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Welcome to the Official Launch of The Northern Ireland Integrated Managed Learning Environment

Welcome to the Official Launch of The Northern Ireland Integrated Managed Learning Environment. Welcome Mr Brian Turtle, Director Belfast Institute of Further and Higher Education. The NIIMLE within the DEL Agenda Mr Alan Shannon Permanent Secretary Department for Employment and Learning.

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Welcome to the Official Launch of The Northern Ireland Integrated Managed Learning Environment

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  1. Welcome to the Official Launch of The Northern Ireland Integrated Managed Learning Environment

  2. Welcome Mr Brian Turtle, Director Belfast Institute of Further and Higher Education

  3. The NIIMLE within the DEL Agenda Mr Alan Shannon Permanent Secretary Department for Employment and Learning

  4. Promoting mobility between FE and HE: the NIIMLE in the national context Ms Sarah Porter, Programme Director, Joint Information Systems Committee, Managed Learning Environment Programmes

  5. Managed Learning Environments • Key aspect of the JISC’s five-year strategy 2001-2005 • Investing substantial sums in working with the educational community across the whole UK • MLEs for Lifelong Learning programme is a flagship programme

  6. Context of the Programme • Need to support institutions in their core business within the 21st century • Drivers • e-learning • Widening participation • Student retention and progression • More efficient and effective institutions • Technology can help but needs to be strategic and well planned

  7. Off-LineLearning Registers Managed Learning Environments Virtual Learning Environment CurriculumMapping Delivery LearningResources Quality Process Assessment TutorSupport Communication Tracking Student Record System BusinessSystems OtherAgencies (e.g. HESA) OtherOrganisations Reproduced by kind permission of BECTa

  8. the institution the teacher the learner Integrating technologies Changing culture Changing processes MLE a new pedagogy?

  9. MLEs: Where would we like to be? • Moving towards integrated technologies • Taking a whole-organisation approach to technologies • Choosing a solution that suits the organisation • Improving storage and use of information systems and learning resources • Re-focussing multiple end-user systems on the user’s needs • Giving the student a better learning experience

  10. MLEs for Lifelong Learning • £3 million over 3 years • Exploring cross-institutional architectures and processes to support learners • To show all colleges and universities in the UK the potential for MLEs

  11. Related MLE Programmes • MLEs for Interoperability in England • Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland programme • Digital Libraries and VLEs • Exchange for Learning

  12. What have we learned about MLEs? • MLE development is particular to each institution • Organisational issues are key to successful implementation • Have not yet seen a ‘complete MLE’ in the UK FE or HE sectors (though many are under development) • Standards and specifications have an important role to play • But are not a ‘magic’ solution to integration • To be successful, institutions need to identify the drivers for change

  13. Sources of informationand advice • Regional Support Centres • NI Centre is based at QUB and NWIFHE, managed by Sandra McKillop • JISC InfoNET • Started on 2nd Jan 2003 • Supporting UK FE and HE in the planning and implementation of Information Systems • Information systems; learning and teaching technologies; approaches to technology

  14. http://www.rsc-ni.ac.uk/http://www.jiscinfonet.ac.uk/http://www.jisc.ac.uk/mle/http://www.rsc-ni.ac.uk/http://www.jiscinfonet.ac.uk/http://www.jisc.ac.uk/mle/

  15. Contact details Sarah Porter Programme Director s.c.porter@bristol.ac.uk http://www.jisc.ac.uk/mle/

  16. The NIIMLE Project: the implications and opportunities for the Northern Ireland tertiary sector Mr Paul Little, Director Armagh College of Further Education

  17. What is an MLE? • Even without computers, the real learning environment is a managed learning environment • Institutions manage the process of student’s learning

  18. Components of our existing MLEs • MIS Systems • VLEs • Library Systems • HR and Financial Systems

  19. A Regional MLE - the Northern Ireland Integrated Managed Learning Environment • Separate institutional MLEs working intelligently and rationally across the region • The first step towards achieving the same interoperability the banks and building societies have • Real life business cases will force us to share data and work collaboratively

  20. What will the NIIMLE look like? • Student focus - a personalised web-page as the launch pad to the MLE services • Regional information about courses - better informed progression decisions • On-line academic and student mentors - less anxiety, improved retention

  21. What will the NIIMLE look like? • Information about careers - better informed careers decisions • Transcripts and Personal Development Portfolios (PDPs)

  22. Conclusion • One of only two projects in the UK to be awarded funding • Success based on timeliness and regionality • Concordant with the political expectations for FE and HE sectors • Will develop alongside NICIS in the FE colleges • Will build upon institutional VLEs

  23. Project Plan and Timescales Mr Robert Roulston, NIIMLE Project Manager

  24. Definition of the 3 phases of the NIIMLE services • Core Data • Subject Services • Transcript and PDP

  25. Year 1 - Progress to date • Project Initiation & Gearing Up • Visit Consortium Institutions • NIIMLE website & project literature • Identify Pilot Course Cohorts • Outline Specification • Establish Technical Approach

  26. Our Future Plans

  27. Formal Technical Specification Build & Test Prototype Brief Academics & Students Student Trials Issue Call to non-consortium Institutions Year 2 Year 1 cont. (Now to May 03) pilot subject - pilot institutions

  28. Define Data Needed Agree Mechanisms for Data Delivery Disseminate to Non-Consortium Institutions Build & Test Prototype Select VLE & Mentoring Framework Roll out NIIMLE Services Year 2 (Jun 03 – Nov 03) pilot subject – pilot institutions pilot subject – all institutions cont. Year 2

  29. Student Trials Roll Out NIIMLE Services Define data Needed Agree Mechanisms for Data Delivery Roll Out NIIMLE Services Expansion to New Subjects Year 3 Year 2 cont. (Dec 03 – May 04) pilot subject - all institutions pilot subject - pilot institutions

  30. Roll Out NIIMLE Services Trial Transcript & PDP Define & Build Transcript & PDP Roll Out NIIMLE Services Disseminate to Region Roll Out Transcript & PDP Year 3 (Jun 04 – Feb 05) Pilot subject Pilot institution Pilot subjects All institutions New subjects All institutions

  31. Year 3 (Mar 05 – May 05) • Evaluation & Dissemination • Case Studies & Reports • Exit Strategy

  32. Question and Answers chaired by Mr Alan Dummigan

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