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An All-In-One Resource for All Things xAPI

eLearningMind

But for those of you who are new to it, it stands for Application Programming Interface. It is software, or snippets of code, that enables the communication between two or more other pieces of software, systems, programs, or apps. Experience API (xAPI) is a newer standard to make such an inter-program/app possible. The answer?

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The ongoing work of learning standards

Litmos

The problem with committee work is well known; in this case vendors who participated wanted the standard to make it easy for their content to be made compliant. The Advanced Distributed Learning (ADL) initiative of the Department of Defense finally had enough. Vendors got on board, and SCORM became a more-or-less viable mechanism.

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Learning technology procurement: 5 best practices for L&D

Rustici Software

Your content player vendor must have an LRS to be conformant. These are all points you want to take into consideration when moving platform vendors. Start by having conversations with your current platform and technology vendors. Customers aren’t leveraging xAPI and cmi5 because their technology vendors don’t support it.

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A SCORM-Certified LMS Helps Companies Score

TOPYX LMS

It was during that year when President Clinton signed an executive order that led to the creation of Advanced Distributed Learning (ADL), the initiative that SCORM comes under. Today, businesses, associations and government programs all view a SCORM certification as a mark of eLearning excellence. Why SCORM Is Such a Big Deal.

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Mike Rustici – Crystal Balling with Learnnovators

Learnnovators

Tin Can will also cause us to think more analytically about our learning programs now that we have more data and visibility into a broader set of learning activities. Mike: Early adopters are broken into two categories, traditional e-learning vendors and new market entrants. How do you plan to address this? Mike: Absolutely.

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MIKE RUSTICI – CRYSTAL BALLING WITH LEARNNOVATORS

Learnnovators

Tin Can will also cause us to think more analytically about our learning programs now that we have more data and visibility into a broader set of learning activities. Mike: Early adopters are broken into two categories, traditional e-learning vendors and new market entrants. How do you plan to address this? Mike: Absolutely.

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#ASTDTK14 Review

eLearning 24-7

ASTDTK14 zoomed into Vegas last week with about 60 vendors (est.) On the expo side, and I know ASTD Events are going to disagree with me (err, they already have via Linkedin), I wasn’t overly impressed on the number of vendors’ booths. Conferencing vendors – Were there any? Wi-Fi for booth vendors was horrible.

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