MakingBetter

AUGUST 3, 2016

Towards the end of last year, our big announcement was the formation of the not-for-profit Consortium formed to handle the governance and address the evolution of xAPI with/for ADL. xAPI, being open-source and licensed as Apache 2.0, doesn’t require ADL’s permission for us to do this. That’s a feature, not a bug — we licensed xAPI in this way so that it couldn’t be trapped in US DoD the way SCORM was. ADL’s announcement about our collaboration can be found here.

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MakingBetter

AUGUST 3, 2016

Towards the end of last year, our big announcement was the formation of the not-for-profit Consortium formed to handle the governance and address the evolution of xAPI with/for ADL. xAPI, being open-source and licensed as Apache 2.0, doesn’t require ADL’s permission for us to do this. The post What is the plan for DISC, xAPI, and ADL?

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MakingBetter

AUGUST 3, 2015

Between November 2014’s xAPI Hyperdrive and the xAPI track at DevLearn 2014, we hit our stride. We had people well outside of the ADL bubble talking about real world things things they were using xAPI to accomplish. What happened at xAPI Camp Amazon?

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MakingBetter

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

We’ve been hard at work the last few months identifying what an xAPI Profile Server should do beyond the basic requirements in the xAPI Profile Specification as part of a BAA with ADL. The post iFest and xAPI Profile Servers appeared first on MakingBetter. Last week we took the show on the road to iFest in Washington DC. We brought along a poster which explained why […]. Experience API

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Experience API

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

I’ve spent a lot of time over the last couple of weeks learning about some things that are happening with ADL (the governing body for SCORM and closest thing we currently have to a single steward for xAPI right now). Some funding things happened at ADL, but ADL will continue to do work on xAPI and with the xAPI community. SCORM and xAPI are both still just fine. ADL’s funding has been reduced substantially in the short-term.

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Torrance Learning

JANUARY 22, 2016

ADL created a community with their xAPI cohorts and we’re aiming to do the same with our Spring 2016 xAPI Learning Cohort. We got our feet wet with a mini xAPI Learning Cohort in 2015, and now we’re ready to take the plunge by opening up this learning experience to everyone.

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MakingBetter

APRIL 28, 2015

Sunday, April 26, marked two years since xAPI was released. The post written for ADL was pretty matter-of-fact. That didn’t lead to an enduring success like xAPI. This week we’ve begun sharing video presentations of the case studies shared at xAPI Camp-Orlando.

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MakingBetter

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

Politics, natural disasters, cyber security threats, budgets… even ADL has hit some road bumps. We formed the Data Interoperability Standards Consortium (DISC) a few years ago specifically to hedge against disruptions to ADL’s capacity for spec stewardship so that the people who rely […]. The post Filling in xAPI’s Most Important Gaps appeared first on MakingBetter. 2017 is a year that is really testing our capacities and limits.

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MakingBetter

AUGUST 3, 2015

Between November 2014’s xAPI Hyperdrive and the xAPI track at DevLearn 2014, we hit our stride. We had people well outside of the ADL bubble talking about real world things things they were using […]. The post xAPI Shifting to 3rd Gear appeared first on MakingBetter. Experience API xAPI Camp amazon recap xAPI xapi campYou might be surprised to find out we’re in 2nd gear. We shifted out of 1st gear at DevLearn last year.

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Experience API

MAY 26, 2017

Recently, ADL (the Advanced Distributed Learning Initiative) launched the xAPI Adopter Registry , which lists xAPI Adopters and Conformant LRSs. We’re thrilled to be one of the first companies included on the xAPI Adopter Registry and the only company so far to have two conformant LRSs–both SCORM Cloud and SCORM Engine passed the xAPI LRS Conformance Test Suite. Announcements LRS News Spec Effort Standards xAPI

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MakingBetter

JANUARY 12, 2015

Last week, I wrote a little bit about the xAPI Camp we’re putting together through Connections Forum. Today, details about xAPI Camp are online including our initial set of speakers, sponsors and an agenda.

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MakingBetter

JANUARY 8, 2015

Last year, ADL began organizing Communities of Practice around the design considerations and implementation of xAPI in different contexts. There are many ways xAPI can be applied — how one designs and develops best really depends on the use case. Yesterday, Ben Betts announced his leadership of a Badges Community of Practice , and I was both surprised and elated to see all the different groups coordinating with ADL.

