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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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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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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. Whereas before the tracking was limited to specific achievements – course progress, completion/incompletion, pass/fail etc.

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Test SCORM Courses with an LMS

Tony Karrer

Likely this sounds familiar to many of you. Here are some ideas - SCORM Test Suite One of the best things about SCORM (ADL's Sharable Content Reference Model) is that it is pretty easy to test and diagnose problems. Note: there have been cases where we needed to go to HTTP stream tracking software to figure out what was wrong.

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What is SCORM in e-learning?

eloomi

The initial version of SCORM was developed and released in 2000 by the Department of Defense-sponsored Advanced Distributed Learning (ADL) Initiative. Commonly, packaged elements include text or graphics, animations or video files, sound files and multimedia presentations.

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What is SCORM & Decoding Its Importance For eLearning

ProProfs

Realizing that there is a huge population out there who are confused about this odd-sounding acronym, in this post we will share a complete overview of SCORM – what it is about, why it is important, the right approach to implement it in your elearning program. xAPI is built on SCORM.

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Ultimate eLearning terms you should know: Part 2 (M-Z)

LearnUpon

The rise of mLearning has also driven adoption of the Tin Can xAPI eLearning content standard which can track far more learning activities than older standards like SCORM. SCORM (Shareable Content Object Reference Model): A set of standards developed by Advanced Distributed Learning (ADL) and applied when developing LMS content.