your systems need to talk: what is the tin can api?

Your Systems Need to Talk

Megan BoweTinCanAPI.com

@meganbowe | #TinCanAPI

SCORM SCORM CourseCourse

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Four for Four for youyou And, And,

four for four for youyou

....and ....and four for four for youyou

Did they finish?Did the pass?What was their score?How much time was spent?

SCORM and design

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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)

The interoperability challenge: Silos

LMSLMS

HRISHRISPOSPOS CRMCRM

Knowledge Base

Knowledge Base

Social Platform

Social Platform

ERPERP

IntranetIntranet

Talent Management

Talent Management

SCMSCM

Finance Management

Finance Management

Meet Joe a new customer support agent

Meet Keara a first grader in a dual language class

The Tin Can API is a shared language of experience, a way for systems to talk to each other about what people do.

Back to JoeWhat does his path to proficiency actually look like?

Back to KearaWhere is she succeeding and where is she struggling?

Helping individuals succeed is the most important thing we can do at an organization. And as people.

What would you track?

Tin Can’s Core

The Learning Record Store (LRS)

LRSLRS

LMSLMS

HRISHRIS

POSPOS

CRMCRM

Knowledge Base

Knowledge Base

Social Platform

Social Platform

ERPERP

IntranetIntranet

Talent Management

Talent Management

SCMSCM

Finance Management

Finance Management

Reporting, Visualizations

Reporting, Visualizations

Activity Data Portability

Tools

Moving to an LRS-centric architectureBusiness GoalsReduce infection rates

• Proper hand washing• Equipment care

Reduce readmission• Patient education• Discharge procedures

Moving to an LRS-centric architecture

Business GoalImprove teacher efficiency in a blended learning environment

• Paper management• Siloed application juggling

Improve teacher’s ability to support individual students

• Real time insight• Intervention• Grouping based on skill level

Real-time classroom analytics

Business GoalDecrease productivity drains•Compliance time and quality •SMEs content to creation and delivery

Reduce new hire training costs•Learning in context•Multiple system administration

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Think in feedback loops

1. What’s the opportunity?

2. What activities do you believe lead to what outcomes?

3. What outcomes will support which goals?

4. What interactions can generate data that will inform your

decisions?

5. Where can you create loops and iteratively improve them?(should be many places)

Starting

Questions?Comments?Concerns?

Jokes?

Megan Bowemegan.bowe@tincanapi.com@meganboweTinCanAPI.com