You've probably heard by now (because we can't shut-up about it) that mLearnCon was a huge success for the Experience API. Not only did ADL officially bless xAPI as the way forward for e-learning specs, we also had 15+ early adopters in attendance, and standing…
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One of my goals at mLearnCon was to figure out “this xAPI thing.” More importantly, whether I needed to worry about it right now. My first impression – SCORM replacement. SCORM, to me, is the selection in the drop-down when I publish my tutorials if…
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You're tired of hearing us talk. We're tired of hearing ourselves talk. Glad we're agreeing so far. Now we're bringing you a series of posts from people who are, importantly, not us. People in learning and the xAPI communities, out there trying to make things…
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I've been spending a lot of time with teachers and K-12 lately. One of the main things that I've heard in using technology in the classroom or online is that scaling is hard. When kids get moving with an app or site, they accelerate like…
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No, it's not. And, dude, you're totally missing the point. xAPI is a new paradigm. To make something backward compatible means to live within the constraints of old. The constraints of SCORM have been holding us back for years. Innovation and progress require change. Embracing…
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As a "xAPI-first" company and self proclaimed xAPI Evangelists, we see it as our duty to spread the good word about the Experience API and plant the seed with folks like you about all of the new possibilities it enables. In doing this, we've had countless conversations. Each conversation…
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By making your content accessible, you can get wildly better xAPI data. This post is related to another post on how xAPI separates presentation from content and makes accessibility easier to do. (more…)
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To do accessibility well, presentation and content need to be able to be completely separated. xAPI allows this separation and does not add complication to it. (more…)
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It would be awesome if it were all pool parties, summer camp, ice cream, and sleep overs... It's not. (more…)
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The Experience API is about the data and metrics that are important to you. It standardizes and collects, it doesn’t tell you how or what to do with that. It doesn’t go near content, content can be anywhere. Content can even be sidelined completely and…
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