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The ongoing work of learning standards

Litmos

At the dawn of the video recording age, a battle raged about the best standard to use: VHS or Betamax. In it, Sony came out with a better standard, but kept it to themselves. Meanwhile, JVC’s VHS standard wasn’t quite as good, but they openly licensed it. Standards provide several benefits. Learning Standards.

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What happened in 2023 and what’s next for eLearning standards

Rustici Software

We thought that there were only so many human beings who wake up early on a Tuesday morning excited to hear a talk about eLearning interoperability standards. We were shocked to see how many people joined Chris Tompkins and Brian Miller on “Our IEEE LTSC voting members recap 2023 and what’s next for the standards” webinar last week.

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Adapting to change: Going hybrid and supporting standards

Rustici Software

The same holds true for the standards that we support and the ever changing needs of our customers. When I first joined Rustici in 2011, SCORM was the de facto standard for our customers. xAPI was a glimmer in the eye of ADL, Rustici and in particular Ben Clark, who was spearheading Project Tin Can development.

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An All-In-One Resource for All Things xAPI

eLearningMind

Experience API (xAPI) is a newer standard to make such an inter-program/app possible. But in 2010, after putting out a call for vendors to develop a set of next-gen eLearning standards, the governing body of SCORM, Advanced Distributed Learning (ADL), tasked a company—Rustici Software—with that responsibility.

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SCORM, AICC, xAPI – Which one do I need?

eLearning 24-7

Every time I write about the course standards, whether on my blog or, lately, on LinkedIn, I receive a lot of responses, feedback, and folks wanting to know more. I wanted to dive more into the course standard discussion, and the exploration of which to use and why you must use it. SCORM is not easy to learn.

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We’re excited to present and attend I/ITSEC 2023

Rustici Software

It’s a massive event with everything from learning standards professionals to creators of large flight simulators all under one (gigantic) convention roof. Implementation Strategies for creating a Sustainable xAPI Data Strategy (Managing Learning Data – xAPI Essentials and Strategies track) Florian Tolk, ADL & Elizabeth A.

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ADL xAPI Conformance Test Launches, SCORM Cloud and SCORM Engine are Conformant LRSs

Experience API

Recently, ADL (the Advanced Distributed Learning Initiative) launched the xAPI Adopter Registry , which lists xAPI Adopters and Conformant LRSs. Personally, we have been involved in the learning standards community since 2002 and in that time have come to understand the true value eLearning specifications provide in ensuring interoperability.

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