CETIS Update

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CETIS Update

• Clive Church
• FE Focus Group Co-ordinator

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Role of CETIS

• Bridge between UK F/HE and International
  Standards bodies
• Two ways
• interpret specifications
• contribute to specifications
• Raise awareness of implications of
  interoperability
• re-use of content
• pedagogy
• customisation of learning systems

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Approx. 50 funded by FE institutions
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The Groups

• FE Focus
• Pedagogy
• Enterprise
• Accessibility (with TechDis)
• Assessment
• Content
• LIP
• Metadata

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Major Developments

• Contribution to an IMS portfolios standards
  development group.
• Plugfests (next Glasgow, June)
• Digital Object Identifiers (DOIs)
• (TSO/ JISC )
• unique identifiers for objects
• facilitates an economy for objects

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Learning Design Pedagogic Structures (Scene in a
Play)
Test
Objectives
Content
Simulation
Roles/ parts can be assigned
Discussion
New generation VLEs play the scene
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Retrieve populated structures. Edit as required
TUTOR
JORUM
Colleges
Publishers
CGFL
NGFL
(S)UfI
NLN
Repositories of Structures Content and Test
Questions
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TUTOR
College
NLN
Others
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MLE Architecture

• A Learning Delivery System assembled from web
  based components (from different suppliers) that
  will seamlessly deliver any pedagogic scene

Student/ Tutor Communication System
Assessment Engine
Delivery Engine
Content Repositories (inc tests) with
authentication etc.
Content Packaging System
Tracking and Communications

Project Management System
MIS
Portfolio System
LIP
Portfolios
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User Agents
Application Services
Common Services
Institutional Infrastructures (TCP/IP etc)
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User Agents
VLE
Portal
Library
MIS
Authoring tool
Application Services
Activity Mgt
Content Mgt
Collaboration
Course Mgt
Learner Info
Search
Assessment
Packaging
Enrolment
PDP
Cataloguing
Sequencing
Competency Mgt
Reporting/BI
Common Services
Messaging
Authentication
Authorization
DRM
GUIDs
Institutional Infrastructures
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SWaNI Programme
User Agents
VLE
Portal
Library
SRS
Authoring tool
Application Services
Activity Mgt
Content Mgt
Course Mgt
Learner Info
Collaboration
Search
Assessment
Packaging
Enrolment
PDP
Cataloguing
Sequencing
Competency Mgt
Reporting/BI
Common Services
Messaging
Authentication
Authorization
DRM
GUIDs
Institutional Infrastructures
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NEAR FUTURE?
Learning workflow GUI
Admin workflow GUI
System mgt GUI
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Implementation using Web Services

• Transport (HTTP)
• Envelope (SOAP Simple Object Access Protocol)
• Header
• Body
• Attachments (MIME)
• Processing rules
• Endpoint Interfaces (WSDL Web Services
  Definition Language)

JISC Call for Architecture Bids Autumn 2003
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IMS Specifications
METADATA
ENTERPRISE
METADATA
LEARNER INFORMATION PROFILES
DIGITAL REPOSITORIES
METADATA
CONTENT PACKAGING
LEARNING DESIGN
METADATA
COMPETENCY DEFINITION
QTI
METADATA
CONTENT TRACKING
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JISC X4LB Tools

• JORUM Standards Compliant Repository
• RELOAD Standards Compliant Content Packaging and
  Scene Player
• TOIA Standards Compliant Assessment Engine

Available 2003 to 2005
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Jorums Area
administration
pedagogy
learning resources
teacher
student
dialogue
delivery system / vle
competencies
repository
tests assessment
repository
activities
registry/authority
course
Original diagram by C. Duncan
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Reloads Area
administration
pedagogy
learning resources
teacher
student
dialogue
delivery system / vle
competencies
repository
tests assessment
repository
activities
registry/authority
course
Original diagram by C. Duncan
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TOIAs Area
administration
pedagogy
learning resources
teacher
student
dialogue
delivery system / vle
competencies
repository
tests assessment
repository
activities
registry/authority
course
Original diagram by C. Duncan
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Strand B Tool Coverage
administration
pedagogy
learning resources
teacher
student
dialogue
delivery system / vle
competencies
repository
tests assessment
repository
activities
registry/authority
course
Original diagram by C. Duncan
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Assessment Interoperability
Packaged for Delivery
Renderer of Single Question (CanLite)
Assessment Engine (TOIA) Construct or access
Questions Render Questions and Build Test Deliver
Test Report
Other content Interaction notes
Repository of XML Questions
Available to all Colleges 1/9/03
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FE Groups Objectives

• Speed up roll out of tools and content that focus
  on benefits of interoperability.
• Getting all sectors to speak with one voice.
• Acquainting senior managers with the vision that
  interoperability can offer.
• Updating teacher education
• Greater FE influence in JISC

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Re-design around eLearning tools

• US Research redesigned courses give 40
  reduction in delivery costs.
• Models
• Supplementary
• Replacement
• Emporium (Learning Centre Setting)
• Fully Online
• Buffet (Assess Skills Individual Study Plan)

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Contacts

• Shelagh Brumpton (sbrumpton_at_newark.ac.uk)
• Clive Church (cchurch_at_newark.ac.uk)
• Steve Jeyes (jeyesint_at_ntlworld.com)
• www.cetis.ac.uk
• www.iconex.hull.ac.uk
• www.toia.ac.uk