tin can api: the language of action (from d-conf 2013) - mike rustici

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Tin Can API: The Language of Action

“One small step for e-learning

technology.

One giant leap for the e-learning

industry.”Photo Credit: NASA


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Plumbing!!

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These are my kids


#TinCanAPIThere are my kids again


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Emptying the Chamber Pots, illustration from 'Praxis rerum criminalium' by Joose de Damhouder, 1554 (woodcut) (b/w photo), Dutch School, (16th century) / Private

Collection / The Bridgeman Art Library


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"General Aspect of London, from Westminster Abbey, c.1850" oil on CanvasSource: wikigallery.org


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“The British Medical Journal (BMJ) chose “the sanitary revolution” – connecting people’s homes both to clean piped water and to sewers to dispose of their waste – as the most important medical milestone since 1840.

They thought it was more important than antibiotics, vaccination or the discovery of the structure of DNA."

“Sewerage Works: Public Investment in Sewers Saves Liveshttp://www.psiru.org/reports/2008-03-W-sewers.pdf


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"General Aspect of London, from Westminster Abbey, c.1850" oil on CanvasSource: wikigallery.org


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1995


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1996


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1998


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Napster in 2000 from http://www.theregister.co.uk/

1999


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2001


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2003

File:Itunes_11.png from wikipedia.org


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2010


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2013


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“One small step for e-learning

technology.

One giant leap for the e-learning

industry.”Photo Credit: NASA


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“Big breakthroughs happen when what is suddenly possible meets what is desperately necessary.”

--Thomas L. Friedmanhttp://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/16/

opinion/friedman-come-the-revolution.html


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Why?


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What’s Missing


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Interoperability Creates Markets

Without industry standards With industry standards


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Mobile


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Simulations


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Educational Games

Princess Math: www.primarygames.com/math/princessmathMetryx: http://mymetryx.com/


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Analytics and Analysis


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Interactive Digital Textbooks


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Embedded Learning


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Many more

• Learning across time and modalities• Performance support• Informal learning• …etc, etc


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We are here


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What will happen here?


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Two Thrusts of Evolution

1) Disruption, evolution and expansion of the enterprise learning architecture and LMS market

2) Personal ownership and tracking of learning data


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Key Enabler:

Transfer of data between learning systems


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The World Today


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The Real World


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Our Learning Systems Today


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An industry in need of an update

“People think that the LMS does a good job today for what it was originally intended to do when it was created 20 years ago.”

“45 percent gave their LMS a C, D, or F rating—with an overall LMS satisfaction of a B- average”

http://www.astd.org/Publications/Magazines/TD/TD-Archive/2011/09/WhatS-Next-for-the-

LMS


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80 / 20


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Sources of Learning Data


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Recap: Enterprise Learning Ecosystem Evolution

1. Modernization of learning systems

2. Separation of learning components

3. LRS, TDS, and 50 more functions

4. Specialized components for verticals and niches

5. Capture of informal and unstructured learning activities

6. Analysis and visualization of informal and unstructured learning

7. Correlation of job performance with training outcomes


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Tools for capturing informal learning data


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Data security and brokerage

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Validation of Learning Experiences

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Socialized Learning


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Recap: Personal Ownership of Learning Data

1. Personal Data Lockers

2. Tools for capturing informal learning

3. Data security, brokerage and mining

4. Validation of learning experiences

5. Socialized Learning


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Questions?Comments?Concerns?

Jokes?

Mike [email protected]

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