This is really happening! xAPI is so close to 1.0 that we can taste it, like Skittles. It’s been a great year. We handed the .9 version of the specification over to ADL’s working group just over a year ago. We’ve been working closely with…
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So you've outfitted your organization with the Experience API, you've integrated an LRS into your world, and you're doing some cutting-edge e-learning stuff. Or maybe you have something interesting to do with xAPI on your roadmap. Whatever the case, we want to feature you in…
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Background I work for a software manufacturer who is looking for ways to certify our users. Not just on written tests, but actual use of the software. If we are going to certify the users we want to know they are following the correct process…
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I'm very happy to welcome Sean Putman to the blog. Sean is the Director of Training and Documentation at Altair. He has been working on a Experience API implementation in their product Hypermesh, it's freaking sweet! Sean has seen it all, 15 years in training…
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We rolled out of SXSWedu with new xAPI tools that I’m very excited about. We’ve joined forces with Metryx and ABCYa to build something new that unites disparate, but incredibly important, initiatives in a strikingly useful way. The Problem Space When students are using different…
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Attendees of my Training Industry webinar on February 26th had quite a few questions about xAPI, but I couldn't get to all of them during the webinar. So, I've compiled your questions and I've answered them. Even if you didn't attend the webinar, you'll still…
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If you're planning to attend Learning Solutions 2013 in Orlando, FL next week (March 13th - 15th) and you're curious about how your organization can begin taking advantage of the Experience API today, we want to meet you! We've been involved in many of the…
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First, a story laced with truth and lies. A couple of years ago, Mike and I decided to hire remote employees at Rustici Software. As "managers", Mike and I felt it was important to visit our remote employees in their place of business once each…
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I wrote a post a while back on verbs and promised a follow up on the other parts of a statement that can be defined by a person implementing xAPI. It’s January, so I guess it’s about time... Alright, alright, it's overdue. In a statement…
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We have many folks that come to us from the SCORM world and want to know the difference between SCORM and xAPI. I answer this question so much that I thought its worth addressing (at a pretty high-level) in this blog post. First, I’ll unpack the…
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