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An All-In-One Resource for All Things xAPI

eLearningMind

Back in 2008, realizing the interoperability limitations of existing learning system standards, such as SCORM (the Shareable Content Object Reference Model), Learning Education Training Systems Interoperability (LETSI) reached out to the L&D community for suggestions on how to fix those shortcomings. Social media? The answer?

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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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SCORM Cloud vs Learning Management System comparison

Paradiso

Use an ADL-conformant Learning Record Store (LRS)+. Social Learning: Enhance formal and informal learning programs with Social learning and collaboration tools. Test your content to make sure your courses will play as expected by learners. Share access to your eLearning courses with third-party systems. contact-form-7].

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SCORM Compliance and Tin Can Api

Paradiso

SCORM was originally developed way back in the 90s by Advanced Distributed Learning (ADL), an initiative of the U.S. The difference here is that there will be much less reliance on SCORM compliance as learning moves away from formality and into the social sphere. Social learning integration. Department of Defence.

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Tin Can API, the evolution of SCORM

Paradiso

Originally developed by Advanced Distributed Learning (ADL), an initiative of the Unite States Department of Defense, SCORM was designed to standardize and modernize their training courses. Some of these include watching a learning video, attending a conference, writing a blog post or interacting with social media.

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Some Shortcomings Around Game/Simulation Research

Kapp Notes

So it inherently becomes difficult to try to isolate variables that make a game/simulation educational or effective for learning. You can’t the value of a game/simulation is the combination of many variables interacting together for the entire Gestalt. I think cognitive load theory might have some insights but it still has some gaps.

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Open Source Authoring Tools for e-Learning

eFront

ClassTools.net Create free educational games, quizzes, activities and diagrams in seconds! JelSim The JeLSIM Builder toolkit is a FREE toolkit for producing educational simulations. Tags: elearning education opensource software tools. I highly encourage you to leave a commend if you know any other open source authoring tool.