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xAPI vs. SCORM: Choosing the Right Standard

Paradiso Solutions

But with options like SCORM and xAPI available, how do you determine which standard is the best fit for your e-learning courses? What is SCORM all about? SCORM consists of several essential components that work in harmony to deliver effective e-learning experiences. SCORM vs xAPI which is better?

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5 Real Benefits of Using xAPI

LearnUpon

xAPI was touted as the future of eLearning back in 2013 when it was first introduced (named Tin Can at the time). It was intended to be SCORM ’s successor. xAPI has some awesome benefits that you should know about and avail of. xAPI has some awesome benefits that you should know about and avail of. A more stable standard.

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An explanation of cmi5 in (mostly) plain English

Rustici Software

It’s all too common to hear someone say “cmi5 is the bridge between SCORM and xAPI” around the office. Back in the day, SCORM was developed to provide specific guidance for plug and play interoperability of eLearning content across LMSs. Behold: cmi5, which provides a way to move from SCORM to the more modern xAPI specification.

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Beginner’s Guide to Online Training

Convergence Training

We hope you find this guide helpful. Please let us know if you have any questions about online training, including of course online training courses , learning management systems (LMS) , and mobile learning apps.

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Do You Need a Content Authoring Tool for LearnDash?

LearnDash

Instead, they need to be exported to a content standard, such as xAPI (also known as Tin Can API), which can then be uploaded onto an LMS for publication. Augmented Reality is still a new eLearning technology, but it’s allowing educators to innovate with new instructional design ideas. AR components. That’s when we come in.

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2018 eLearning Predictions: Updated Hype Curve

Web Courseworks

The Army Research Laboratory in Orlando, Florida (the Silicon Valley of simulation), is, a source tells us, leaning toward specifying xAPI (see below) as the standard for LMS-simulator communication. xAPI: It is eerie how xAPI has exactly followed the hype curve. If implemented, that will make a big difference.

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12 e-Learning trends that you need to know about

Challenge to Learn

Augmented reality means that you put an interactive layer over the real world. We do that via XAPI. The e-Learning industry (the Learning management systems) are still clinging to the outdated SCORM standard. XAPI is the future and should be huge by now, but it is not. This should be a trend, but it isn’t.

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