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Meeting the ePortfolio Interoperability Challenge

Paul Horner Newcastle University. www.epics.ac.uk www.eportfolios.ac.uk. Paul Horner paul.horner@ncl.ac.uk +44(0)191 222 5020. Meeting the ePortfolio Interoperability Challenge. Interoperability. What is it?

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Meeting the ePortfolio Interoperability Challenge

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  1. Paul Horner Newcastle University www.epics.ac.uk www.eportfolios.ac.uk Paul Horner paul.horner@ncl.ac.uk +44(0)191 222 5020 Meeting the ePortfolio Interoperability Challenge

  2. Interoperability What is it? ‘the ability of two or more systems or components to exchange information and to use the information that has been exchanged’ – IEEE (source – Wikipedia) Why is it important? • Is it really that important? • Individual ownership of learning • Lifelong learning

  3. Background Interoperability Standards • IMS (LIP, ePortfolio) • UK-LEAP (and LEAP2.0) • CV Interoperability (HR-XML, Europass) • Web 2.0 Interoperability (Atom?, RSS?, RDF?) Newcastle’s Involvement • ePET • EPICS • EPICS-2 • PIOP

  4. ePET Project http://www.eportfolios.ac.uk/ePET?pid=32 JISC Funded Project Early Interoperability Work A Web-services gateway • REST interface to ePortfolio IMS-LIP

  5. EPICS http://www.epics.ac.uk Project Background • JISC Funded • Regional Partnership • ePortfolio Progression Pathways Case Studies • Interoperability-focused • Available online at www.epics.ac.uk

  6. Old New Validation XML-RPC Request Database Insert XML-RPC Response (IMS-LIP) EPICS outcomes http://www.epics.ac.uk IMS Standards • IMS-LIP • IMS-ePortfolio Interoperability • Upload/Download • XML-RPC Web service

  7. EPICS Conclusions http://www.epics.ac.uk Technical Success • Data can follow progression pathways • Data can move between different systems We may not need to transfer data • At least not everything • Does it need to be automatic? • Web services? ‘The right tool for the job’ • Europass CV, HR-XML

  8. CV Interoperability ‘The right tool for the job’ HR-XML • Multi-functional, but a changing standard Europass • Embedded into core CV tool Web Service Interface • Eife-l • XSL transforms  HR-XML, German standard CV, etc • eurocv.it

  9. EPICS-2 http://www.epics.ac.uk Follows the success of EPICS Focus on personalised learning • Web 2.0/Social networking/blogs • Mobile Technologies • Lifelong learning • Work-based learning Interoperability • Real students • Undergraduate  Postgraduate • COMPORT Project – FE  HE • Mobile technologies • PIOP

  10. PIOP http://wiki.cetis.ac.uk/Portfolio_interoperability_prototyping Portfolio Interoperability Prototyping Partners • Universities of Newcastle, Wolverhampton, Nottingham • JISC-CETIS What/Why? • Background in LEAP2.0 • Recognised limitations of existing standards Current thoughts – • Recycle existing standards • Atom may form basis • Extended by RDF? Dublin Core? Gdata? etc.. • UKLEAP/LEAP2.0 types • Feedback into LEAP2.0 core specification

  11. Where next? New Standards • LEAP2.0 • PIOP? • IMS-ePortfolio v2 • HR-XML • Something else? • Web2.0 standards - Atom, RSS, Gdata? • MicroFormats • Combining Multiple standards New uses for standards • Job boards • Mobile technologies • Web services

  12. Paul Horner Newcastle University www.epics.ac.uk www.eportfolios.ac.uk Paul Horner paul.horner@ncl.ac.uk +44(0)191 222 5020 Meeting the ePortfolio Interoperability Challenge

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