WhatFix

MAY 2, 2023

Back to Blog Employee Training & Development What Is xAPI? the Director of the Advanced Distributed Learning (ADL) Initiative, aptly said, ‘xAPI is what helps us put the puzzle together’. What Is xAPI? xAPI stands for Experience API and is a cutting-edge eLearning standard format. How Does xAPI Work?

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Experience API

JANUARY 16, 2019

Recently, we received an inquiry from someone who was trying to make sense of xAPI. Is xAPI installed on a platform? When it comes to how xAPI relates to platforms, xAPI is a communication and data model protocol specification that defines a Learning Record Store (or LRS). Can xAPI monitor device activity?

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LearnUpon

JANUARY 8, 2019

Over the past three years, xAPI has emerged as the hot new standard for delivering online training. xAPI is often described as the next evolution of SCORM. While the SCORM standard isn’t going anywhere soon, xAPI has redefined some of the fundamental practices of tracking learning experiences. But what is xAPI?

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Rustici Software

DECEMBER 15, 2023

If you are not familiar, I/ITSEC stands for Interservice/Industry Training, Simulation, and Education Conference and caters largely to the US Department of Defense, federal contractors, and vendors offering solutions to the aforementioned. Understanding What’s Next: I/ITSEC is full of some impressive, advanced tech.

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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. SCORM and XAPI compared. SCORM and SCORM compliant.

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Rustici Software

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

For the last 18 years, some of the most important work we’ve done at Rustici Software has been the standards-based efforts we’ve worked on with the Advanced Distributed Learning Initiative (ADL). This initiative will remove the barrier to entry and obstacles that the DoD and many organizations face when adopting xAPI and cmi5.

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LearnUpon

JUNE 3, 2016

While many eLearning vendors still support AICC, the standard is usually a legacy of older platforms and businesses. 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).

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Web Courseworks

MAY 19, 2017

Where else can you meet an MD who will hook you up to a stress detector that fires the data to a learning record store via xAPI in real time? Real xAPI work is presented at MedBiq. Some conferences we go to are more about purchasers finding vendors, and that’s an important part of how projects get done. Speaking of which….

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Trivantis

NOVEMBER 4, 2015

To accomplish this, the industry has come up with several eLearning standards that allow courses created by any vendor to “talk” with an LMS created by any other vendor. The AICC was dissolved in 2014, and all of its efforts have been transferred to the Department of Defense’s (DOD) Advanced Distributed Learning (ADL) group.

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eLearning 24-7

JANUARY 26, 2014

ASTDTK14 zoomed into Vegas last week with about 60 vendors (est.) On the expo side, and I know ASTD Events are going to disagree with me (err, they already have via Linkedin), I wasn’t overly impressed on the number of vendors’ booths. Conferencing vendors – Were there any? Wi-Fi for booth vendors was horrible.

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Watershed

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

It’s integrated with Workday for HR information, with all the external content vendors, and Visa’s internal learning systems. Finally, Pathgather’s xAPI implementation process is easy, especially when connecting to a Learning Record Store (LRS). Integrate xAPI into your learning ecosystem. How do I get connected?

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TOPYX LMS

NOVEMBER 10, 2015

It was during that year when President Clinton signed an executive order that led to the creation of Advanced Distributed Learning (ADL), the initiative that SCORM comes under. The 4 th edition of the Shareable Content Object Reference Model is packed with language that third-party vendors and software developers are familiar with.

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eFront

APRIL 15, 2013

Sign #3: ADL itself heavily supports Tin Can as the successor of SCORM.[4]. It was a lot of work for LMS vendors to implement and more importantly, it was too complex for many courseware developers to use. The end result was low adoption from vendors and instructional designers. Nothing is perfect though as ADL admits [5].

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ProProfs

OCTOBER 3, 2017

Hence, if an LMS vendor claims its software as SCORM compliant, it means that the LMS you have selected supports integration with other SCORM compliant content authoring tools used for creating courses. They came up with the Advanced Distributed Learning Initiative (ADL) and created the SCORM. xAPI is built on SCORM.

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Learnnovators

NOVEMBER 17, 2013

Mike: Early adopters are broken into two categories, traditional e-learning vendors and new market entrants. Traditional vendors are largely adopting at the SCORM parity level and using Tin Can as a better way to track formal training programs. The ADL vision is actually looking this far out in the future. Mike: Absolutely.