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eLearning 24-7

JANUARY 12, 2015

xAPI and LRS (Learning Record Stores) have been in the news and frankly everywhere within the e-learning industry in the past 1.5 Aaron, can you tell me a little bit about your background and how you became involved with ADL? Last heard ADL calls this new standard the Experience API?

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Experience API

OCTOBER 23, 2018

As you build your xAPI ecosystem, you’ll likely compile a number of LRSs. Developing a strategy for moving and receiving xAPI data between LRSs becomes essential, which is why our CEO TJ outlined tactical steps for doing just that during his recent xAPI Cohort presentation.

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Experience API

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

What’s the difference between profile recipes and xAPI profiles? A “ profile recipe ” was an early attempt to make it possible for members of the xAPI community to publicly share how they were implementing an information model for a given experience in the hopes that others with a similar experience could use the same model. This is the primary difference between the two, with “xapi-authored-profiles” being more technical. xAPI Profiles.

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MakingBetter

NOVEMBER 11, 2014

It was an incredibly exciting week to see the incredible gains and growth the xAPI community has had in the last year. Megan & I spent the bulk of our time helping the eLearning Guild with the xAPI Hyperdrive and the xAPI in Practice track.

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Challenge to Learn

APRIL 21, 2015

Or are you just confused by all the abbreviations like: SCORM, AICC, XAPI, and CMI5? A course is SCORM compliant when it meets the requirements of the standard set by the ADL. SCORM and XAPI / Tincan. We now have XAPI , formerly known as (project) TinCan.

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Experience API

OCTOBER 11, 2017

The latest DoDI advises all entities within the DoD to procure eLearning technology solutions that are compliant with the SCORM or Experience API (xAPI) specifications. After xAPI was released in 2013, it was hard for government organizations to purchase modern products as xAPI was not supported by the existing Instruction and there was no way to verify if an xAPI solution conformed to the specification. So how can I find an xAPI compliant product?

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Rustici Software

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

Today on the xAPI working group call, ADL shared some news about their funding over the next 12 months. ADL continues to house information about SCORM on their websites, and it’s still the best place to go to understand the state of SCORM adoption and certification. If I had to guess, I would bet that about 1% of ADL’s attention goes to SCORM. The post ADL funding news won’t really impact SCORM appeared first on SCORM - .

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MakingBetter

SEPTEMBER 28, 2015

The first xAPI Camp at DevLearn, the first of four events we’re putting on hosted by The eLearning Guild , is nigh upon us. The Guild helped us launch xAPI at mLearnCon back in 2012 and they have been a steadfast supporter of xAPI. Last year was the first year there was an official xAPI Track at DevLearn and, together, we are upping that ante again (…in Vegas). We may even be doing karaoke Tuesday night, after xAPI Camp, because that is how we roll.

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Challenge to Learn

MARCH 14, 2013

CMI-5 and XAPI (Tin Can API), Bill McDonald , Kris Rockwell It took me a while to figure the meaning of TinCan and I understood the impact it can have on our learning community, but I never understood why we have two competing standards (Scorm and AICC), and now there is a new standard emerging CMI-5 based on TinCan. Later on the ADL was formed and they wanted a more extended standard, based on the AICC specs. Both the ADL and AICC where working on a new generation of standards.

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MakingBetter

NOVEMBER 13, 2014

Getting Started with xAPI… for Everyone. That MOOC is long-since over, and it’s not specifically about xAPI, but it talks to how to design with data in a conceptual manner and the materials are still available for all to go through. ADL Sample LRS. Getting Started.

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JCA Solutions

NOVEMBER 20, 2018

Then came Experience API (xAPI) and CMI5. Using xAPI for mobile learning gives you some options. Since with xAPI we would not be tied to just “Bill passed this course and got 85%” it opens us up to the full spectrum. If by app, you build the xAPI hooks into it.

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LearnUpon

JUNE 3, 2016

Funnily enough, Tin Can (xAPI) , which we’ll examine next, adopts a similar approach to AICC regarding the HACP and, as a result, can track data across domains, or indeed, almost anywhere. eLearning now: Tin Can (xAPI). But why does xAPI’s lack of packaging matter?

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MakingBetter

NOVEMBER 20, 2014

” Well, my objectives with xAPI were the following: Enable data interoperability across systems. Looking at what Megan and I are implementing with xAPI, I have to call out where, in practice, the tools conforming to the spec aren’t helping with data ownership.

