your systems need to talk: what is the tin can api?
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Presentation from ICELW 2013TRANSCRIPT
Your Systems Need to Talk
Megan BoweTinCanAPI.com
@meganbowe | #TinCanAPI
SCORM SCORM CourseCourse
LMS 1LMS 1 LMS 2LMS 2 LMS 3LMS 3
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
