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X-CRI ORIGINS. XCRI | BACK TO 2005. Strong sense of “there must be a better way”… National agenda of ‘informed choice’ about learning opportunities but feeling that education lags behind other sectors in making its ‘products’ easy to discover and compare.
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XCRI | BACK TO 2005 . . . • Strong sense of “there must be a better way”… • National agenda of ‘informed choice’ about learning opportunities but • feeling that education lags behind other sectors in making its ‘products’ easy to discover and compare. • Standards exist for exchanging information about people, groups, membership and learning objects but • no standard way to exchange information about courses. • Institutions developing ways to populate their prospectus from definitive data but • resorting to primitive data entry to populate aggregator sites, regional portals, area prospectuses… • Genuine interest from the community in an open standard for exchanging course information that facilitates joined-up thinking
XCRI@MMU | Yeah, but no, but yeah… • Step-change improvement: re-write entire UG curriculum! • XCRI-thinking: data collected once with requisite precision & structure for re-use • Data entry had to be simple using forms familiar to academics • 30 credits, max 5 LOs + 2 summative assessments • Constructive alignment & grad outcome tagging • … make “big ask” as small as possible!
XCRI Context | Complex, interdependent League tablerankings Marketing & RecruitmentProcesses Reputation Learning, Teaching, Assessment & Personal DevelopmentProcesses, Facilities & Resources Student Intake (Aspirations, Attitude& Abilities) Student RetentionSuccess & Satisfaction • and getting it right matters Resource allocation All Year Numbers
XCRI | Approach • Maintained dialogue with European partners in a search for best practice • Recognised importance of course-related business processes • Evolved a data exchange specification based on best practice and large-scale trials • Engaged with EU partners to harmonize developments around a common information model for advertising learning opportunities (CEN MLO) • Building capacity & interest within UK • Share what we learn on the journey andprepare for success • Transformative collaborative innovation for the common good