Presentation To

ZKI Fruehjahrstagung 2002

Presented By

Nick Winton

Interim CEO

Introduction

Background to eU project

Strategy for implementation

Platform development

Summary

History

Announced Feb 2002Gov’t funding of ≈ €100m

Public Private Partnership– Bring additional skills– Introduce additional capital

Partner selection started Jan 2001

October 2001 Sun signed strategic allianceUK eUniversities Worldwide formed

Objectives

Widen access (50% by 2005)Retain UK share of overseas market

Develop e-learning platform– Benefit of whole UK HE sector

Commission programmes

Recruit students

Services from eU

e-learning platform– Optimised for Higher Education

Sales & marketing

Commission e-learning programmes

Facilitation services

Strategy for Implementation

Manage – not build

ScaleableUpdateable

Optimised for Higher Education

Responsive (worldwide)

Open standards

Method

Scaleable– Solaris on Sun

Updateable– Use “COTS” packages– Integrate rather than develop– Minimum bespoke software

Responsive (worldwide)– Low latency, local caching etc– Tutor responsiveness

Method…continued

Optimised for HE– Integrated collaboration tools both sync and async– Integrated assessment tools– Essay marking tools

Open standards– IMS (Metadata, Assessment, etc)– SCORM 1.1– Openness of architecture components

will use standard interfaces

Implementation

Strategic alliance with Sun– Lead architects– Hardware– iPlanet

Functional specification developed– Advisory groups from HE & consultants

– Pedagogy– Learner Administration Systems– “Crack” monitor

Result = 550 page roadmap of system behaviour

Architectural Structure

Allow eUniversity to quickly develop and deploy new offerings

Sustain the performance and availability of the system as usage scales up

Allow the system to evolve with market needs while staying market-ready

Built on Sun ONE– Web services– iPlanet Product Suite

Separation of architecture concerns

Services Architecture

Portal Entitlements Profiles

LearningContent

Data

LearningMetaData

LearningAssessment

Data

LearningAdministration

Data

ContentManagement

Service

LearningManagement

Service

LearningAdministration

Service

AssessmentService

UserManagement

Service

CollaborationService

EventManagement

Service

eCommerceService

UDDIDirectory

Current Status

Developing platform using Rational Unified Process (RUP) methodology

– Iterative, prototyping & feedback

Iteration 0 Functional Scope Prototype demonstrated

– Single sign on with seamless integration across multiple products

– Learning Management functions– Content Production functions

Iteration 0 Scope

LearningAssessment

Data

LearningAdministration

Data

LearningAdministration

Service

AssessmentService

eCommerceService

Profiles

LearningContent

Data

LearningMetaData

ContentManagement

Service

LearningManagement

Service

UserManagement

Service

CollaborationService

EventManagement

Service

Portal Entitlements

Next Steps

3 further prototype elaborations

Construction

Transition to operations

Testing runs in parallel

Summary

eUniversity platform– Supported by UK government– Optimised for delivery of e-learning for higher education – Major components successfully prototyped– Configuration and integration in progress

Final platform available end 2002

Service to students from January 2003

Platform available to third parties– ASP service– Installable code (Run & Paint)– Development licence

More information

www.UKeUniversitiesWorldwide.com

www.UKeU.com

+44 (0)845 345 6565

Info@UKeUniversitiesWorldwide.com

Info@UKeU.com