If you missed our post about Quack, you should check that out before digesting this post. This post is to tell you about one of the creations that came out of Quack.

SCORM Cloud has been the easiest way for you to get your own LRS, but its main use has been for launching Tin Can content packages and for testing Tin Can activities that live outside of the LMS.

This is how it used to be.

 

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Quell

[kwel] verb (used with object)
1. to suppress; put an end to; extinguish.

We base our work year around quarters, like a lot of companies do. At the end of each quarter, we have a “quell” week. It’s the end of the quarter, and it’s time for us to spend some time and think about what we did and what we’re going to do next.

Quell weeks are a mix of meetings, good food, and change. We change a lot around here, but that’s how we get better. Quell weeks make some people nervous, and some excited.
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In a classroom situation, teachers use many apps and systems to capture learning data. The problem is that most of those data sets live in different systems and different formats. Tin Can makes it possible for all of those systems to report data in a normalized format, and in one system.

To prove this could really work in the real world, we worked on a project with Metryx to take 3 separate educational games/activities and send very similar statements from each. These similar statements are then picked up by a Metryx server in near real time and presented to the teacher formatted in a way that makes sense with the Common Core items with which they are associated.

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If you’re planning to attend ASTD International Conference and Expo 2013 in Dallas, TX next week (5/19-5/22) and you’re curious about how your organization can begin taking advantage of the Tin Can API, come visit us at booth 577. We’d love to meet you and imagine together how your organization can benefit from a Tin Can-enabled approach. If you build tools for the training community, we’re happy to explore how you can add Tin Can support to your applications.

So, come find us!

We’ll be in Booth 577 in the Expo Hall. Andy, Tammy and I will be holding down the fort there.

If you’re looking for something to do on Tuesday night, join us at the Magnolia Hotel from 5:30 to 7:30pm. We are hosting a birds of a feather gathering with Float Mobile Learning. If you want to come chat measurement and mobile with us, you can find more info and RSVP here.

Tin Can API sessions and panels

Tin Can Case Studies for a Brave New World – M111
Mon, May 20 | 12:30 pm – 1:45 pm
Megan Bowe

Everything You Need to Know About the Experience API (“Tin Can”) – M305
Mon, May 20 | 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm
Megan Bowe, Julie Dirksen, Jason Haag, Clark Quinn, Aaron Silvers

Designing Beyond SCORM: What Is the Tin Can API? – TU101
Tue, May 21 | 10:00 am – 11:00 am
Tim Martin

As you can see, ASTD ICE is going to be full of Tin Can goodness. We hope to see a bunch of you there!

Get ready — Mike ordered a fancy new headset so he’ll sound pristine on our two upcoming webinars!

Some people learn better from live interaction than from reading a webpage or a white paper — that’s one reason that we like webinars. We have these two coming up:

• May 21st, Noon-1pm, CDT. Mike will be joining some of the top “Tin Canners” on a panel hosted by the Brandon Hall Group. They’ll be talking about why Tin Can exists, how it’s different from older standards, the current evolution of Tin Can, who is using it and how, and the future of Tin Can. You can register for this webinar here.
• June 11th, 1:00p-2:00pm, CDT. Mike will be presenting “Rethinking Learning Systems with the Tin Can API”. Join in and learn about Learning Record Stores, Training Delivery Systems (that’s a new one), the role of the LMS in a Tin Can world, and a lot more. You can register for this webinar here.

Come and join in if you can, and if you can’t, we’ll be posting the recordings, slides, and the answers to your questions just like we always do.