2013 Tin Can SoLAR Webinar – Megan Bowe

Megan Bowe | Rustici Software | @meganbowe | #tincanapi February 6, 2013 -- SoLAR Webinar

A shared language to capture people’s

experiences across systems.

#TinCanAPI | TinCanAPI.com

http://tincanapi.com/

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.



Statements Learning Record Store (LRS)

Actor | Verb | Object

and...

result, context, authority, activity, extensions

LRS

The Basics.



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?



GameGamess

LRS

LMS 1LMS 1SimulatiSimulationsons

SocSocialial

LMS 2LMS 2...and more...and more

Mobile Mobile ApplicatiApplicati

onsons

Tin Can



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



Enter data ownership.

Watershed.ws | TinCanAPI.com

http://watershed.ws/



Main parts of a statement


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



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.


The Law of Requisite Variety

Image lovingly borrowed from @davegray‘s

Connected Company Flickr#TinCanAPI | TinCanAPI.com

Profiles for Tin Can

Photo from Flickr @tambako


Knewton’s Use Case


activitystrea.ms

And, Yro Engström’s Scandinavian Activity Theory?


Sound familiar?

Questions?Comments?

Viking Jokes?

Megan BoweRustici [email protected]@meganbowe


2013 Tin Can SoLAR Webinar – Megan Bowe

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