Posts by Andy Whitaker

Andy joined our team to evangelize xAPI. Now he talks to people about all of the eLearning standards all day because he is considered a “salesperson.” He’s also our office jokester – he’s a punny guy.

xAPI support coming to Lectora

There's little that makes a xAPI Evangelist happier than when we hear about a new Experience API adopter. And I must admit, this latest announcement has us grinning from ear to ear! Lectora®, one of the world's leading e-Learning authoring tools used by most Global…

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SCORM Engine is ready to spread some xAPI love!

If we had a mountain close by, we'd be shouting this from the very top. Seeing as we don't, this blog post will have to do. SCORM Engine 2012.1 is officially available, and it includes support for the Experience API. For those of you new…

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DevLearn 12 & xAPI Alley

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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Is xAPI Backward Compatible with SCORM?

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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xAPI Evangelists and Onion Enthusiasts

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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Welcome to TinCanAPI.com

My name is Andy and I’ll be your tour guide today.  Let’s go! First stop: What is xAPI?  Here you’ll learn what the Experience API is, how it works, and why it matters. This is also where we’ll showing you who the current adopters are…

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