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Experience API (xAPI)
Definition
A learning technology specification standardized in the IEEE 9274 family for representing and exchanging records of learning and performance experiences.
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xAPI allows learning activity data to move across platforms and contexts using a shared statement model.
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Sources and evidence
- LeBOK — 7.3.1 Experience API (xAPI) (direct)
- Modernizing Learning — Ch. 2, 7, 9, pp. 38, 133-134, 174-175 (supporting)
- IEEE xAPI Base Standard — IEEE 9274.1.1-2023 §3.1 — Definitions: Experience API (xAPI) (direct)