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Designing Beyond SCORM: What is the Tin Can API? Megan Bowe
[email protected] * @meganbowe ASTD Philly March 21,
2013
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SCORM did one thing fairly well Course LMS 1 LMS 2 LMS 3 Four for
you And, four for you....and four for you Did they finish? Did the
pass? What was their score? How much time was spent?
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A shared language to capture peoples experiences across
contexts.
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The Basics
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I did this. Brian Miller experienced 'Java JAX RS
wordnik/swagger-core Wiki Brian Miller experienced 'A Comparison of
Spring MVC and JAX- RS Tammy Rutherford experienced 'Questions I've
Fielded on Tin Can API Megan Bowe attempted 'Js Tetris - Tin Can
Prototype' Megan Bowe completed 'Js Tetris Level1 with Score 780
Megan Bowe liked 'Why I'm adopting Tin Can Tammy Rutherford shared
her business card
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Mobile
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Simulations CC image by curimedia on flickr
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Performance Support http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rfKYqQ5Sosg
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Offline and Long Running Content CC image by mikecogh on
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Security and Authentication CC image by Alexandre Dulaunoy on
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SCORM and design CC image by minnesotahistoricalsociety on
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How has SCORM constrained the imagination of designers?
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How has SCORM constrained the imagination of designers? You have to
make a course.
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How has SCORM constrained the imagination of designers? You have to
make a course. The course can only tell you certain things.
(duration, score, finished, passed)
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How has SCORM constrained the imagination of designers? You have to
make a course. The course can only tell you certain things. The
course has to live in an LMS. (duration, score, finished,
passed)
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CC image by minnesotahistoricalsociety on
flickrminnesotahistoricalsociety Just put the marbles in the
box.
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Unleash your imagination
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CC image by wjlonien on flickrwjlonien Inventory 101 Intended to
help employees locate products with the inventory system
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CC image by wjlonien on flickrwjlonien Inventory 101 The inventory
system and LMS are completely separate systems
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CC image by wjlonien on flickrwjlonien Inventory 101 Everyone
launched it once, completed it, and got a passing score
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CC image by wjlonien on flickrwjlonien I have no idea if employees
can, in fact, locate products more effectively now. Wheres the
value?
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Thats not okay
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Think in feedback loops
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Credit is due
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Going back to the inventory system
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1.Whats the opportunity? 2.What activities do you believe lead to
what outcomes? 3.What interactions can generate data that will
inform your decisions? 4.Where can you create loops and iteratively
improve them? (should be many places) Starting.
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Tin Can Tools Today CC image by felishumanus on flickr