JISC/Interoperability Seminar

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JISC/Interoperability Seminar
Overseas Terminal, Wellington 7 March 2006
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Welcome

• Welcome and Introductions
• Purpose of todays seminar
• Establishment of an Education Sector ICT
  Connectivity Committee
• Growing partnerships with the Joint Information
  Systems Committee (JISC) and the Department of
  Education, Science and Training (DEST)

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Major developments underway in Education Sector
ICT

• Education Sector ICT Standing Committee
  drives strategic direction and coordinates ICT
  development across the education sector
• Education Sector Governance and Working Group
  Framework

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Education Sector ICT Governance Working Groups

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Setting the Scene

• Education Sector ICT Strategic Framework
• National Digital Strategy
• ESAF Projects
• International connections and the role that
  these play in positioning NZ internationally

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Education Sector ICT Strategic Framework - The
Vision
To improve learner achievement in an innovative
education sector, fully connected and supported
by the smart use of ICT

• A more learner-centred education system
  transcending organisational boundaries.
• More informed decision making within the
  education sector by learners, teachers, parents,
  communities, public, businesses, researchers,
  policy makers, administrators.
• Increased ease, opportunity of access, reduced
  compliance costs for all participants.
• Increased confidence, capability, capacity from
  the use of ICT by all participants in the
  education sector.
• Greater opportunities for the generation,
  application, sharing of new ideas, technologies.
• More effective, efficient investment in ICT by
  education sector government agencies.

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Education Sector ICT Strategic Framework -
Achieved through

• Developing a more learner-centred service culture
  where education agencies and organisations focus
  on the outcome rather than the technology
• Recognising that successful design, development
  and implementation is as much about people as
  about technology
• Interoperability and ease of access to, and
  between, systems and information where learners
  can engage as and when required, and
  decision-making is better informed at all levels
• Balancing local choice and national direction
• Coherence through open standards rather than
  standardisation
• Achieving greater effectiveness and efficiency in
  the design, development, implementation and use
  of ICT in supporting education based on a
  user-focused approach
• Establishing and maintaining a cooperative
  culture and communities that support and nurture
  innovation, creativity and the sharing of ideas
  and practices
• Recognising and accommodating the considerable
  legacy investment and levels of ICT capability
  and resource across the Sector.

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Education Sector ICT Strategic Framework
The ICT Strategic Framework for Education aims to
deliver across the above National Digital
Strategy components.
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Education Sector ICT Strategic Framework
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Education Sector ICT Strategic Framework
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Education Sector ICT Strategic Framework

1 Also a key milestone under Shared Services.
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Education Sector ICT Strategic Framework
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Education Sector ICT Strategic Framework

1 Also a key milestone under Access
Interoperability Standards.
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National Digital Strategy

• ICT Strategic Framework is closely aligned with
  the National Digital Strategy

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Key Connectivity Issues for Government

• Many Governments searching for effective policies
  spanning information, e-learning and e-research
  environments
• Looking for ways to develop systemic
  infrastructure that is scalable, cost effective
  and user-friendly
• Levels of required interoperability a key factor
• Scope of coordination across departments and
  agencies much debated
• Degree of desirable intervention and investment
  not yet clear
• New mechanisms required to bring stakeholders
  together

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Education Sector Architecture Framework (ESAF)
Aims to deliver inter-operability across the
Education Sector through the ability to

• share a common understanding of data and
  information
• transfer information based on business rules
• identify yourself
• authorise access to services and information
• locate services and information within the sector

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Education Sector Architecture Framework (ESAF)

• ESAF contributes to the ICT Strategic Framework
  via the ESAF Enablers
• Identity Management and Authentication Services
• Education Sector Authentication/Authorisation
  (ESAA)
• Integration and Infrastructure Services
• Education Sector Integration Services (ESIS)
• Education Sector Shared Infrastructure (ESSI)
• Information Services
• Education Sector Federated Search (ESFS)
• Education Sector Metadata Schema (ESMS)
• Education Sector Data Modelling (ESDM)

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Education Sector Architecture Framework (ESAF)

• Education Sector Authentication/Authorisation
  (ESAA) a single sign-on service for the
  education sector.
• Education Sector Integration Services (ESIS)
  providing a set of services to support
  information technology interoperability between
  organisations and systems within the Education
  Sector.
• Education Sector Federated Search (ESFS) a
  search brokerage service which connects to key
  sector and international electronic catalogues in
  order to provide a sole point of access to all
  educational related information.
• Education Sector Data Modelling (ESDM)
  producing a sector data model that defines shared
  sector data.
• Others
• Education Sector Shared Infrastructure (ESSI)
• Education Sector Metadata Schema (ESMS)

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International Connections IMS Global Learning
Consortium

• The mission of the IMS Global Learning Consortium
  is to support the adoption and use of learning
  technology worldwide.
• IMS develops and promotes the adoption of open
  technical specifications for interoperable
  learning technology.
• The Ministry of Education is one of over 50
  Contributing Members and affiliates. These
  members come from every sector of the global
  e-learning community.
• The Consortium provides a neutral forum in which
  members with competing business interests and
  different decision-making criteria collaborate to
  satisfy real-world requirements for
  interoperability and re-use.

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International Connections JISC

• JISC provides a range of services to the U.K
  education sector.
• Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC)
• All UK Universities, some colleges
• IT infrastructure
• network
• datasets
• system support

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International Connections JISC

• A Memorandum of Understanding between the
  Ministry of Education and JISC has been
  developed, signifying cooperation around areas of
  mutual interest such as
• e-Framework , including reference model
  development
• open standards specifications
• e-Learning research
• e-Learning related projects
• research repositories
• middleware development
• the sharing of experiences in the e-Learning area
• special interest groups, and
• governance including policies and procedures

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International Connections e-Framework

• UKs Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC)
  and Australias Department of Education, Science
  and Training (DEST) have developed the
  e-Framework for Education and Research (see
  http//www.e-framework.org)
• It is a collaborative effort to try and impose
  some methodologies and processes on the policy
  development of technical infrastructure across
  e-learning, e-research and library/information
  environment
• The aim is to internationalise the Framework
  through the inclusion of other countries
  including New Zealand

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• Enjoy the day
• Ask plenty of questions
• Hopefully today will spark your continued
  involvement in the development of a more
  connected education sector in New Zealand