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LearnUpon

MARCH 2, 2017

Initially called Tin Can, a more formal name of xAPI was settled upon. A new set of ‘rules’ for xAPI called cmi5 is set to harness the possibilities of xAPI making it even more impactful. cmi5 is there to put some of the rules back on top of xAPI.

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Trivantis

AUGUST 12, 2015

The Experience API (xAPI) is an updated standard for tracking eLearning; it shows a more complete picture of your learners’ activity than SCORM does. xAPI was created by Rustici Software to replace SCORM (an earlier set of technical standards for eLearning software products).

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Learnnovators

NOVEMBER 17, 2013

The ADL vision is actually looking this far out in the future. Being part of the DoD, ADL is considering how to provide soldiers on the battlefield with the information they need at the precise moment of need, thus increasing their performance in the field and saving lives. At the recent ADL Plugfest event, we identified creating “recipes” of best practices for statement structures as one the essential next steps for the community.

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Experience API

SEPTEMBER 21, 2017

A couple of days ago, I wrote about the state of ADL and Rustici Software’s take on it. ADL’s guiding hand. For most of the last 15 years, ADL has been the primary organizing force in the corporate elearning standards space. And to ADL, would you approve of that?

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Experience API

JUNE 11, 2015

Questions: What is the common identifier that allows the xAPI to connect the data provided by the ‘activity provider’ to a specific user in the LRS? Answer: xAPI allows for learners to be identified by email address, Open ID or an account on some system, such as an LMS. How do you best see xAPI interfacing with an LMS? Which LMS platforms out there today best interface with xAPI? That’s one of the big advantages of xAPI, *anything* can make a statement.

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Learning Solutions Magazine

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

In June, 2016 ADL released cmi5, allowing use of xAPI in the “LMS launches content” scenario. If your content tool does not. support cmi5, can you still benefit? Design Strategies Emerging Topics Learning Systems Training Strategies

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MakingBetter

DECEMBER 22, 2015

We launched an online journal, the xAPI Quarterly , kickstarting the publishing arm of our business, Connections Forum , and we ran our first events, xAPI Camps that each were co-created with our participants. Grateful for the xAPI Community. Grateful for xAPI’s Growth.

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Rustici Software

OCTOBER 11, 2017

Two years ago we answered a BAA from ADL to conduct research for updating the DoDI 1322.26- “Development, Management, and Delivery of Distributed Learning.”. Spoiler Alert – ADL accepted our proposal and we were awarded a contract to dig further into what an updated Instruction might look like and how it might be implemented. It means a lot to us that the work we did with ADL, PIPS, the DADLAC and others within the community has come to fruition. Acronym Alert!

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Obsidian Learning

APRIL 25, 2016

April’s Obsidian Chat topic was xAPI. We had xAPI expert Art Werkenthin from RISC, Inc. Art is a member of the ADL CMI-5 committee , and is an expert on both xAPI and CMI-5. What is the purpose of xAPI? xAPI has real world and real time value.

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Experience API

JANUARY 24, 2017

Because without semantic interoperability, the Experience API (xAPI) has a limited future. For us, semantic interoperability in xAPI will be achieved when there is a generally accepted information model. We think ADL could assert an information model.

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Experience API

DECEMBER 8, 2017

To be honest, I am struggling to discern which pieces of work would best support the xAPI community and Rustici Software. There’s good work happening at the IEEE LTSC TAG xAPI , and we’re doing a bit of it. And ADL has published new BAA requests , and we’re considering those. Announcements News Spec Effort xAPII’m sorry. My bad. Mea culpa. I wrote this all the way back in September, and I told you I’d follow it up with a further post one week later.

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Learnnovators

OCTOBER 13, 2013

This standard is being developed by Rustici Software (with a world-wide active community participating and contributing) for Advanced Distributed Learning (ADL) – the keepers of SCORM. However, ‘Experience API’ is ADL’s official name for this standard.

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Docebo

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

CMI-5 compliance is the successor to AICC, and the good news is that CMI-5 conforms to the newest standard, experience API (xAPI). The organization worked tirelessly for 26 years creating and maintaining the learning technology framework that was built upon by SCORM and xAPI.

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Learnnovators

DECEMBER 31, 2013

” “ ADL is considering how to provide soldiers on the battlefield with the information they need at the precise moment of need.”

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eLearning Brothers

APRIL 17, 2017

Have you heard of the Advanced Distributed Learning (ADL), SCORM, or XAPI? This recording of that webinar covers adaptive learning, experiential learning, and how xAPI is being applied to provide just-in-time knowledge at the point of need.

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