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eLearning: Is it Time to Jump on the xAPI Bandwagon?

The Logical Blog by IconLogic

by Megan Torrance      xAPI and the Tin Can Project. Few eLearning developers have ever developed or seen an eLearning project that uses xAPI. However, given the fact that eLearning development tools and learning platforms now support xAPI, it may be the time to jump on the xAPI bandwagon. 

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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. They wanted a standard, took a plausible set of standards from the work, and called it the Standard Courseware Object Reference Model (SCORM). So, does xAPI replace SCORM? .

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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. xAPI came along and was designed to track all kinds of learning activities across different technologies that often sit outside of an LMS, like mobile apps, gaming, simulations, virtual reality and augmented reality.

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Courseware LMSs – Good or bad for the industry?

eLearning 24-7

Maybe you scored it via Wiley, but in many possibilities you purchased the content thru your LMS vendor. It’s much easier than say going directly to the content provider, buying it from them and then having them talk to your LMS vendor to put it in for you (which, honestly you should do, because it will save you money).

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eLearning Content Distribution Made Easier

JCA Solutions

Because then, at least in my ideal world, we’d always get the chance to try before we buy and make vendors support before they abort. They think that buying “standards compliant” courseware means that it will work like we all want it to. I think life would be easier if everyone knew this dirty little secret of eLearning.

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Top 10 LMSs for 2017, Part 1 (10-6)

eLearning 24-7

I’ve covered the criteria approach in a previous post and will note that for 2017, I analyzed 1,000 vendors from around the world. In this year’s Top 50 vendors are from: United States, United Kingdom (England, Scotland, Ireland), Italy, Germany, France, Brazil, Netherlands, India and Canada. 10 to #6. #10

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Top 10 LMSs for 2017, Part 1 (10-6)

eLearning 24-7

For example, maybe you want vendors who are strong with their learning environment, have mobile PLUS you have 1,000 learners and are seeking someone in the range of $30,000 – as a result a list of the top three or four vendors will be provided to you, with their profiles, and of course in ranking order (from the Top 50). .