As adoption of xAPI begins to take hold, it allows for more robust and interesting tracking of the learning process. As actual performance and results data are integrated with learning metrics, we will have the data we need to tailor the learning process to individual needs at the same time that we can draw more useful conclusions about the learning as a whole across a wider population.
5. Onboarding Plan BOnboarding Plan A
Tour the campus & buildings
Class: Your benefits & you
Take a skills assessment
Webinar: LMS & Your Learning
Class: Finance 101
Rate your experience
Elearning: Our Customers
Observe the work process
Receive coaching from a mentor
Watch a video
Follow a blog
Read a book by an expert
Elearning: Welcome & virtual tour
Elearning: Log into LMS
Elearning: Tour our Campus
Class: Your benefits & you
Class: Email and You
Elearning: Who’s who
Elearning: Our customers
Class: Finance 101
Recorded webinar: Our LMS Part 1
Webinar: LMS & Your Learning
Multiple choice test: Your Job Role
Practice activities on work process
Job shadow an experienced employee
Class: Using the intranet
6. xAPI is …
X = experience
API = application programming interface
Specification for sending, storing, retrieving
activity about learning and performance
experiences
Not so much “next generation SCORM”
as it is “what will replace SCORM.”
Experience API is
…
Tin Can API is …
10. Claire read Business Writing for
ProfessionalsJohn practiced frosting birthday cakes
Lindsey watched the Company History video
Rashad completed Oil Change Upselling
11. Actor verb object
Actor verb object context
Claire read Business Writing for
ProfessionalsJohn practiced frosting birthday cakes
Lindsey watched the Company History video
Rashad completed Oil Change Upselling
12. Mohammed wrote a blog post about local theatre
that got 45 views and 3
commentsOron rated ATD event Essentials of
Creating Learning Experiences
with xAPI @MMTorrance 4
stars “coffee rocked, nice use
of WebEx”
Cynthia completed Oil Change Upselling score
60%Ladan simulated landing at DTW
Arthi simulated landing at DTW in SimSuite #4
and was rated 98% by
Instructor
Claire read Business Writing for
ProfessionalsJohn practiced frosting birthday cakes
Lindsey watched the Company History video
Rashad completed Oil Change Upselling
13.
14. What can you do with xAPI?
• Learn more about the learning experience – not just elearning
• Learn more about the performance
• Correlate learning with performance
• Offer more targeted training
• Support performance in better ways
• Use data to learn with others
• Compare performance and learning across learners
• Deliver and track training outside of the LMS
15. Kirkpatrick Levels
of Training Evaluation + Cathy Moore
16
Level 2 Level 3 Level 4
On the Job
Behaviors
!
Knowledge &
Retention: Testing
Business
Results
Level 1
Satisfaction &
Experience
17. Gottfredson & Mosher’s
(& Torrance’s)
Moments of
Learning Need
5 Moments of Learning Need: Gottfredson & Mosher
9 Moments of Need: Torrance
Apply
New
More
Solve
Change
Before
Prepare
Remember
Teach
20. First pick
a project
SCORM is not the (best) answer.
The project’s sponsor is on board.
There’s plenty of data.
You can capture or get to the data you need.
21. STEP 1:
Send the
data
Use your current elearning authoring tools
Get your product vendor to send the data
Use aggregator like xapiapps to assemble things
that aren’t xAPI into a thing that is
Write some custom code
Import from business data
22. AUTHORING TOOLS
Out of the box:
• SCORM-like transactions
• Individual page views
• Actions and triggers (depends)
With a little JavaScript or with xapi.l:
• Any action or trigger you want
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23.
24. MISC OTHER OPTIONS
Not really “authoring tools,” but very deep
learning experiences, LMCSes, etc. that send
xAPI data.
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28. A typical
LMS today
(and who has just
one?!?!)
Users
Course
s
Enrollments
SCOR
M Data
Reporting
Courses
Classe
s
Certs
Badges
SocialLearning
Messaging
Performance,Talenthooks
Reporting
Game
s
Sims
Perf
Supp
Dash
boards
eCommerce
Import/Export to Biz Data
34. LEARNING RECORD STORES
Out of the box:
• Data storage & retrieval
• Visualizations & reporting
Connecting to analytics
• Tableau, Microsoft BI, Envision BI, etc.
UP TO DATE LIST OF CONFORMANT LRS:
https://adopters.adlnet.gov/
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35. LMSes WITH LRS INSIDE
Out of the box:
• Learning management functions
• SCORM & AICC
• Full xAPI LRS
• Data includes both LMS & xAPI
UP TO DATE LIST OF CONFORMANT LRS:
https://adopters.adlnet.gov/
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36. LMSes WITH “xAPI SUPPORT”
These are non-conformant LRSes.
Out of the box:
• Learning management functions
• SCORM & AICC
• Launch &/or store xAPI
They may struggle with:
• Accepting statements from outside the LMS
• Reporting data in extensions
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37. LMSes THAT CONNECT TO YOUR LRS
These systems are learning record providers.
What you can expect:
• xAPI statements from courses & experiences
• Non-SCORM LMS activity, too
• To buy an LRS also
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39. STEP 3:
Do
something
with the data
Dashboards and visualizations for decision-
making
Personalization of pathways
Recommendations for content
Action triggers & rules
Evaluate & improve the learning experience
42. FORMING STORMING NORMING PERFORMING
xAPI needs geeks Geek-free tools emerge
Communities of Practice work to define usage
Conformance & Certification emerge
Project Tin Can Specification Standard
More common
than SCORM
Is xAPI ready for prime time?
44. Get started!
www.torrancelearning.com/xapi-
cohort
Free 12-week, vendor-neutral learning-by-doing-in-teams experience.
Weekly web meetings 2-3pm ET (recorded). Winter/Spring & Fall
Ad hoc teams form to tackle a project together and provide weekly report-
outs.