tin can api solar presentation
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Megan Bowe | Rustici Software | @meganbowe | #tincanapi February 6, 2013 -- SoLAR Webinar
A shared language to capture people’s
experiences across systems.
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It’s kind of a big deal.Launched
in June 2012, likely to hit 1.0 this Spring
Shepherded by ADL, an initiative of the DoD
47 adopters as of this week.
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Statements Learning Record Store (LRS)
Actor | Verb | Object
and...
result, context, authority, activity, extensions
LRS
The Basics.
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SCORM
SCORM SCORM CourseCourse
LMS 1LMS 1 LMS 2LMS 2 LMS 3LMS 3
Four Four for for youyou
And, And, four four for for youyou ....an....an
d four d four for for youyou
Did they finish?Did the pass?
What was their score?How much time was spent?
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GameGamess
LRS
LMS 1LMS 1SimulatiSimulationsons
SocSocialial
LMS 2LMS 2...and more...and more
Mobile Mobile ApplicatiApplicati
onsons
Tin Can
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LRS LRS
Activity Activity ProviderProvider
ss
VisualizatVisualization or ion or
Reporting Reporting InterfaceInterface
VisualizatVisualization or ion or
Reporting Reporting InterfaceInterface
LRS’ are built to collect and share statements with other LRS’
At the spec level, the LRS doesn’t have anything to say about what the statement data means
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Potential Statements from Cohere
Matt Jones asked ‘How good are Ivy League Schools?’
Matt noted ‘Allan Kay said Ivy League graduates don’t even understand the seasons’
Matt noted ‘Ivy League graduates top of creative problem solving ranks’
Matt noted ‘some other positive evidence that Ivy League schools are great’
Matt quoted ‘more positive evidence that Ivy League schools are great’
Jane commented ‘with URL to “Ivy League Achievement Data”’
Matt connected ‘Ivy League ideas to Ivy League question’
http://cohere.open.ac.uk
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A Simple Statement.
Statements are flexible. They can become complex.
[and move a lot of data]
Definable by URI:
- Verbs - Extensions - Results - Activities
This flexibility increases the potential for a big mess.
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The Law of Requisite Variety
Image lovingly borrowed from @davegray‘s
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Profiles for Tin Can
Photo from Flickr @tambako
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Knewton’s Use Case
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activitystrea.ms
And, Yrjö Engeström’s Scandinavian Activity Theory?
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Sound familiar?
Questions?Comments?
Viking Jokes?
Megan BoweRustici [email protected]@meganbowe
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