Scott Wilson, [email protected] Director, CETIS
Alan Paull, [email protected] Management Consultant, APS Ltd
27 March 2009, Leeds, UK
XCRI: eXchanging Course Related InformationCAP: Course Advertising Profile
The ‘whys’ and ‘hows’ of XCRICurrent position across UK education
organisationsNational and European driversThe business case
Our current work: Focus on Benefits Realisation
Self-assessment Readiness FrameworkXCRI Knowledge Base
… the UK standard for describing course marketing information
… a way of describing information about learning opportunities
… about eXchanging Course Related Information
.
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
NLD
LearningProvider
UCAS LLN
WebProspectus
XML
AggregatorsPoll & Harvest fromProviders
ProviderpublishesXCRI prospectusas well as webprospectus
NLD
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).
Informed choice
Standards
Interoperability
Learners
Learning provider community
Department for Children, Schools and Families
Information Standards Board
JISC XCRI-enabled services
JobsCareers
Qualifications
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
MOVE LLN (Herts)
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
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
XCRI Knowledge Basehttp://www.xcri.co.uk/joomlababy/
XCRI Self-assessment Readiness Frameworkhttp://xcrisaf.igsl.co.uk/
XCRI websitehttp://www.xcri.org/
XCRI forumhttp://www.xcri.org/forum/
XCRI wikihttp://www.xcri.org/wiki/
Alan Paull, [email protected] Management Consultant, APS Ltd
27 March 2009, Leeds, UK
XCRI: eXchanging Course Related InformationCAP: Course Advertising Profile
Strategic plans Numerous disconnected databases Poor internal information management Continuous requests from Data
Aggregators Internal efficiency drives Manual manipulation of course related
data for marketing activities
Identify key personnel in Marketing, Computing Services, Registry/Administration
Create general awareness and foster interest in XCRi
Develop knowledge and understanding Encourage advocacy of XCRi Support institution in internal
communications and implementation
Supports improved information management Greater knowledge of ‘the business’ Increased capabilities in marketing the offer Enables institutions to be more responsive to
changes in customer requirements Improvement of course related information
creation and flow through validation process Enables the creation of the HEAR record UK ISB Standard Ability to influence data aggregators