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Going with xAPI
The document discusses the Experience API (xAPI), a standard for tracking various learning experiences, facilitating better design, integration, and data gathering. It explains how xAPI functions through observed interactions and Learning Record Stores (LRS) (databases for storing activity data), while also emphasizing collaboration with technology partners for effective implementation. Additionally, it provides a roadmap for organizations to define their learning outcomes, identify gaps, and outline strategies for working with xAPI.
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Going with xAPI
- 1. Going with xAPI AaronE. Silvers, Partner MakingBetter xAPI Camp - Amazon July 21, 2015 USE THE TWITTER!!!!! @aaronesilvers #xAPIcamp
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- 3. What exactly isxAPI?
- 4. The Experience APIis a standard way of talking about our experiences, using data.
- 6. The Experience API(xAPI) • Can track many different types of experiences — including things that people do on the web, in mobile applications, with wearables, in classrooms and in workplace environments • Moves beyond a web-based, didactic model • Promotes better design and technology practices • Makes integration with other systems and practices easier • Provides a way to gather and use more useful information.
- 7. It answers alot of ‘How’ type questions… • How can I inform better business decisions? • How do I avoid locking us into a solution? • How can I make investments in learning development last longer and more future-proof? • How can I make sure what I evaluate today is useful in the future? • How will I connect a learner’s activities across multiple applications?
- 8. Someone Did Something “Observations” NounVerb Object (To Someone) (Using Stuff) (With Some Result)
- 9. How Does ExperienceAPI Work? • People interact with “stuff” (i.e. content, apps, business systems, etc.) • These interactions are observed and described as statements. • The “stuff” sends the statements to a Learning Record Store.
- 10. What is aLearning Record Store, or LRS? • It’s a database that stores activity statements - the “data” • LRSs can be software (even hardware) that stands on its own. • LRSs can be a part of data appliances, enterprise applications and learning management system (LMS)
- 11. LMS vs. LRS ALearning Record Store (LRS) addresses one capability of a typical Learning Management System (LMS). User Management Learning Records Scheduling Course Management Statistics Grade Book Tracking eLearning Content Storage Search Assignments Sequencing Delivery Preferences Reports Assessment
- 12. How do Iwork with xAPI?
- 13. Competencies / Attitudes SystemsThinking Integration Facilitation A Maker Mindset Assume you have permission to tinker Make, maintain and grow useful connections Surface goals big & inviting enough to motivate action Be The Change Interrogate perceived boundary conditions Identify new paradigms supported by both sides of double-binds Inspire others, modeling how to navigate through shifting paradigms “Yes. And..” Augment rather than change discrete systems Seek connections and overlaps that add value beyond the immediate context Help others avoid negation
- 14. Who puts xAPIsolutions together… • Technology Partners (vendors, consultants, tool providers, etc) • Your Team (stakeholders, team members…)
- 15. How xAPI solutionshappen… • Use a tool that is built with xAPI, natively, from the ground-up ( “Native” ) • Leverage an existing data source that is modified, extended or translated into xAPI ( “Modified” ) • Build Your Own ( “BYO” )
- 16. Native Modified BYO Technology Partners xAPIfrom ground-up APIs or other data sources that can translate to xAPI Whatever You Want Your Team Balancing wants, needs and sustainability Creating & maintaining middleware Practices, Resourcing & Scaling
- 17. Native Modified BYO Technology Partners xAPIfrom ground-up APIs or other data sources that can translate to xAPI Whatever You Want Your Team Balancing wants, needs and sustainability Creating & maintaining middleware Practices, Resourcing & Scaling
- 18. Questions for technologypartners If there’s support for xAPI from the ground-up… • What activities are designed?
- 19. Common Needs Social Custom mobile applications Playexisting courses Create new courses Track/report progress Off-the-shelf applications integration Testing Competency management See the learner’s journey See content usage Work activities Sensors Simulations Recruitment Compliance activity Reporting
- 20. Questions for technologypartners If there’s support for xAPI from the ground-up… • What activities are designed? • How are activities tracked?
- 21. “Recipes” • Communities ofPractice • Controlled Vocabularies • Domain Profiles
- 22. Questions for technologypartners If there’s support for xAPI from the ground-up… • What activities are designed? • How are activities tracked? • What data points are in each statement?
- 23. Someone Did Something NounVerb Object Context Result
- 24. Questions for technologypartners If there’s support for xAPI from the ground-up… • What activities are designed? • How are activities tracked? • What data points are in each statement? • How do I input or change endpoint credentials?
- 25. Prompt Hack Fixed You’llhave a prompt to input one or multiple LRS endpoint credentials. As an example, while there’s a default configuration, there’s JavaScript or other code as an interface that can be amended with knowledge of how the technology works. The technology is in a published or executable- only state (a .exe file, a .swf file — something server side) that makes it difficult if not impossible to change.
- 26. Questions for technologypartners If there’s support for xAPI from the ground-up… • What activities are designed? • How are activities tracked? • What data points are in each statement? • How do I input or change endpoint credentials? • How does it rely on the LMS or other software applications?
