Listen to Chris Tompkins, Director of Sales at Rustici Software, share why he’s passionate about xAPI, the thinking behind the development of xAPI itself, and why it is set to transform the way we all learn.

1. Drinking the xAPI Kool Aid
Chris Tompkins
Australia xAPI User Group

2. About Rustici Software
eLearning technology experts
since 2002
We help eLearning platforms
work well together through
compliance with SCORM, xAPI,
cmi5 and AICC.

3. Where we’ve been...
Before SCORM
● Training had to be taken directly in each learning portal
After SCORM
● One learning platform to rule them all
● One login, one set of reports, one course library from all vendors

4. Learning Management System (LMS)
● Authenticates a learner
● Manages content libraries
● Includes general reporting features
● Considers interoperability really important

5. SCORM is great for a nurse doing eLearning

6. Basic tracking - Big 4

7. Don’t assume you’ll need xAPI
● Think of the eLearning standards as tools,
select the right tool for the job.
● Sometimes age can be a strength.

8. What is the future of SCORM?
● It’s not going anywhere
● Ubiquity
● It just works (most of the time)
● Continue to be limiting

9. xAPI
● Real-world experiences
● Breaks learning out of the web
browser
● xAPI systems
○ LMS
○ LRP
○ LRS
○ Analytics systems

10. Learning Record Provider (LRP) Activity Provider
● Could be an application that plays an eLearning course
using SCORM or cmi5
● Could be a simulator or another application that uses xAPI
to track “hands-on” learning experiences

11. Learning Record Store (LRS)
● A database that stores xAPI statements
● People care about LRSs for different reasons
○ Hospital: for compliance and efficiencies
○ Nurse: for record keeping
○ LRP: for continuous insight into product
● Data Portability: Statement Forwarding

12. Learning Analytics System
● Collects learning data in a visual format
● Provides actionable insights from learning data
● Allows users to connect learning data to other data within
an organization

13. Examples of people using xAPI at different scales
WatershedLRS Case Studies
https://www.watershedlrs.com/case-studies/
VISA
Track everything
3
Retail training
Track a few
things well
2
Applied
Technologies
Track one thing
deeply
1

14. Cook Up a Pie... Chart

15. SCORM Cloud LRS
● Easy to get started with
● Simple to Manage Endpoints and Activity Providers
● Automagically converts SCORM and AICC tracking to xAPI Statements
● Statement Forwarding
xAPI Client Libraries

16. Helpful resources
xAPI developer tools
● Try SCORM Cloud for free
○ https://cloud.scorm.com/sc/guest/SignUpForm
● ADL’s list of conformant LRSs
○ https://adopters.adlnet.gov/products/all/0
● LRS Conformance Test Suite
○ https://lrstest.adlnet.gov/
● Open source client libraries
○ https://xapi.com/libraries/
● WatershedLRS Case Studies
○ https://www.watershedlrs.com/case-studies/

17. Questions? Ask me anything.
Email me: chris.tompkins@rusticisoftware.com
Learn more: rusticisoftware.com | scorm.com | xapi.com
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