Megan Torrance's presentation for LearningDevCamp 2018

1. xAPI:
Geek-Free
& Ready to Go
An Intro for Instructional Designers
Megan Torrance
Learning DevCamp 2018
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2. mtorrance@torrancelearning.com
@MMTorrance | @xAPIGnome | @Tlearning
Megan
Torrance

3. Where are you on your xAPI
journey?
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5. Tour the campus & buildings
Explore benefit package
Take a skills assessment
Attend webinar
Attend a class
Rate your experience
Complete online course
Observe the job being done
Receive coaching
Watch a video
Follow a blog
Read a book by an expert
Elearning: Welcome & virtual tour
Elearning: Log into LMS
Elearning: Plant tour
Class: Your benefits & you
Class: Email and You
Elearning: Who’s who
Elearning: Our customers
Class: Finance 101
Recorded webinar
Webinar
Multiple choice test
Practice doing the job
Job shadow
Class: Using the intranet
Onboarding Plan BOnboarding Plan A

6. xAPI is …
X = experience
API = application programming interface
Specification for sending, storing, retrieving
activity about learning and performance
experiences
Not so much “next generation SCORM”
as it is “what will replace SCORM.”
Experience API is
…
Tin Can API is …

7. SCORM
Time
Score
Location
Status
Answers
Actor verb object
Actor verb object context
xAPI
lego.com

8. Learning Record
Provider
Content
Activity Statement
Learning Record Store
You
Other & Legacy data
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9. Claire read Business Writing for
ProfessionalsJohn practiced frosting birthday cakes
Lindsey watched the Company History video
Rashad completed Oil Change Upselling

10. Actor verb object
Actor verb object context
Claire read Business Writing for
ProfessionalsJohn practiced frosting birthday cakes
Lindsey watched the Company History video
Rashad completed Oil Change Upselling

11. Mohammed wrote a blog post about local theatre
that got 45 views and 3
commentsOron rated ATD event Essentials of
Creating Learning Experiences
with xAPI @MMTorrance 4
stars “coffee rocked, nice use
of WebEx”
Cynthia completed Oil Change Upselling score
60%Ladan simulated landing at DTW
Arthi simulated landing at DTW in SimSuite #4
and was rated 98% by
Instructor
Claire read Business Writing for
ProfessionalsJohn practiced frosting birthday cakes
Lindsey watched the Company History video
Rashad completed Oil Change Upselling

13. What can you do with xAPI?
• Learn more about the learning experience – not just elearning
• Learn more about the performance
• Correlate learning with performance
• Offer more targeted training
• Support performance in better ways
• Use data to learn with others
• Compare performance and learning across learners
• Deliver and track training outside of the LMS

14. !
Design a solution to
meet stated needs
!
Remove a
kidney stone
!
Provide verbal feedback
to teammates
! Collect & enter
data accurately
!
Nail roof
shingles safely
Practice in
Training
Know . . .
Business Goal
that solves a
Business Problem
Adapted from: Cathy Moore

15. Kirkpatrick Levels
of Training Evaluation + Cathy Moore
15
Level 2 Level 3 Level 4
On the Job
Behaviors
!
Knowledge &
Retention: Testing
Business
Results
Level 1
Satisfaction &
Experience

16. The 70/20/10
Learning
from Others
Learning from ExperienceFormal
Learning
We are here now

17. Gottfredson & Mosher’s
(& Torrance’s)
Moments of
Learning Need
5 Moments of Learning Need: Gottfredson & Mosher
9 Moments of Need: Torrance
Apply
New
More
Solve
Change
Before
Prepare
Remember
Teach

18. 18
A
D
I+E
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I+E
D
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TIME

19. Getting Started
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20. First pick
a project
SCORM is not the (best) answer.
The project’s sponsor is on board.
There’s plenty of data.
You can capture or get to the data you need.

21. STEP 1:
Send the
data
Use your current elearning authoring tools
Get your product vendor to send the data
Use xapiapps to assemble things that aren’t xAPI
into a thing that is
Write some custom code

22. AUTHORING TOOLS
Out of the box:
• SCORM-like transactions
• Individual page views
• Actions and triggers (depends)
With a little JavaScript or with xAVIER:
• Any action or trigger you want
More info:
www.xapiquarterly.com (Sean Putman), xAPI Cohort Fall 2017 results
THIS LIST IS INCOMPLETE
THIS LIST IS GROWING

23. MISC OTHER OPTIONS
Not really “authoring tools,” but very deep
learning experiences, LMCSes, etc. that send
xAPI data.
THIS LIST IS INCOMPLETE
THIS LIST IS GROWING

24. First tool we’ve found outside L&D that uses xAPI
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25. xapiapps

26. STEP 2:
Receive the
data
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27. The
integrated
approach
Users
Course
s
Enrollments
SCOR
M Data
Reporting
Courses
Classe
s
Certs
Badges
SocialLearning
Messaging
Performance,Talenthooks
Reporting
Game
s
Sims
Perf
Supp
Dash
boards
eCommerce
Import/Export to Biz Data
LRS
SCOR
M data

28. The
managed
ecosystem
approach
Users
Courses
Classe
s
eCommerce
LRS
Dash
Boards
Game
s
Sims
Perf
Supp
Report
s
Social
Performance,
Talent
Biz
Data
Other
LRSes
LMS
Intranet
Biz
Data
IoTwww.

29. The sidecar
approach
Users
Course
s
Enrollments
SCOR
M Data
Reporting
Courses
Classe
s
Certs
Badges
SocialLearning
Messaging
Performance,Talenthooks
Reporting
Game
s
Sims
Perf
Supp
Dash
boards
eCommerce
Import/Export to Biz Data
Learning
Record
Provider
Learning
Record
Provider
LRS

30. LEARNING RECORD STORES
Out of the box:
• Data storage & retrieval
• Visualizations & reporting
Connecting to analytics
• Tableau, Microsoft BI, Envision BI, etc.
UP TO DATE LIST OF CONFORMANT LRS:
https://adopters.adlnet.gov/
THIS LIST IS INCOMPLETE
THIS LIST IS GROWING

31. Take 2
aspirin…
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32. Start
learning
more …
Vendor sites
www.learnxapi.com and www.xapiquarterly.com
xAPI Learning Cohort
xAPI MOOC
xAPI Camps & xAPI Party

33. First pick
a project
SCORM is not the (best) answer.
The project’s sponsor is on board.
There’s plenty of data.
You can capture or get to the data you need.

34. FORMING STORMING NORMING PERFORMING
xAPI needs geeks Geek-free tools emerge
Communities of Practice work to define usage
Conformance & Certification emerge
Project Tin Can Specification Standard
More common
than SCORM
Is xAPI ready for prime time?

35. Get started!
www.torrancelearning.com/xapi-
cohort
Free 12-week, vendor-neutral learning-by-doing-in-teams experience.
Weekly web meetings 2-3pm ET (recorded). Winter/Spring & Fall
Ad hoc teams form to tackle a project together and provide weekly report-
outs.

36. xAPI: An intro for Instructional Designers
What are your
takeaways?
Next steps?
Megan Torrance
ATD ICE 2018 | Session TU212
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