John Costa is CEO of RePubIT, an Interactive eBook Prototyping Studio and chairs three open-standards committees, including the IEEE IC12 Industry Connections Committee ADB (IEEE Actionable Data Book & ePub3) effort. The group is developing an open architecture for standardizing interactive eBooks, active widgets and xAPI. Current xAPI development involves integration of the ePub3 to dashboards of various learning record stores including real-time updates back to the epub itself. We are actively seeking new members. Contact me directly at jbcosta@repubit.com. xAPI Camp-Orlando was a one-day event showcasing what’s possible with xAPI. Coinciding with Learning Solutions 2015, on March, 24 2015, we gathered 100+ technology leaders at the University of Central Florida’s Institute for Simulation & Training. This was a day filled with case studies, problem solving and networking. We connected participants to answers they could act on and a community that helps them make an impact. We were at the University of Central Florida’s Institute for Simulation & Training, located at 3100 Technology Parkway, Orlando, FL 32826.

1. IEEE IC12 ADB Update
IEEE LTSC
Learning Technology Standards Committee
John B. Costa
Chair: IEEE IC12- ADB
President / CEO: RePubIT
Orlando, Florida
jbcosta@repubit.com
+1 321.262.3626
@ johnbcosta
Actionable Data Book
EPUB 3 and xAPI

2. Our Agenda
IEEE LTSC / ADB Goals / Activities
The ADBook (Actionable Data Book)
Learning Analytics & xAPI
Use Cases:
– Simulation Performance Support
– Round Trip Data for Coached Learning
– Tagging and Annotation
ADBook & Dashboard Demo

3. About the IEEE LTSC
Learning Technology Standards Committee (LTSC)
Formal accredited standards since 1996
– Best known for LOM, SCORM runtime
Participation free, open, by indivdual
Strategy shift to support interoperability lifecycle
– Ability to form Technical Advisory Group issuing reports
– Ability to sponsor pre-competitive R&D on interoperability
(Actionable Data Book project)

4. ADB 2015 Goals
Publish report on ADB technical architecture
Develop use cases to illustrate ADB generality
Develop 2nd generation ADB proof of concept
A survey to assess ADB viability as a globally
available platform for mobile learning
Host ADB workshop at an appropriate venue
Recruiting effort

5. ADB Activities Contact: jbcosta@repubit.com
Meetings: IEEE LTSC (monthly) | ADB (2x weekly)
– http://ieee-ltsc.org http://ieee-adb.org
Pedagogy / Architecture report – (Draft 1 in edit)
ADL xAPI eBook CoP “Community of Practice”
– eBook Profile (Recipe), controlled vocabulary, best practices
– http://www.adlnet.gov/tla/experience-api/xapi-cop-directory/
Prototype 2015: Demonstrate bi-directional ePub3 data communication
– xAPI Cohort 3 Data Round Trip (ePub3–>LRS–>ePub3)
– https://plus.google.com/communities/114517811515662776461
Special interest groups (SIGs)
– eReaders | authoring tools | accessibility | Data & xAPI comm.
– Metadata | widget dev | Fundraising | Analytics |

6. Vision of the ADBook Project
Publishers and training organizations are now adapting
textbooks and other content for delivery on mobile devices.
– Books are enhanced with media and interactive activities, but otherwise
static digital versions of their paper brethren
But suppose that a “book” could:
– Access mentors and teachers to assist on-demand (wifi)
– Situational response to learners location (GPS, Beacons, RFID)
– Recognize confusion, frustration, boredom… and adapt (camera / mic)
– Understand and answer learner’s questions (mic)
– Continually assess and remediate (xAPI, widgets, data connectivity)
– Interface with local systems, devices, and people (bluetooth)
Imagine social and network aware ePubs – It’s happening!

7. ADB xAPI Model:
Motivate by considering xAPI capabilities as
appropriate in different content contexts
The xAPI Statement API
– Can be used for learner experience/performance data
– Can be used for annotations
– Can be used for scientific data
The xAPI Agent Profile API
– Can be used to get/store user preferences
The xAPI State API
– Can be used to get/store activity data

8. Why EPUB 3 ?
HTML
5
Generic Structure Generic Content
eBook Reader
epub Zip File
data exchange services
A new but familiar architecture …

9. before
after
Activity Set (EPUB 3 eBook as a whole)
Activity + (page set)
before
after
Location + (page)
before
after
xAPI to get user preferences, including accessibility preferences
xAPI to store changes to user preferences
xAPI to store activity state data
xAPI to get activity state data
xAPI for page entry data
xAPI for page exit data
xAPI for experience dataduring during during
The Activity, EPUB 3, and xAPI

11. Use Case 1:
Simulations Performance Support
Copyright 2014 Dr. Atsusi Hirumi, UCF and RePubIT LLC

12. Use Case 2:
Round Trip Data Exchange

13. Use Case 3:
Tagging & Annotation

14. Dashboards Data Visualization:

15. IEEE IC12 ADB Update
IEEE LTSC
Learning Technology Standards Committee
John B. Costa
Chair: IEEE IC12- ADB
President / CEO: RePubIT
Orlando, Florida
jbcosta@repubit.com
+1 321.262.3626
@ johnbcosta
Actionable Data Book
EPUB 3 and xAPI