

EPISODE 8 – TOPIC SUMMARY AND GUEST: The first version of xAPI was released 5 years ago. What is the relationship between xAPI and learning measurement? And what kind of real-world business benefits come from using xAPI? SCORM and xAPI are perfect examples. First, let’s clarify the meaning of SCORM.

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3 Reasons Why Every LMS Needs Tin Can API Functionality

TOPYX LMS

What Does xAPI Have to Do with SCORM? Tin Can API is interchangeable with the term “Experience API” or “xAPI.” xAPI is sometimes referred to as SCORM’s successor. SCORM is an acronym for “Sharable Content Object Reference Model.”) “SCORM is a set of technical standards for e-learning software products.

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KEVIN THORN – CRYSTAL BALLING WITH LEARNNOVATORS

Learnnovators

xAPI has become the valid standard for tracking all types of learning external to the LMS, yet I still haven’t developed a project, even a portfolio piece, using xAPI. LEARNNOVATORS : To quote Andrew Jacobs, “Your online offer has to be as simple to use as Google, recommending like Amazon, as comprehensive as Wikipedia.”

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Computer Aided Learning: From pre-history to where we’re at in late 2018

Ed App

Wikipedia cites the Illinois university in 1960 to be the first to share course materials on its internal network with the first online course being available in 1986 via the Electronic Learning Network. A year later, the LMS development industry welcomed Microsoft and its first SCORM-certified learning suite SharePoint.”

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A Brief Historical Look at Corporate Training

Litmos

I’ve met people who had worked on the original SCORM standard, those driving the new xAPI standard, as well as early champions of our industry who coined the terms and built the original software tools. According to wikipedia:“If computerized automation increased factory production, it could do the same for academic instruction.”.

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Which Learning Content Trends Matter Most to You?

Talented Learning

As Wikipedia explains, automation can support curation with collaborative filtering, semantic analysis and social ratings. They also offer SCORM-based courses developed and submitted by independent subject matter entrepreneurs. xAPI (and its forerunner, TinCan API) have been popular buzzwords for years. User-Generated Content.