Greenwich Presentation on XCRI 6 April 2011
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Transcript of Greenwich Presentation on XCRI 6 April 2011
Alan Paull, [email protected] Management Consultant, APS Ltd
More information: http://www.xcri.co.uk/And thanks to Professor Mark Stubbs at MMU for some of the slides.
27 March 2009, Leeds, UK
XCRI - Save time and money promoting your coursesUniversity of Greenwich, 6 April 2011
eXchanging Course Related Information
The ‘whys’, ‘hows’ and ‘whats’ of XCRI Current position across UK education National and European drivers The business case: benefits How to get started
Q&A: XCRI Self-assessment Framework
‘Many prospective students do not get adequate advice or information to help them choose a course of study’Browne, Oct 2010
‘The consultation proposes that providers of higher education should review their approach to publishing information for prospective students. It suggests that a standardised set of key facts for each course should be published on institutions’ web-sites. This information would be called the Key Information Set (KIS)’HEFCE, Dec 2010
‘In our 2008 report, we suggested that universities should publish a standard set of information setting out what students can expect from their academic programme – we are pleased to see that the coalition government will be taking this forward’National Student Forum, Annual Report 2010
The Benefits of eXchanging Course Related Information
Training Access Points
ECCTIS
UCAS Course
Search
National Learning Directory
Next Steps
Course
Directory
Aimhigher
Ortelius
Ploteus
Lifelong Learning
Networks
14-19 Area Prospectuses
Pickup
unistats
learndirect
EducationUK
2005 JISC fund XCRI “Reference Model” project. Team review international standards, e-prospectus websites (161+) & site visits; R1.0 XCRI schema.
2006 XCRI tools prototyped: XCRI>PDF brochures & ReST Xpath search. Existing deployment reviewed & optimised XCRI CAP 1.0 released. JISC fund XCRI CAP 1.0 trials, demo aggregator & xcri.org support
2007 DfES and Becta briefed. XCRI adopted as ‘preferred approach’ by LSC. Bolton, OU, Oxford, MMU & Staffs CAP feeds read by demo aggregator. CEN WS-LT & vendor meetings for European MLO harmonization begin.
2008 JISC funds CAP 1.1 pilots. XCRI champion elected to DIUS/DCSF ISB. GMSA, Edge Hill, W Cheshire, Kent XCRI feeds. CEN WS-LT Agreement on MLO => European Norm; E Mid, Huddersfield, Teesside, Worcester start XCRI projects.
2009 DCSF’s Action Plan for 14-19 Prospectus recommends adoption in 14-19 sector by 2010. ISB approves XCRI-CAP 1.1 as national eProspectus standard. E Mids 14-19 Pilot; non-JISC-funded work continues.
2010 Recommendations to DCSF. Dev’t of XCRI-CAP 1.2. Mini-projects: Bolton, Cardiff (UWIC), Hull, Huddersfield, Newcastle, Nottingham. MLO European Norm expected to be ratified. XCRI Benefits Realisation project (August 2010).
European Metadata for Learning Opportunities (MLO) standard ratified…
…therefore UK standard to be updated to comply with it: XCRI-CAP v1.2 (via IST/43 -8)
JISC funding new capital programme for XCRI-CAP (call: May 2011, projects August 2011 to March 2013)
XCRI eXchange 2011: Monday 27 June at University of Nottingham; http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/eportfolio/new/XCRI_Event_27-jun-11.shtml
The Benefits of eXchanging Course Related Information
… the UK standard for describing course marketing information
… a way of describing information about learning opportunities
… about eXchanging Course Related Information
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structure structure definitionsdefinitionsnames names
specificationspecification
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.
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
Learning Provider’s system
Information inXCRI-CAP format
Course information system(s)
Collect once ...Collect once ... ... use many times
... use many times
LearningProvider
UCAS LLN
WebProspectus
Providerre-keys & pushes for eachaggregator
CourseDirectory
LearningProvider
UCAS LLN
WebProspectus
XML
AggregatorsPoll & Harvest fromProviders
ProviderpublishesXCRI prospectusas well as webprospectus
CourseDirectory
Informed choice
Standards
Interoperability
Learners
Learning provider community
Government departments
Information Standards Board
JISC XCRI-enabled services
JobsCareers
Qualifications
Key Information
Set
HEFCE
Reid Kerr C
Bolton Uni
UCAS
Oxford Uni
Middlesex Uni
WYLLN (Huddersfield)MMU
E Mids, incl Leap Ahead LLN, SSC LLN, Uni of NottinghamLiverpool CCLiP
Linking London LLN
Adam Smith C
Plymouth Uni
Open UniversityGMSA
HW LLN (Uni of Worcester)
Edge Hill Uni
West Cheshire C
Higher York LLN
Staffordshire Uni
Uni of Kent
Hull Uni
Cardiff, UWIC
Newcastle Uni
Bristol, UWE
From XCRI Knowledge Base (www.xcri.co.uk):
"XCRI has had a significant impact on systems effectiveness and has saved us time and money in the production and distribution of our course marketing information." Fiona Carey, Assistant Director, Communications, Student Services, The Open University
“…XCRI and CAP has led us in many fruitful directions, including geospatial mapping, mobile portals, and re-examining internal data. Most important, however, was the stimulation and exemplar it continues to offer in the use of open and linked data.“Sebastian Rahtz, Information and Support Group Manager, Oxford University Computing Services
Learning Providers Internal cost savings, efficiency gains and
higher quality: through process improvements Stop data duplication: by eliminating re-keying Enhance strategic capability: through better
understanding of its offerings Increased visibility: potential to satisfy internal
and external demands for authoritative courses information
Develop new value-added services: through standardisation and interoperability
The Benefits of eXchanging Course Related Information
XCRI Knowledge Basehttp://www.xcri.co.uk/
XCRI Self-assessment Framework
http://xcrisaf.igsl.co.uk/
XCRI Technicalhttp://www.xcri.org/
XCRI Wikihttp://www.xcri.org/
wiki/
XCRI Forumhttp://www.xcri.org/
forum/
Alan Paull, [email protected] Management Consultant, APS Ltd
More information: http://www.xcri.co.uk/
27 March 2009, Leeds, UK
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