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Tracking E-learning: Mobile Devices
Interactive Advantage Corporation
Key Terms
Server - In the context of this presentation, a server refers to a web server environment consisting of one machine or a cluster of machines, e.g. the cloud, that allows the exchange of data between the end user and any applications present
LMS - A learning management system (LMS) is a software application for the administration, documentation, tracking, reporting and delivery of e-learning education courses or training programs LRS - A learning record store (LRS) is a software application that serves as a repository for learning records necessary for using the Tin Can API Web Services - A method of communications designed to support machine-to-machine interaction over the Internet API - In the context of the web, an application programming interface (API) is a set of HTTP requests, usually formatted as XML or JSON, and a definition of the structure of response messages; in simple terms, an API specifies how specific components should interact with each other REST - A protocol standard used in Web Services communication SOAP - A protocol standard used in Web Services communication Content - In the context of this presentation, content refers to any piece of e-learning material accessed via a web browser SCORM - The Sharable Content Object Reference Model (SCORM) is a collection of communication standards and specifications for web-based e-learning defined by the Advanced Distributed Learning (ADL) Initiative AICC - A general purpose communication specification for web-based e-learning defined by the Aviation Industry Computer-Based Training Committee (AICC) Tin Can API - The Tin Can API (sometimes known as the Experience API or xAPI) is an e-learning specification that makes it possible to collect data in a consistent format about the wide range of learning experiences a person has both
CORS - Cross-origin resource sharing (CORS) is a mechanism that allows JavaScript on a web page to make "cross- domain" requests, requests from one domain to another, without violating the same origin security policy XML - Extensible Markup Language (XML) is a highly structured markup language that defines a set of rules for encoding documents in a format that is both human-readable and machine-readable. JSON - JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) is an open standard format based on a subset of the JavaScript programming language that uses human-readable text to transmit data objects consisting of attribute–value pairs.
