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NYS Virtual Learning Space. Phase I and Beyond. Goals of NYSVLS.
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NYS Virtual Learning Space Phase I and Beyond
Goals of NYSVLS Through the New York State Virtual Learning Space,NYSED-defined learning standards, teacher resources and other curricular and instructional material will be available to administrators, teachers, teacher candidates, parents, students and the public: • Learning standards in each of the seven standards areas • Performance indicators for each standard area at all levels of education • Resource guides with core curricula • State assessment information • Learning experiences tied to the performance indicators • Instructional and curricular resources developed by districts and BOCES • Library, archive and museum resources
Phase I Goals • Define a common format for existing SED content in the 7 standard areas • Learning standards • Resource guides • State assessments • Learning experiences • Develop a common interface to existing SED content • Define and identify application development standards for TLCF to contribute and consume SED content for later phases • Provide links to TLCF sites and other related educational content • Deployment of a portal, content management solution and web services • Technical assistance on use of VLS
Phase II Goals • Standards, standards, standards… Build on technical standards agreed on in Phase I & define application requirements • Develop policies for Delegated Admin of LDAP user directory & trusted user model • Select pilot application(s) for authentication model • Determine/define hosting model • Explore development of content as web portlet; prepare for WSRP standard • Design and implement quality assurance /endorsement process • Establish a “Call for Content” • Expand technical assistance beyond teachers and administrators
Phase III Goals • Build on technical standards agreed on in Phase I & II; present user with a common interface for portal applications • Build on lessons learned from Phase II authentication model; expand pilot applications statewide • Pilot development of content applications as web portlets; determine viability of WSRP standard • Reassess hosting model viability • Refine feedback mechanism to remain responsive to needs of our users
Authentication using LDAP Foundation for Log On functionality