From the course: Elearning Essentials: SCORM and Tin Can API
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How does xAPI differ from SCORM? - SCORM Tutorial
From the course: Elearning Essentials: SCORM and Tin Can API
How does xAPI differ from SCORM?
- [Instructor] So what does the new Tin Can or Experience API do that SCORM can't? Why should it become the new standard for eLearning replacing SCORM? Well firstly, SCORM is limited to eLearning courses or learning management systems while the Experience API is not. As a standard, Tin Can or Experience API describes how you can interface any software application with any system that stores and reports on learning data, such as a learning management system, but also, other systems like an LRS, for example, which is a learning record store. We'll explore the LRS in more detail in the next movie. The way xAPI operates is based on activity streams, which is a model that uses software to track what people are doing. We see this model being used in social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter, which is where the idea came from. With the Experience API, you can track activities that people are doing on their computers…
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