Litmos

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

After initial efforts in 1993, and bursts of energy circa 2000 and again in 2004, we’re seeing a new resurgence of activity and interest. The Advanced Distributed Learning (ADL) initiative of the Department of Defense finally had enough. ADL decided to create a new standard, the Experience API (xAPI; originally known as Tin Can).

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Standards ADL Authoring Tools xapi 49

Talented Learning

MARCH 26, 2019

After years of educating people about xAPI (aka Experience Application Programming Interface ), I find that it is still one of the least-understood concepts in the digital learning world. Rewind briefly to a day in 2010, when the dew was still fresh and early morning sun filled the meeting room at Advanced Distributed Learning (ADL).

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xapi SCORM ADL LMS 103

Continu

AUGUST 29, 2018

SCORM was first released in 2000, and one of the most common versions is from 2004. When ADL created SCORM trainers weren’t thinking about these things yet. If you’re hoping to buy a program and start creating immediately, you have a surprise coming. Even ADL, the company that created SCORM, has moved onto a different model.

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LMS Learning Management System SCORM Authoring Tools 40

Growth Engineering

JULY 31, 2017

SCORM won the hearts of L&D folk everywhere, when it was invented by the ADL in 2000. Well, it’s largely down to something called an Application Programming Interface (API). In the same way SCORM simplified eLearning back in 2000, cmi5 has simplified xAPI implementation now.

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SCORM Learning Technologies Emergent xapi 41

eFront

JANUARY 16, 2011

Praat Praat is a free scientific software program for the analysis of speech in phonetics. It can run on a wide range of operating systems, including various Unix versions, Mac and Microsoft Windows (95, 98, NT4, ME, 2000, XP, Vista). The program also supports speech synthesis, including articulatory synthesis.

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Text-to-Speech Open Source Open Authoring Tools 102

Ed App

MARCH 1, 2020

SCORM is short for ‘Sharable Content Object Reference Model’ and was first created by the US government’s Advanced Distributed Learning (ADL) project in 2000 as a de-facto standard for eLearning content. . The ‘API’ in the name is an acronym for ‘Application Programming Interface’.

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AICC xapi SCORM LMS 64

eLearning Brothers

MAY 19, 2015

The Pony Express consisted of relays of men on horseback carrying saddlebags of mail across a 2000-mile trail. Distance education programs did get their start relying on mail correspondence and still do today, for example, in rural Alaska and Australia. ADL Mobile Learning Handbook.

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Mobile eLearning Diversity Training Instructional Design Mobile 70