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Introduction to x API

Introduction to x API. The Experience API (Tin Can). Agenda. Definition History xAPI Benefits xAPI Statements What is an LRS? xAPI Myths. Definition: What is xAPI?.

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Introduction to x API

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  1. Introduction to xAPI The Experience API (Tin Can)

  2. Agenda Definition History xAPI Benefits xAPI Statements What is an LRS? xAPI Myths

  3. Definition: What is xAPI? “The purpose of the xAPI is to store and provide access to learning experiences. The xAPI enables tracking of learning experiences, including traditional records, such as scores and completion. It also (can) records learners’ actions, like reading an article or watching a training video.”-ADL (Advanced Distributed Learning) Tin Can and xAPI are the same thing

  4. How did we get here? • AICC (1988) • SCORMSharable Content Object Reference Model • 2001, 2004 • Initially based on AICC

  5. SCORM LMS to training content communication Designed for the desktop Uses a common packaging, communication and launching mechanism

  6. What’s wrong with SCORM? • All learning MUST be launched from LMS • Content must reside in same domain as LMS • Cannot put content on CDN to improve performance • Inefficient • SCORM is complicated • SCORM content MUST be run in a browser • No mobile “apps” • No “off line” (yet…but it is more than 10 years old) • Easily Hacked - Old technology • …and on and on…

  7. The changing landscape Proliferation of mobile devices (BYOD) Social networking / Social Learning Gaming Simulations YouTube How can we track it?

  8. xAPI Benefits • Learning can be recorded wherever it occurs • Learning content does not have to reside in a browser • Learning does not have to be “launched” from an LMS • Mobile apps • Social Networking • Gaming & Simulations

  9. xAPI Benefits (cont) • Learning content can be distributed • Uses modern, common technology • (REST, JSON) • Much simpler than SCORM

  10. xAPI Statements I did this. • Statements: Actor, verb, object • Based on work done by Google, Facebook and others: Activity Stream • Examples: • “Jack completed safety training.” • “Christie experienced the Great Wall in Second Life”

  11. Verbs xAPI does not “require” any particular verbs http://adlnet.gov/exapi/verbs https://registry.tincanapi.com/#home/verbs Each verb has description and can be translated Verb “ID” should be unique iriex: http://adlnet.gov/expapi/verbs/completed

  12. xAPI has many layers • Complex Statements[In the context of ___] Actor [ or group ___] verb object [with these results] • Examples: • “On an iPad, while offline, John completed Sales Training 101 with a score of 100.” • “In WordPress Tim contributed to an article called ‘The Emerging Standards for Mobile Learning’” • Team-based statements • “Team 3 completed special ops training”

  13. Learning Record Store (LRS) • Stores xAPI statements • Also required to “return” statements when queried with valid credentials. • Implications • Data can be fetched from one LRS into another • An organization may implement multiple LRS, each specializing in some type of reporting • Can be standalone or integrated into an LMS

  14. LRS Data Sources ??? E-Book LMS LRS Social Network Blog Game SharePoint E-Learning

  15. Myths: xAPI replaces SCORM • SCORM is not going away…yet • ADL may develop a SCORM version that uses xAPI as its transport layer • At the moment, ADL is not updating SCORM • Conflicting stories

  16. Myths: LRS will replace LMS Scheduling Learning Records Requirements Tracking Assessment Sequencing Certification Competencies User Management Curricula Definition Delivery Search Reports Player Preferences Course Management

  17. Who’s using xAPI? • xAPI was released April 26, 2013 • >70 Adopters listed on TinCanAPI.com website • Examples: • Articulate Storyline (adopted) • Adobe Captivate (announced) • Blackboard (adopted) • DomiKnow Claro (adopted) • Float Mobile (adopted) • RISC VTA LMS (adopted) • Saltbox LRS (adopted) • Lectora (adopted)

  18. What’s Next • Analytics reporting from LRS is just getting started • Additional protocols will be developed on top of xAPI • Example AICC CMI5 • Libraries are available to create your own apps write to LRS • Ex: Float Mobile has free iOS library for sending xAPI statements

  19. References ADLhttp://www.adlnet.gov/tla/experience-api xAPI Specificationhttps://github.com/adlnet/xAPI-Spec Tin Can Projecthttp://tincanapi.com Layers of the Tin Can Onionhttp://tincanapi.com/wp-content/assets/Onion/Layers-of-the-Tin-Can-Onion.pdf

  20. Introduction to xAPI Thanks for attending Art Werkenthin artw@risc-inc.com @RISC_INC @AWerkenthin

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