Learning how xAPI works can sound complex.
Technical documents, specifications, data structures… it’s easy to get lost.
That’s why we created the xAPI Games – Learn xAPI by Playing:
a hands-on, interactive journey that helps you understand Experience API in the most engaging way possible — through play.
This course combines theory, practice, and games to help you grasp how xAPI connects people, content, and data, turning curiosity into real understanding.
Who it’s for
This course is designed for anyone who wants to explore xAPI from the ground up and build a solid understanding of how it works and what it can do.
🎯 Ideal participants:
- Learning & Development and HR professionals
- Trainers, consultants, and instructional designers
- Digital learning and innovation managers
- Anyone who’s heard about xAPI and wants to understand it in practice
It’s perfect for professionals who want to grasp xAPI’s foundations, discover its potential, and plan their next steps toward adopting learning data in their work or organization.
Goals
To provide you with a practical, structured introduction to xAPI —
and help you connect the dots between theory, data, and learning design.
By the end of the program, you will:
- Understand what xAPI is and how it works
- Learn how to read and compose xAPI statements
- Recognize the key properties of statements (core, supporting, and context)
- Explore the xAPI ecosystem: tools, LRS, technologies, and use cases
- Understand how learning data flows within systems and organizations
- Build your personal or organizational roadmap for using xAPI
Course structure
The course is divided into ten interactive modules, alternating short video lessons with hands-on activities and games selected from the Playground library.
Each module is designed to transform complex concepts into clear and memorable learning experiences.
🧩 Modules overview
- What is xAPI? – Understanding what Experience API is and why it matters
- How xAPI works – The structure and flow of learning data
- xAPI A to Z – Key concepts, terms, and definitions explained in simple words
- The Statement: Core properties – Actor, verb, object
- The Statement: Supporting properties – Id, timestamp, stored, authority, version
- The Statement: Contextualizing properties – Context, result, attachment
- What you need to use xAPI – From minimal setups to enterprise architectures
- The xAPI Market – Tools, players, technologies, and integrations
- See with xAPI’s eyes – How data tells the story of learning
- Write your xAPI Route – Self-assessment and roadmap creation for your role, organization, or scenario
Each module integrates guided games, quizzes, and downloadable templates to reinforce what you learn by doing.
Delivery & format
- 100% online and asynchronous
- On-demand video lessons and guided activities
- Practical exercises and games to consolidate understanding
Certification
Upon completion, you’ll earn the Open Badge “xAPI Explorer Essentials – Explore, Understand, Plan.”
The badge certifies your ability to understand xAPI’s logic, read and interpret statements, and navigate the learning data ecosystem with confidence.

The course will be available on December 31, 2025
The participation fee for each individual attendee is €199.
Pre launch rates (50% discount) are available for registrations completed by December 30, 2025, and discounts are offered to companies or organizations purchasing three or more seats.
Extra benefits
- Access to all future updates and new games released within the Playground
- Access to the Community of Practice for live Q&A and updates
- Opportunity to showcase your “xAPI Route” and receive expert feedback
The xAPI Games – Learn xAPI by Playing course helps you understand xAPI not by reading about it, but by experiencing it.It’s the most engaging way to discover how data, learning, and design come together — and the perfect first step toward becoming an xAPI professional.
Backed by our 30-Day Satisfaction Guarantee
We believe in the value of our courses and we want you to believe in them too. If within 30 days of purchase you feel the course doesn’t meet your expectations, you can request a full refund.
We’ll simply ask that you’ve completed at least part of the program and let us know what didn’t work for you so we can keep improving the Cartesiani experience.
Contact us at info@cartesiani.it and we’ll take care of it personally.


The trainer in charge of the Course is Nicola Mastrorilli. Learning Experience Designer, founder of Experio (in 2015 he was the first Italian Learning Record Provider) has been a consultant for training projects for over 20 years dealing also with communication in all its forms (online and offline).
He introduced, for the first time in many Italian companies, the Experience API standard, an analytical approach to training and the use of the most advanced technologies for learning.

He is a lecturer for Ca’ Foscari University courses in Digital Management at H-Farm, a reality at which he also acts as a mentor for incubated start-ups. He is also a lecturer at the ITS Digital Academy for the ITS Biennial Course for
Higher Technician for Digital Innovation and Marketing with a focus on HR Tech, organizational process innovation and knowledge organization.
Once a marathon runner…today he runs after little Agata and Nora.
If you have any questions you can consult our F.A.Q. or write to us directly at info@cartesiani.it.