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Learnnovators

NOVEMBER 14, 2013

Mike: Early adopters are broken into two categories, traditional e-learning vendors and new market entrants. Traditional vendors are largely adopting at the SCORM parity level and using Tin Can as a better way to track formal training programs. The ADL vision is actually looking this far out in the future. Mike: Absolutely.

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eLearning 24-7

JANUARY 5, 2015

One of the most interesting items which presents to me an unknown variable is CMI-5, a compliance standard (formally with AICC) now headed up by ADL. Rather than go into a whole diatribe about CMI-5, I recommend you read this info on CMI-5 (put together in part from vendor RISC). – don’t. . – don’t.

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learnWorlds

AUGUST 8, 2022

A SCORM-certified course has passed and was certified by ADL, the organization behind the SCORM standard. The downside of the 2004 version is that fewer LMS vendors support it due to its complexity. There are other elearning standards like xAPI (Tin Can), cmi5, and AICC for more advanced capabilities. SCORM Certified.

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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.

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LearnUpon

FEBRUARY 23, 2016

Also known as the Experience API (xAPI), Tin Can is often described as the next evolution of SCORM. The SCORM specification was introduced by ADL in 1999. Some of the main LRS vendors include: Wax LRS (Recommended by us based on our experience of leading platforms). Here’s why. What is Tin Can API? Learning Locker.

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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 Two months after my layoff, a company called CTC recruited me to work for ADL. I worked with ADL from 2003-2006 and participated in the Technical Working Group afterwards. Grainger, Inc.

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LearnUpon

JULY 7, 2016

From API to xAPI, the words we use everyday can be complex and confusing. ADL (Advanced Distributed Learning): An initiative established by the US Department Of Defense in 1999, aiming to make the delivery of online training consistent across content formats, technologies, and organizations.

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LearnUpon

JULY 14, 2016

The rise of mLearning has also driven adoption of the Tin Can xAPI eLearning content standard which can track far more learning activities than older standards like SCORM. RFP (request for proposal ): Document prepared by organizations to help assess LMS vendors during a selection process.

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KnowledgeAnywhere

APRIL 30, 2021

An LRS is an integral element in the process flow for utilizing the Experience API (xAPI) standard by ADL (Advanced Distributed Learning). The LRS is uniquely designed to help systems store and retrieve xAPI statements and other forms of xAPI metadata from other systems. An Overview of the LRS: Pros.

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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?

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eLearning Brothers

OCTOBER 12, 2017

or Why Should I Care About xAPI? How the Experience API (xAPI) is an enabler. Technology discussed in this session: Experience API (xAPI), games, simulations, and HTML5. The 7 Secrets to Being a Rockstar Vendor. What’s it take to be a Rockstar Vendor? 12:15 PM – 1:00 PM | Wednesday, October 25.

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CLO Magazine

AUGUST 27, 2021

In practice, that means a vendor-locked, monolithic, server-based application (like an old-school LMS) no longer passes muster. The data standard xAPI is the industry standard for capturing, storing and transporting learning, development and performance data. Using xAPI — and associated measures and analyses—right has a big impact.

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learnWorlds

AUGUST 23, 2021

SCORM was first developed by the Advanced Distributed Learning Initiative – ADL, a research group sponsored by the US Department of Defense. xAPI (also known as Tin Can API or Experience API), the next generation of SCORM, has already made its appearance as one of the newest elearning standards and its companion cmi5.

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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. However, ‘Experience API’ is ADL’s official name for this standard.

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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. We can see a growing number of vendors (ebooks, games, simulations, LMSs, etc.)

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LearnUpon

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

From Agile to xAPI and everything in between, there are a lot of eLearning terms to get your head around. ADL (Advanced Distributed Learning). Notable contributions include SCORM and xAPI. This is a “profile” for using the xAPI specification with learning management systems. Agile Learning. Blended Learning.

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LearnUpon

FEBRUARY 21, 2017

If you need to create materials from scratch (rather than the upload of pre-existing materials such as documents, video, audio, SCORM or xAPI), you should choose an LMS and an authoring tool or an LCMS. LETSI is a new organization with worldwide sponsorship to whom ADL will be handing over stewardship of SCORM.

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