{"id":7599,"date":"2013-09-01T11:16:28","date_gmt":"2013-09-01T18:16:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522sept13\/?p=7599"},"modified":"2013-09-01T17:17:16","modified_gmt":"2013-09-02T00:17:16","slug":"tin-can-api","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522sept13\/2013\/09\/01\/tin-can-api\/","title":{"rendered":"Tin Can API"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An API is an Application Programming Interface, essentially a structured way for machines to talk with each other. \u00a0The <strong>Tin Can API<\/strong> (sometimes known as the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/tincanapi.com\/2012\/12\/11\/we-call-it-tin-can\/\" target=\"_blank\">Experience API<\/a>) is an emerging interface for learning technology that makes it possible to collect data about the wide range of experiences a person has (online and offline). This API captures data in a consistent format about a person or group\u2019s activities from many technologies. Very different systems are able to securely communicate by capturing and sharing this stream of activities\u00a0using Tin Can\u2019s simple vocabulary.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Opportunity Statement<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The basic idea is that people don&#8217;t learn at a single place or time, or on a single device, so how can we seamlessly support learning however it happens for them? \u00a0The <strong>Tin Can API<\/strong> is an attempt to enable this transparent learning conversation to happen. \u00a0If it catches on it will have transformative implications for every dimension of education.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Prediction Source(s)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bottomlineperformance.com\/6-mobile-learning-trends-that-grew-in-2012\/\"><strong>BLP Mobile Learning Trends 2012<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An API is an Application Programming Interface, essentially a structured way for machines to talk with each other. \u00a0The Tin Can API (sometimes known as the\u00a0Experience API) is an emerging interface for learning technology that makes it possible to collect data about the wide range of experiences a person has (online and offline). This API [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14967],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7599","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-emerging-markets"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522sept13\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7599","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522sept13\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522sept13\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522sept13\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522sept13\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7599"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522sept13\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7599\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7602,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522sept13\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7599\/revisions\/7602"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522sept13\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7599"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522sept13\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7599"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522sept13\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7599"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}