HEAR Technical

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HEARTechnical

• Scott Wilson

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3 key areas for success

• Standards
• Vendor engagement and commitment
• Community support

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1. Standards
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Deliverables

• Business cases and business models
• Architecture options for sharing and verifying
  the HEAR
• Information model and XML schema

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Coordination with europe

• Converging HEAR with European standards for
  Diploma Supplement and ECTS
• CEN/ISSS TC 353
• Work Item Learner Mobility Model
• Engagement by CEDEFOP, CETIS, vendors
• Groundwork already laid MLO standard

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Coordination with suppliers

• Working with Digitary on identifying architecture
  options for use of Advanced Electronic Signatures
  and tamper-evident records

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Coordination with other UK agencies

• MIAP
• Mapping HEAR specifications to MIAP Learner
  Record
• HESA
• Mapping HEAR specifications to HESA return
• ISB
• Coordination with PLOT SIG at ISB

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What you can do for us

• Tell us what you want to achieve with the HEAR
• Show us examples of the reports you want to
  create
• Tell us about your business models and
  partnerships for the HEAR
• Tell us which systems and suppliers you are
  working with

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2. Suppliers
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Supplier engagement and commitment

• RS3G is an existing community in Europe for
  suppliers of HE student systems interested in
  standards
• CETIS has been involved with RS3G since its
  inception
• RS3G has already indicated that graduate
  documents are a key area

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Whats next

• RS3G working meeting in December focused on
  technical standards for Diploma Supplement

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What you can do for us

• Tell us who your suppliers are and well work on
  getting them into this network
• Oracle/Peoplesoft, Aggresso already active
  members

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3. Community
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Where are the technical experts?

• Most of them already work in your institutions
• Registry
• MIS
• IT Services
• Others are working for your suppliers
• MIS, SRS, HR
• A few work for us -)

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Our approach

• Provide opportunities for community self-support
• Connecting communities with standards bodies,
  external agencies, vendor consortia
• Strategic interventions publications, events