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Interoperability of Lifelong Learning Records within FE and Beyond. Ystrad Mynach College Learning Industries Limited Ufi teknical.com. 24 March 2003. IL3R. Objectives/Background Results/Outcomes to date Project Plan Working with Vendors Evaluation Dissemination. PDR/PDR.
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Interoperability of Lifelong Learning Records within FE and Beyond Ystrad Mynach College Learning Industries LimitedUfiteknical.com 24 March 2003
IL3R • Objectives/Background • Results/Outcomes to date • Project Plan • Working with Vendors • Evaluation • Dissemination
PDR/PDR Courses/Activities Competency Targets Interoperation SME Partnership YM/(FE) F2F PDR v1 PDR v2 teknical (VLE) LLL Organiser Learndirect
Results/Outcomes to date • Use Cases/Application Profiles • LIP/Field Mappings • Accessibility • Web Site
Use Cases • User-centred use cases • Two-way interoperability
LIP/Field Mappings • Learner Information Packaging v1.0 • Mapping application profiles to LIP • Using COM object to form DOM object to extract LIP compliant XML from SQL server database • OpenXML to insert data into database
Accessibility • Review of current specifications and standards • Techdis • W3C • IMS • Draft standard for Learning Industries
Website • www.learningindustries.com/il3r
PDR/P Systems • Learning Industries PDR (v1/v2) • Learndirect LLL/Organiser • Lack of Commonality • Immature Systems • Need for Extensibility in Specifications
PDR/P Systems PDP Personal Goals PDP PDR PDP Activities Achievements Planning Data PDP
Bigger Picture Professional IL3R Project Education Level Source/Provider Public Private School
Modified Objectives • Shift in Emphasis • Increased Focus on Learning Activity Data & Learning Goals (Competencies) • Reduced Expectations on Migration of Entire Record • Restrict to Manual Import/Export • Minimises Technical Considerations • Focus upon Application of IMS
Consultation Programme Meeting (Edinburgh) – 10/06/03 Programme Meeting (Belfast) – 03/09/02 Programme Meeting (Glasgow) – 09/12/02 Programme Meeting (Cardiff) – 25/03/03 Project Meeting – 16/09/02 Project Meeting – 02/12/02 Project Meeting – 27/01/03 Project Meeting – 07/10/02 CETIS (Bangor) – 10/03/03 Shell Project (Bristol) – 24/09/02 Vendor/Board Meeting – 04/02/03 01/01 meeting (Belfast) – 18/02/03 JISC Use cases (Bolton) – 21/10/02 Accessibility SIG (Salford) – 22/10/02 Report to SME partnership – 10/01/03 Vendor Meeting (Teknical) – 14/10/02 Vendor Meeting (Learn Direct) – 14/11/02 Centre for Recording Achievement – 21/01/03
Working with Vendors • Limited resource commitment • Reluctance to implement changing IMS specifications • Reluctance to implement in live systems • Providing anonymised sample data in XML LIP compliant format • Implementation Post Project
Evaluation • Develop questionnaire for formative evaluation • Teknical • Learn Direct • Acom SME Partnership