- Bring big data and learning together in ways that were never before possible. - Get a clearer picture of training roi than ever before by tracking more than ever before - Unchain the power of mobile devices - Move learning games from fun trend to a practical necessity. - Let employees justify their value by directly tuing learning they complete to job performance.

1. How the
Tin Can API
will revolutionize the Learning World

2. Motorola
Solutions
blog.2edu.pl
educamp & soap

3. He’s
not
Borat!

4. without deviation from the norm
progress is not possible

5. 1999 - 2004

6. 2004 - 2009

7. 2009 - 2013

8. 2013 -

9. How music is distributed?
1999
Pack the content (CD)
Move it from one device to another
2004
Copy
Record
Store
2009 Create library
Buy online
2013
Be device independent
Share with friends
Be offline

10. It all started with Bill
http://archive.opm.gov/pressrel/1999/eo.htm

11. Independent assessment of how
the federal government could encourage the
effective use of learning
technology
to provide more
accessible training
for all Americans

12. SCORM WAS BORN
• January 1999 — Executive Order 13111 signed tasking the DoD to develop
common specifications and standards for e-learning across both federal and
private sectors
• January 2000 — SCORMVersion 1.0
• January 2001 — SCORMVersion 1.1
• October 2001 — SCORMVersion 1.2
• January 2004 — SCORM 2004 (1st Edition)
• July 2004 — SCORM 2004 (2nd Edition)
• June 2006 — Department of Defense Instruction (DoDI) 1322.26 Requiring
DoD Use of SCORM
• October 2006 — SCORM 2004 (3rd Edition)
• March 2009 — SCORM 2004 (4th Edition)

13. 1999
2004
SCORM 1.0
SCORM 1.1
SCORM 1.2
SCORM 1.2
SCORM 2004
How it relates to
music?

14. Expectations Standards Reality
SCORM 1.2

15. I want to track my real
learning experiences

16. I want to have data about
mobile learning

17. I want to know
what I’ve learned
via my console

18. I want to track
what I’ve read

19. I want to analyze
how I learn
just like
I analyze my blog traffic

20. many, many more
• performance support
• learning across modalities
• informal learning
• workplace learning

21. Expectations Standards Reality

22. Chasing SCORMosaur
SCORM

23. With SCORM
we can only
enjoy packaged
content.

24. TinCan API

25. WHY?
Technology MotivationInteroperability
Big breakthroughs happen when
what is suddenly possible
meets
what is desperately necessary.

26. An industry in need of
an update
People think that the LMS does a good
job today for what it was originally
intended to do when it was created 20
years ago.
http://www.astd.org/Publications/Magazines/TD/TD-Archive/2011/09/WhatS-Next-for-the-LMS

27. An industry in need of
an update
45% gave their LMS a
C, D, or F
with an overall LMS satisfaction of a
B - average
http://www.astd.org/Publications/Magazines/TD/TD-Archive/2011/09/WhatS-Next-for-the-LMS

28. LMS
LEARNERS
mentors
peers
books
youtube
classroom
google

29. If
you are not measuring it
you are not managing it.

30. Can you afford not to
manage learning?

31. TinCan API
shared language to capture people’s
experiences across systems

32. Sally Glider
experienced course
of Solo Hand Gliding
led by Irene Knowsall
in Bieszczady
mountains.
-

33. Actor
Verb
Object
Result
Context
Sally Glider
sally@glider.com
experienced
course
Solo Hand Gliding
with Irene Knowsall
in Bieszczady

34. {
"actor": {
"name": "Sally Glider",
"mbox": "mailto:sally@example.com"
},
"verb": {
"id": "http://adlnet.gov/expapi/verbs/experienced",
"display": {"en-US": "experienced"}
},
"object": {
"type":"course",
"id": "http://example.com/activities/solo-hang-gliding",
"definition": {
"name": { "en-US": "Solo Hang Gliding" }
}
},
"context": {
"instructor": {
"name": "Irene Instructor",
"mbox": "mailto:irene@example.com"
},
"contextActivities":{
"parent": { "id": "http://example.com/activities/hang-gliding-
class-a" },
"grouping": { "id": "http://example.com/activities/hang-
gliding-school" }
}
JSON almost like Jason

35. additional info e.g. part of
team experience
Actor Verb Object Result Context
individuals or groups
describe action between
actors and activities
reference to any kind of
learning
makes possible to share
measured outcome

36. statement Learning Record
Store
Actor +Verb + Object
result, context, authority,
activity, and extensions
analyze the
big data

37. Activity
provider
LRS
LMS
Software
Mobile App
Teacher
Coach
Document
Book
HR System
Place

38. Activity
provider
LRS
LRS
LRS
LRS
LRS
BIG DATA

39. LRS
course
mobile game
conference
simulation
documentjob aid
LMS LMS Reporting
Job Performance
Data
Business
Intelligence

40. Critical for learning
industry
LRSJob Performance
Data
Business
Intelligence

41. Flexibility increases
the potential of a big mess.

42. The Law of Requisite
Variety
A control system must have as many possible
states as the system it wants to control
y = F(G(x))
F = controller system's function of state
G = controlled system's function of state
x = inputs, OR, independent variables
y = outputs, OR, dependent variables.

43. Create Profile
select actions
select verbs
identify objects
describe contexts

44. http://adlnet.gov/expapi/verbs/

45. http://adlnet.gov/expapi/activities/

46. Free the data

47. Get ready for evolution
• Quick development of enterprise class LMS
• Personal ownership and tracking of learning

48. Correlate performance
with training

49. LRS
TDS
Knowledge
Management
LCMS
Business
Intelligence
User
ManagementHR
Reporting CMS

50. TODOs
• Modernization of learning systems
• Separation of learning components
• Transfer from LMS to LRS
• Capturing informal activities
• Analysis of unstructured/unformalized learning
• Correlation of job performance with training
outcomes

51. Challenges
• Personal data lockers
• Tools for capturing informal learning
• Data security
• Data mining
• Validation of learning experiences
• Analyzing socialized learning
• Connecting outcomes with business (ROI)

52. We are smart but we also
have 2k courses on the LMS.
What should we do?

53. 1. stay with
SCORM

54. 2. play with
Tin Can API