Learning Industries Limited

Learning Industries LimitedYstrad Mynach College

Interoperability of Lifelong Learning Records within FE and Beyond

JISC SWaNI Programme 2002-2003

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Partners

• Funding Body• Joint Information Systems Committee

• Principal Partners• Learning Industries Limited• Ystrad Mynach College

• Vendors• Ufi / Learndirect• teknical.com

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Context

• Lifelong Learning• FE + External Providers• Online Delivery

• Ystrad Mynach• Traditional FE Courses• Business and Individual Learners• Community Outreach Centres• Learndirect Centres

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Context

• SME Partnership• Private Sector Trainers• FE• Learndirect• ELWa• Learning Industries Limited

• Learndirect for Business• Learndirect Premier Business Centre• Learndirect eCommerce VLS

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Aims and Objectives

• Ultimate Objective:• To pass the ownership of learning and the

management of learning to the learner

• Project Objectives• Investigate the application of IMS LIP• Develop a working interoperability spec.• Demonstrate interoperability between

Lifelong Learning Records (PDR/P systems)

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Use Cases

SME Partnership YM/(FE)

LearndirectLLLOrganiser

PDR v1PDR v2

teknical(VLE)

PDR/PDR

Courses/Activities

Competency Targets

F2F

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Application Profiles

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Application Profiles

Personal

Goals

Activities

Achievements

PDP

PDPP

DR

PD

PP

DP

Planning Data

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Implementing IMS LIP

• LIP alone is not sufficient to facilitate interoperability

• Detailed negotiation on field semantics, data format and vocabularies

• Alternate implementations of LIP are possible

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Demonstration & Testing

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Working with Vendors

• Commitment• Timescales and priority• Equality of partnership• Engagement and communication

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Cultural Impact

• Lifelong Learning Records• Immaturity of PDR/P• LLWR

• Ystrad Mynach College• Developing eLearning Culture• Research Project

• Learning Industries• Expertise in LIP and Interoperability• Development of Next Generation PDR

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Conclusions

• Demonstrated Interoperability of LLRs• Detailed Interoperability Specification• Demarcation of PDR and PDP Data• LIP Only Initial Interoperability

Framework• Achieving LIFELONG Learning

Records?• Interoperability Key Issue of Future

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Contact

http://www.learningindustries.com/il3r/

Dr Robert M Lloyd rob@learninginndustries.com

Dean Howellsdhowells@ystrad-mynach.ac.uk