The Experience API (xAPI), often called “Tin Can”, is a new specification for learning that allows collection of data about a wide range of learning experiences for your students. While there are many xAPI solutions, to most people the benefits of xAPI are still somewhat elusive; “it sounds good…but what does it do for me?” In this article, I’ll will show how xAPI was used to solve a real world problem. I will also show how the VTA system was integrated with a PDF Annotator application that runs in multiple environments, including an iPad or other tablet computer and desktop browsers.
This is the second in my series of articles on cmi5. In “The next generation SCORM: cmi5”, I provided an overview of the cmi5 specification. In this article I’ll provide an overview of the cmi5 process from beginning to end.
