ADL Efforts Overview - xAPI Camp - Andy Johnson
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This document summarizes Andy Johnson's presentation on updates to the Experience API (xAPI) at the I/ITSEC Plugfest on March 24, 2014. It discusses the growth of the xAPI community and collaboration around the specification, the process for updating the specification, tools for participating in and testing conformance of the specification, and the roadmap and use cases for future development of xAPI.
ADL Efforts Overview - xAPI Camp - Andy Johnson
- 1. Sponsored by the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness (OUSD P&R) ADL Experience API (xAPI) Update Andy Johnson Contractor with Problem Solutions, LLC in support of the ADL Initiative I/ITSEC Plugfest 24 March 2014 Orlando, FL
- 3. xAPI – The People 3 ‣ Authors – More than 30 authors to the spec, approaching 100 contributors (via discussion/support) ‣ Membership – 221 on the specification mailing list, 55 registered on the weekly call ‣ Collaboration – Use Github, an online collaboration site. Over 600 “issues” solved. Anyone can register and then make a change. The group then gets 3+ days to view it. If it gets support by then and ADL approval, it becomes part of the spec.
- 4. xAPI – The Specification 4 ‣ xAPI hit version 1.0 in April 2013 ‣ Stable and Interoperable ‣ As with SCORM, alphabet soup and gray area ‣ 1.0.3 this summer (I hope) ‣ A “tech spec for dummies” section ‣ No gray, no fuss, no muss ‣ Stars!
- 5. xAPI – The GitHub 5 • Community Participation • Branches • Tags • Pull Requests • Milestones • Pre-2.0 “Requirements”
- 6. xAPI – The Conformance 6 • GitHub area • Only test LRS (MUSTS) • LRS ejects non-conformant content • Testing requirement document • Issues and classifications • Software development to-date – Two major test suite contributions
- 7. xAPI – The Roadmap 7 • Multiphase approach – 0 is SCORM, 1 is dual-track (SCORM dominant still), 2 is SCORM optional, Phase 3= xAPI + any • Suite of examples showing the Roadmap • LMS to LRS synchronization, Server-side platform for testing (modified SRTE), Dual-wrapper, library, • Also LMS content call “Listener” • At least one course for each Phase – real courses that use the technology, at least 1 app, hopefully more • Now until late summer
- 8. xAPI – The Profiles 8 • Profiles add definition to xAPI’s flexible nature • CMI5 (Art) – inheritance from ADL • SCORM Profile • Need for both • Intentional Synchronization • First of many “ADL” COPs
- 9. xAPI – The Design 9 • Design “Cohorts” • Free-to-participate group work to show off xAPI • Pre-formed teams and interested individuals • Build cool stuff like: Social Media Integration and Expert Novice Analysis • Currently in 3rd “Season”, led now by Craig Wiggins, things like Augmented Reality, Ebooks, Gameification, and Learning Analytics
- 10. xAPI – The Use Cases 10 • Do you hate the words “Out of scope” or “maybe next version”? • Do you have a use case that isn’t been met because of some requirement? • Do you have an xAPI use case that you haven’t even looked into the technical requirements for and can’t make that decision? • Monthly meeting where anyone can be given the floor to bring up issues or present use cases
- 11. May Da Schwartz Be Wit’ Ya! 11
- 12. 12@ADL_Initiative Andy Johnson and Jason Haag Advanced Distributed Learning (ADL) andy.johnson.ctr@adlnet.gov jason.haag.ctr@adlnet.gov Resources: xapi.adlnet.gov @ADLTechTeam @ADLmobile
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