What is xAPI
If you are in any way connected with digital learning you would have certainly heard the words xAPI by now. I had heard the words xAPI for a good six months or so before I actually understood what it stood for. xAPI stands for experience API (That's where the X comes from). It is also known by another name called Tin can API. So what is xAPI and why is it all the rage nowadays? OK maybe it's not so much as a rage but I think it certainly qualifies as "an interesting topic" among training and development professionals. API stands for application programming interface and can be described as a list of commands that one computer program sends to another to provide and retrieve information. API is how two software "talk" to each other. API makes it possible for us to browse the internet transfer information from one software to another, do coding etc. xAPI is an API developed by Advanced Distributed Learning , a part of US department of defence. xAPI is a