Peter Rees Jones

CETIS LIPSIG

University of Leeds

University of Nottingham e-Portfolio

for Lifelong Learning Project

Establishing Lifelong Learning UCAS & the electronic-Diploma

Supplement (e-DS)

Developing Lifelong Learner Information

1st on an electronic- Diploma Supplement (e-DS)

2nd to join up learner information in schools, colleges

and universities to support transitions.

In this presentation I will review initial work: -

How may UCISA wish to help

set the direction of this work?

(UCAS!)

And in this way develop practicable

and sustainable solutions.

Tomlinson: - 14 – 19:

20 lines of learning on a Diploma;

Personal Review Planning and Guidance;

The reflective and effective learner.

Burgess: - reform of degree classification:

Recording achievement in HE should dovetail with developments in 14 - 19 (rec7)

Continuation of PDP (rec 6)

Should be complementary to the DS (rec 5)

Schwartz: - reform of HE admissions

Explicitly references the work of the Nottingham Project

Policy Starting Points

XML is an obvious means of exchanging learner information.

The IMS in the Learner Information Packaging specification provides XML protocols.

CEN has agreed that this should form the basis of European standards in this area

BSI has produced a standardised version of IMS LIP as the UK Lifelong Learning Profile (UKLeaP; - BS8788)

This takes specific account of UK needs

JISC is making a major investment in this area, e.g. to add web services & carry out a legal study.

Following initial pilots, reference models will be developed….

Leading to pilot implementations….

For example of an electronic Diploma Supplement.

A Technical Starting Point

Universities are testing the production of the paper Diploma Supplements, which must be provided to all graduates from 2005

Recurrent Commission funds have been made available to establish an electronic-DS (e-DS)

A common underlying European e-DS has been commissioned.

National versions will then be developed from this base (England, Scotland & Germany).

This will use a profiling tool provided by the University of Koblenz through the TELCERT project….

…which also provides a means of conformance testing.

Scenarios of use are for graduate applications to employment and higher degrees

National versions of the e-DS

How do universities want to make use of the DS?

What kind of Diploma Supplement might

universities want to have in 10 years time?

But what kind of e-DS might a university be able

to implement in 2006?

And what does the TELCERT project provide to

help make this a practicable proposition?

Achieving a common European e-DS

The problem is not just the technology.

What are the requirements?

An outline set of business process use cases

for the e-DS are being produced.

Minimum (no change to existing ICT Dbs)

Upgraded (incremental changes in existing systems to take advantage of e-DS)

Optimised (new systems specified to take advantage of e-portfolios / PLEs and therefore of the e-DS.)

The Burgess Group recommendations will require further changes to the e-DS.

Tomlinson recommends richer information for 14-19 achievement.

What we do today must be extensible tomorrow.

Levels of implementation Dimensions of interoperability 1

Extensibility

Dimensions of interoperability 2

An employer view An academic view

Skills Academic modules

What should appear as DS programme details?

<competency> <activity>

Increasingly institutions may need to specify the

learning outcomes or skills achieved by students

<RDCEO> <activity>

<relationship>

PRPG

Supporting transitions to HE: - Scenario A

Age 14 Enters Secondary School

PRPG PRPG PRPG

Applies Univ.

Univ MIS

Age 19 Registers @

University

tutor PDP

Shared MLE

PRPG Personal Review, Planning and Guidance

(Tomlinson recommendation 9)

1. I, the student, am inducted into PRPG within an MLE

2. At age 16 I decide what & where to study at college

3. I decide to apply for University 4. I register, meet my tutor and continue “PDP”

Age 16 Moves to

college

PRPG

Implementing Lifelong Learning: - Scenario A

PRPG PRPG

Age 16 Moves to

college

PRPG

Applies Univ.

Univ MIS

tutor PDP

Shared MLE

Nottingham City passport

Nottingham City passport

Nottingham University e-pars

Age 14 Enters Secondary School

Age 19 Registers @

University