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Open Source LMSs Facts and Insight

eLearning 24-7

One of the areas that always gain interest and usage are open source systems, that is to say, free open source code (some are not), to which any organization, company, educational setting, government and so forth can build their own system (often noted as home-grown) and do what they wish with it. Not open source.

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SCORM, AICC, xAPI – Which one do I need?

eLearning 24-7

Some vendors won’t use SCORM because it takes time to add and implement it. for a couple of years, and then a major new initiative resulted in SCORM 2004 1st edition, 2nd, 3rd, and finally 4th (it never took off in the industry, which is why if a vendor offers it, they use the 3rd edition ). Many vendors mention they have SCORM.

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What happened in 2023 and what’s next for eLearning standards

Rustici Software

What happened in 2023 xAPI 2.0 2023 ” – or xAPI 2.0. In fact xAPI 2.0 is the first open source specification to become an IEEE standard, which puts it in the same category as other common standards like Wi-Fi (IEEE 802.11). Vendors who are curious about what changed and how to prepare for xAPI 2.0

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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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4 Phrases to Describe DevLearn 2016

Web Courseworks

Watching the growing number of hard working practitioner s who utilize vendor software and services has been especially enjoyable. As an inhabitant of both worlds, especially the planet vendor, my reflections will focus on the exhibit floor and what it says about eLearning trends. xAPI gaining more traction.

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LMS Vendors: How to Select the Right Vendor for your Goals

Hurix Digital

Organizations generally prefer to outsource their LMS requirements to vendors or service providers, mainly because it saves them time and money and also because they do not have an in-house IT team to design, build and maintain a custom solution. This being said, how to choose the right LMS vendor for your organizational goals?

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Taking cmi5 adoption further by developing a Conformance Test Suite

Rustici Software

Over the years, our folks have participated in the working groups for, and the development of, standards as ubiquitous as SCORM, as forgotten as RTWS, and more recently xAPI. Most importantly, there has not been an authoritative source or governance of the cmi5 specification as we had with the SCORM conformance test suite.

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