Post on 12-Apr-2017
How to get started with Tin Can (xAPI)
What would you say you do here?Who are we?
Tim DickinsonProduct OwnerWatershed LRS
Caryl YennyContent Product Manager
Tribridge HCM
What is ?And what do I do with it?
A shared language for two systems
to talk about the things thata person does
A modern, web-servicebased solution
A two party system
ActivityProvider LRS
Noun — Verb — Object(and some other stuff)
Contributing Data
LRS
Learning Data Sources:
LRSPerformance Observation
Other Data Sources
Risk Events
Treatment Outcomes
EmployeeData
LRS
How do I get started?
Pick one idea to get startedRun a pilot
Improve from there
• Whatever you do, you’ll need an LRS.
• Level of analytics, reporting, and other features vary
• Consider your immediate and future needs.
• Consider conformance.
Learning Records Stores
Actually Using Tin Can
• Define a problem you have• Identify a program to examine
DISCOVER
Classrom Training? Mobile Content? Performance Observation?
What are the systems that exist within that problem or program?
DESIGN
DEVELOPMENT
Identify
Implement
Design
Develop
Deploy, Observe, Act, RepeatDEPLOY
KPIs
Formal Activity Informal Activity
Performance Support
Learning Analytics
Why learning analytics matter• Understand what learning content is the most engaging• Track workplace experiences and performance
outcomes• Compare and correlate training and job performance• Understand a learning program’s business impact• Use data to evaluate learning programs for future
improvement
Improve sales of new product through training.
Challenges:
1. Track all training related to new product
2. Correlate training with performance
Tin Can affordances:
LRS
Measuring Engagement
Metrics beyond completions in Excel
How different types of training affect emergency
response
Limits:
Emergencies are unpredictable.
Tin Can affordances:
Immersive view for the students
Simplified view of what’s working and what’s not
Mobile (real-time) checklists• Performance observation• Self and Group assessments
AT&T’s training challenge : “How do we provide effective,
efficient, and engaging compliance training for 243,000 employees”
Predefined experiments to test hypotheses
Hypothesis
This graph does not reflect actual results. This is a sample graph based on the hypothesis.
Tin Can affordances:
Conventional activities,unexpected outcome
This graph does not reflect actual results. This is a sample graph based on the hypothesis.
Existing, outfitted tool tocontribute statements
See http://tincanapi.com/adopters/
How to get started with Tin Can (xAPI)
Tim DickinsonTim.Dickinson@watershedlrs.com
Caryl YennyCaryl.Yenny@tribridge.com
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