eXchanging Course Related Information The new UK eProspectus standard

1. 27 March 2009, Leeds, UK eXchanging Course Related InformationThe new UK eProspectus standard XCRI: eXchanging Course Related Information CAP: Course Advertising Profile Scott Wilson, scott.bradley.wilson@gmail.com Assistant Director, CETIS Alan Paull, alan@alanpaull.co.uk Information Management Consultant, APS Ltd

2. Introducing XCRI • The ‘whys’ and ‘hows’ of XCRI • Current position across UK education organisations • National and European drivers • The business case Our current work: Focus on Benefits Realisation Self-assessment Readiness Framework XCRI Knowledge Base

5. XCRI is ... … about eXchanging Course Related Information … a way of describing information about learning opportunities . … the UK standard for describing course marketing information

6. XCRI is about ... definitions structure names providers advertise courses courses are presented for enrolment any number of times through presentations presentations instantiate courses A presentation is a particular instance of the course offered at a particular time and place and is the entity to which learners apply. Alternative names for this type of structure include course offering and course instance. specification

7. Schema Catalog @generated Provideridentifier*, title*, subject*, description*, relation*, url, image, address Courseidentifier*, title*, subject*, description*, relation*, url, image, qualification*, credit* Presentationidentifier*, title*, subject*, description*, relation*, url, image, start, end, duration, studyMode, attendanceMode, attendancePattern, languageOfInstruction, languageOfAssessment, placesAvailable, cost, enquireTo, applyFrom, applyUntil, applyTo, entryProfile*, entryRequirements*, venue* * = multiples permitted

8. XCRI does ... Collect once ... ... use many times Learning Provider’s system Information in XCRI-CAP format Course information system(s)

9. Transforming advertising relationships UCAS LLN UCAS LLN NLD NLD Aggregators Poll & Harvest fromProviders XML Provider re-keys & pushes for each aggregator Learning Provider Provider publishes XCRI prospectus as well as web prospectus Learning Provider WebProspectus WebProspectus

10. History

11. National drivers Jobs Careers Department for Children, Schools and Families Qualifications Standards Information Standards Board Interoperability JISC Learners XCRI-enabled services Learning provider community primitive data entry Informed choice

12. Projects, past and present Reid Kerr C Adam Smith C Newcastle Uni Bolton Uni Higher York LLN WYLLN (Huddersfield) MMU Hull Uni Edge Hill Uni E Mids, incl Leap Ahead LLN, SSC LLN, Uni of Nottingham Liverpool CCLiP Open University GMSA West Cheshire C MOVE LLN (Herts) Staffordshire Uni Middlesex Uni HW LLN (Uni of Worcester) UCAS Uni of Kent Cardiff, UWIC Bristol, UWE Oxford Uni Plymouth Uni

13. Business Case Summary • Learning Providers • internal efficiency gains through process improvements • cost savings on data input • strategic capability through better understanding of its offerings • quality assurance, standardisation, and consolidation of duplicate offerings • Course Collecting Organisations • availability of more providers • better quality – more frequent update, better coverage, greater accuracy, better integrated ‘supply chain’ • new value-added services

14. 27 March 2009, Leeds, UK The End eXchanging Course Related InformationThe new UK eProspectus standard XCRI: eXchanging Course Related Information CAP: Course Advertising Profile Alan Paull, alan@alanpaull.co.uk Information Management Consultant, APS Ltd

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