Enterprise Meeting 14

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=Joint Meeting of the CETIS Enterprise and Portfolio Special Interest Groups=

Date: Tuesday 12th September 2006

Venue: University of Manchester, Manchester

This meeting explored areas of common interest between the two SIGs, including portfolios, learner information and course information. It also considered the potential impacts for enhancing lifelong learning through transfering basic learner data (Enterprise) and more complex records of achievement (Portfolios) between institutions, and using data about learner’s interests and abilities gathered in the portfolio to search for relevant courses (XCRI). Agenda

10.00-10.30 Registration, teas and coffees

10.30-10.45 '''Intro: Helen Richardson, Portfolio SIG & Vashti Zarach, Ent SIG '''

10.45-11.00 JISC e-Admin Call: Scott Wilson, CETIS Assistant Director

11.00-11.30 Linking Institutional & Personal Learning Domains: Colin Dalziel The LIPID project distinguishes 2 types of learner data: institutional data (e.g. names, course memberships, grades, etc), & personal data (e.g. personal learning information held in ePortfolios). LIPID uses the Sweet.net toolkit to transfer institutional learner data from the student management system (SITS) to the ePortfolio system (PebblePad), enabling learners to “access institutionally held (and approved) data to their personal learning systems for onward use in online CVs; applicational presentations; and career portfolios.”

LIPID Project website.

11.30-12.30 Discussion time

12.30-1.30 Lunch

1.30-2.00 SUNIWE: Mark Stiles & Sam Rowley

SUNIWE is further developing the work done by the NIIMLE project, which developed an MLE linking all the universities and FE colleges in Northern Ireland. The SUNIWE project will be linking together colleges and universities in the West Midlands into a single portal, enabling single point access to learner and course data, eResources, VLEs and ePortfolios.

SUNIWE Project website.

2.00-2.30 Discussion time

2.00-2.45 Teas and coffees

2.45-3.15 XCRI and Portfolios: Mark Stubbs, Simon Grant & Scott Wilson The XCRI project (eXchanging Course Related Information) has been developing a standardised way of representing and exchanging information about courses. In this presentation, Mark, Simon and Scott will discuss the links between course information, learner information and portfolios in providing integrated learning experiences for students, e.g. using personal information stored in portfolios to assist learners searching for courses relevant to their interests and abilities.

XCRI Project website.

3.15-4.00 Discussion Time