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An All-In-One Resource for All Things xAPI

eLearningMind

It is software, or snippets of code, that enables the communication between two or more other pieces of software, systems, programs, or apps. Before APIs became mainstream, learning solution developers used significant amounts of time and effort writing countless lines of code to perform even the simplest of tasks. 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. Quite simply, there’s more to learning than courses. This is all learning. And because of the 800 lb.

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The Role of xAPI in Creating Powerful Learning Experiences for the Modern Workforce

Origin Learning

This was originally devised as a learning standard to facilitate easy sharing and re-use of online eLearning content for the United States Department of Defense. The SCORM API enabled easy interaction and communication between the actual online course and the LMS in which the eLearning content is deployed. and SCORM 2004.

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Beginners Guide To Tin Can API

ProProfs

In the last couple of years, the Tin Can API has emerged as a buzzword in the arena of authoring tools, learning management systems, and content development. And although SCORM isn’t going away anytime soon, Tin Can has taken the e-learning world by storm, redefining the very fabric of learning experience tracking.

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xAPI: Why Should I Care and What Could It Do for Me?

Meridian

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). xAPI, like SCORM before it, started from a DoD and ADL 2011 initiative. In practical terms, this means it is easier to launch and track content.

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What is xAPI?

LearnUpon

While the SCORM standard isn’t going anywhere soon, xAPI has redefined some of the fundamental practices of tracking learning experiences. The SCORM specification was introduced by ADL in 1999. The major difference between xAPI and SCORM content is the type of learning each can track. But what is xAPI?

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Part One: How We Decide to Do Work

Experience API

A couple of days ago, I wrote about the state of ADL and Rustici Software’s take on it. Work that we can do now because it helps us do our jobs better. Back in the SCORM days, one of the fundamental problems was that it was simply tough to tell what was going on when a LMS launched a piece of content. ADL’s guiding hand.

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