- 27. Native Modified BYO Technology Partners xAPIfrom ground-up APIs or other data sources that can translate to xAPI Whatever You Want Your Team Balancing wants, needs and sustainability Creating & maintaining middleware Practices, Resourcing & Scaling
- 28. Questions for yourteam If considering a tool built with xAPI from the ground-up… • Is what’s baked-in going to be enough? • Does the right data align across tools? • If not… can we support our own unbiased reporting, knowing the caveats?
- 29. Data Alignment Example StorylineLectora Uses a fixed vocabulary to describe a limited set of interactions with xAPI Allows for freedom of expression to describe any interaction (or operation) with an open vocabulary for xAPI.
- 30. Data Alignment Example StorylineLectora “Mark experienced Slide 19.” “Mark read the contents of Slide 19 for 20 seconds.”
- 31. Native Modified BYO Technology Partners xAPIfrom ground-up APIs or other data sources that can translate to xAPI Whatever You Want Your Team Balancing wants, needs and sustainability Creating & maintaining middleware Practices, Resourcing & Scaling
- 32. Questions for technologypartners If there’s support for APIs or other data sources that can translate to xAPI… • What APIs does the technology offer? • Of these… Can we capture the right activities?
- 33. Twitter maps easily,but… • Should we use hashtags for for context? • Is location important? • Do we need to track every tweet?
- 34. Questions for technologypartners If there’s support for APIs or other data sources that can translate to xAPI… • What APIs does the technology offer? • Of these… Can we capture the right activities? • What data will fill in the gaps in information we need?
- 35. Native Modified BYO Technology Partners xAPIfrom ground-up APIs or other data sources that can translate to xAPI Whatever You Want Your Team Balancing wants, needs and sustainability Creating & maintaining middleware Practices, Resourcing & Scaling
- 36. Questions for yourteam If considering a tool built for APIs or other data sources that can translate to xAPI… • Can we get enough from this/these APIs? • How much value will we get from this system? • What resources will we have… • to do custom API development? • to keep up our code with the different specs, ongoing? • to build the translation layer?
- 38. Native Modified BYO Technology Partners xAPIfrom ground-up APIs or other data sources that can translate to xAPI Whatever You Want Your Team Balancing wants, needs and sustainability Creating & maintaining middleware Practices, Resourcing & Scaling
- 39. Questions for technologypartners If your technology partner will build whatever you want… • What learning experience are you designing? • What interactions are needed to support the learning experience design?
- 40. Native Modified BYO Technology Partners xAPIfrom ground-up APIs or other data sources that can translate to xAPI Whatever You Want Your Team Balancing wants, needs and sustainability Creating & maintaining middleware Practices, Resourcing & Scaling
- 41. Questions for yourteam If you can build whatever you want… • What learning experience are you designing? • What interactions are needed to support the learning experience design? • What interactions are needed but don’t evidence or disprove the learning experience? • What recipes exist? • What is the data model and information architecture it should conform with? • What is our ability to support this at scale?
- 43. How do Ivet technology partners for xAPI projects?
- 44. When considering technologypartners… • Consider the know-how and investment of those who contribute to the actual spec (example: https://github.com/adlnet/xAPI-Spec/graphs/contributors)
- 45. When considering technologypartners… • Consider the know-how and investment of those who contribute to the actual spec (example: https://github.com/adlnet/xAPI-Spec/graphs/contributors) • Consider who can demonstrate xAPI interoperability (example: http://tincanapi.com/2015/04/16/tale-three-lrss/)
- 46. When considering technologypartners… • Consider the know-how and investment of those who contribute to the actual spec (example: https://github.com/adlnet/xAPI-Spec/graphs/contributors) • Consider those who can demonstrate xAPI interoperability (example: http://tincanapi.com/2015/04/16/tale-three-lrss/) • Consider those who stay current with the spec (example: https://github.com/aaronesilvers/IEEE/blob/master/ 2014_State_of_xAPI_Tools_Survey_Responses.csv)
- 47. When considering technologypartners… • Consider the know-how and investment of those who contribute to the actual spec (example: https://github.com/adlnet/xAPI-Spec/graphs/contributors) • Consider those who can demonstrate xAPI interoperability (example: http://tincanapi.com/2015/04/16/tale-three-lrss/) • Consider those who stay current with the spec (example: https://github.com/aaronesilvers/IEEE/blob/master/ 2014_State_of_xAPI_Tools_Survey_Responses.csv) • Consider those who won’t lock you into one size fits all (example: http://connectionsforum.com/case-studies/)
- 48. What’s My Roadmapto Work With xAPI?
- 49. 1) Describe theDream • What outcomes happen as a result? • How are people learning or working? • What problems are solved? • How far out is this future? • What might change beyond this?
- 50. 2) Define GapsBetween Today and the Ideal • What capabilities exist vs. what capabilities are needed? • What do people “do” vs. what they “need to do?” • How do today’s business requirements match with business goals for the ideal?
- 51. 3) Sketch It •What are the workflows? • How do existing tools support the workflows? • What new tools are needed? • How does this model fit with stakeholder expectations? • What are the critical paths and how are they prioritized? • How can this model be simplified/scaled/phased? • What dependencies are inherent? What dependencies are external?
- 52. 4) Put aPlan Together • What is the technical approach? • How will the system(s) and/or service(s) architecture work? • What do the interfaces look like? • How will success be defined? • What is the project plan?
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