Achievement Information Working Group

The impetus for creating this Working Group was the recommendation by Burgess that JISC undertakes a technical investigation related to achievement records, particularly the Higher Education Achievement Report (HEAR).

JISC-CETIS is working with a number of vendors and specialists to support the implementation of the HEAR. As part of this work we are producing a number of briefings, recommendations and specifications to support universities implementing the HEAR.

Public outputs:


 * HEAR 1.0b XML spec
 * HEAR 1.0c XML spec
 * Technical considerations for HEAR implementation following the 9th June 2009 technical meeting in Manchester
 * Technical architecture considerations for implementing the HEAR


 * JISCMail mailing lists:
 * HEAR-TRIAL-GROUP This list is used to make announcements to members of the HEAR trial group.
 * HEAR-TECHNICAL This is the private list for discussing technical details.
 * HEAR-SITS-USERS Set up to share issues, ask questions, etc. about the HEAR with the SITS system.
 * HEAR-SPEC List for collaboration on a common technical specification.

See also other references to the HEAR:
 * JISC HEAR programme
 * HEAR self-assessment framework
 * from HEFCE
 * Independent article by Bob Burgess 2009-11-05
 * from Universities UK 2008-10-21
 * Guardian article by Bob Burgess 2008-10-21

And other discussion:
 * Scott's blog entry of 2009-06-10

Archived:


 * Information model and XML binding for the HEAR
 * Private wiki space
 * [[Media:Hear.ppt| Powerpoint slides from kickoff meeting in Birmingham]]