Post on 10-May-2015
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Project Tin Can: enabling data flow in learning
Tin Can API Basics
Tim MartinRustici Softwaretim.martin@tincanapi.com@timpmartin#lt13uk#tincanapi
10 years ago, SCORM was a hero… of a sort
Fondly remembered
The things that made SCORM cute in his 20s became the pot belly of his 40s.
Our antagonist…
SCORM is a hero no longer. It's presenting obstacles that have led our industry's software to stagnate, and our organizations have followed.
Flaws revealed
Helping individuals succeed is the most important thing we can do at an organization. And as people.
I believe…
StoriesThrough SCORM’s looking glass
Mr. Goforth and OakleyBack to school
David, the Software DeveloperMy story
We want to build software that helps people become what they aspire to be. This requires understanding people's experiences across contexts.
We, with a big W.
Standards are written to serve the intent of people. We, those of us working on the Tin Can API, want to help people succeed.
The Tin Can API is a shared language of experience, a way for systems to talk to each other about what people do.
StoriesThrough Tin Can’s looking glass
Mr. Goforth and OakleyBack to school
David, the Software DeveloperMy story
The Tin Can API is no longer just an idea.
This is real
The tools will progress only as fast as you ask them to. Do not accept the status quo.
“As is so often the case in the history of science, an increase in the accuracy of measurement led to a fundamental shift in the perception of the world.”
-- Steven Johnson, The Invention of Air
Project Tin Can: enabling data flow in learning
Tin Can API Basics
Tim MartinRustici Softwaretim.martin@tincanapi.com@timpmartin#lt13uk#tincanapi