As learning & development teams begin to take advantage of xAPI's capabilities, a future-focused look at the learning ecosystem will be key. In this session, Megan Torrance and Rob Houck review models, caveats and what you can start doing now to prepare.
This session was delivered at ATD TechKnowledge 2017 and audiotaped for ATD members, as well.
Want more information about TorranceLearning's approach to instructional design and platform decisions with xAPI? www.torrancelearning.com or info@torrancelearning.com
5. Why 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
6. Why 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
7. xAPI is all about
INTEROPERABILITY,
not silos.
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8. What is an
LRS?
Answer #1
Learning Record Store
Answer #2
It’s where we store training data.
Answer #3
It’s a database where we send
xAPI activity statements and
retrieve them later for decision-
making.
Answer #4
It’s a next-generation LMS.
9.
10.
11. What does
an LRS do?
The specification:
• Accept, store & retrieve xAPI
activity statements
The marketplace:
• Reporting and analytics
• Host xAPI resources
• Admin functions
• More!
12. LMS
Course enrollment
Elearning hosting
Learner plans
SCORM, AICC
ILT & VILT
Video
Social
Gamification
Reporting
Admin functions
+ xAPI / LRS
LRS
xAPI
Reporting & analytics
Admin functions
+ Course enrollment
+ Elearning hosting
+ Learner plans
+ Video
+ Social
+ Gamification
+ External data
13.
14. If the LMS and the LRS are blurring,
what’s left to decide?
15. Concepts ahead are oversimplified
to allow you the best opportunity to
try on a model vs. try to get to the
nitty gritty of each individual
situation.
18. But don’t
limit
yourself to
thinking
inside the
course.
There’s a lot going on outside of
your courses:
• Checklists & job aids
• Social interaction
• Mentoring
• Observations
• Assessments
• Performance & talent mgmt
• Actual work behavior stored in
other systems
• Results of actual work behavior
stored in other systems
20. If you don’t
have an LMS
& you
don’t have
SCORM …
Publish to xAPI.
Get an LRS product.
Rock and roll.
Grow over time.
21. I have an LMS and I have lots of SCORM stuff.
Now what?
22. Does your
LMS already
have xAPI?
Start with courses published to
xAPI.
• Test each development package
you use.
• Work with support to make sure
scoring completion, etc.
Experiment with learning that
happens outside an elearning
course.
Experiment with dashboards and
reporting.(and you’re not using it yet?)
23. Wait for your
LMS to adopt
xAPI
Offer to beta test.
Get a sidecar LRS for your special
projects and new projects.
• Two sets of reports
• Export xAPI “Completions”
LMS
Tip: Think through your index values – they have to line up.
24. Get a full
featured LRS
and work
back to
learning
mgmt.
Relieve yourself of complexity of
your LMS.
Republish SCORM 1.2 courses to
“speak xAPI.”
Experiment with learning that
happens outside an elearning
course.
Start killing SCORM.
26. In the
meantime
Stop using SCORM where you
can.
If you have to, build for SCORM
knowing you’ll use xAPI.
• Flexible tools that do both
• Follow best practices for xAPI
now
Start asking the “x” question.
27. Questions to
ask no matter
what
• What does the integration look
like?
• Will users see a difference?
How about LMS managers?
• What does reporting look like?
• What’s it cost? Do I need an
upgrade, or can I just “do it”?
• What does a pilot look like?
29. FORMING STORMING NORMING PERFORMING
xAPI needs geeks
Geek-free tools
emerging
Communities of Practice work to define usage
Learn-by-doing in Cohorts
Conformance Certification
Formal learning opportunities & certification
Project Tin Can Specification Standard
More common
than SCORM
We are ready for NORMING!