As network speeds and the processing power of devices improves, the size of the files we use to capture our experiences, be they photos or other graphics, videos, or complex documents, increases. We need a way to associate these ever-growing files with the metadata capturing…
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A little over a month ago I presented the "Anatomy of a xAPI Statement" webinar as follow up to our continuing Deep Dive series of blog posts. Despite some Q&A time at the end, I didn't have a chance to answer all the questions, here…
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Several times throughout the Deep Dive series I’ve mentioned “catch all” objects and a future post — here it is. The framers of the Experience API specification knew that the overall structure of a statement, particularly with its oft mentioned Actor-Verb-Object pattern, could capture a…
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Often we blog about the people we've hired, and what we're excited about working on with them. Today, we're bidding a fond farewell instead. Over the last couple of years, Megan Bowe has played a large role in our evangelism of xAPI. This is not…
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Airlines use complex software and systems for their operations. Enormous retailers have incredibly efficient supply chain management and retail operation systems. Despite these impressive systems, it’s still common for big companies to send managers out to evaluate employee performance with clipboards full of paper checklists.…
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Deep Dive: Result So far throughout the Deep Dive series that I’ve been writing, there has been one thing notably lacking, e-learning. It turns out that the framers of the Experience API specification hit on something big enough that it need not be boxed in…
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We have a treat for those who want details on how to best use statements to describe learning activities. This is going to be a very technical webinar (you can register for it here). If you’re not familiar with the xAPI specification, you might want…
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With two toddlers at home, I’m fairly used to short, choppy sentences as a manner of communication. I have whole books filled with them, granted they are only about 15 pages long with type even my grandfather can see. And while most of the time…
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// A lot can be done with xAPI and videos, and this post is about how I overcame some technical hurdles with YouTube’s API, specifically. First of all, for basic setup of the YouTube player we follow the instructions here. We will need to include…
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People learn a lot from YouTube. Some companies have libraries of videos on YouTube that they use for formal training, or maybe you just want to watch a video to learn something useful on your own. Ervin has been busy building a practical tool that…
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