RIPPLLing our way to a Reference Model

Clive Church, CETIS

Angela Smallwood, University of Nottingham

ePortfolios Premise

• Everyone has a different view of what an ePortfolio contains

• Everyone is right

Goals andAspirations

Goals and Aspirations

Qualification Details

Personal Details

InstitutionsAttendedPersonal

Achievements

Interests

Courses to be applied for

Application to College Generator

Applying from school to college:

The Nottingham LEA ePassportfolio system

Underlying Philosophy:

Goals andAspirations

Qualification Details

Personal

DetailsInstitutionsAttended

School / Home

School

Application to College Generator

School/

HomeSchool

PersonalAchievements

Interests

School/

Home

School/

Home

Coursework

School

data componentsData components can be stored on different systemsComponents can be transferable from system to system

Appropriate components can be accessed from individual applications

GOAL QCL

Qualifications,

Certificates and

Licences INTERESTS

ACTIVITY

ID

SECURITY

ACCESSIBILTY COMPETENCY TRANSCRIPTRELATIONSHIPS

AFFILIATIONS

The LEAP (British Standard BS 8788) Space

Coursework

Schools, colleges attended

For example: between QCI and a portfolioSummary of all

achievements

Table of Rights

…..and the components conform to standards

ePortfolio DevelopmentsNottingham University and partners

1. RIPPLL (Regional Interoperability Project on Progression for Lifelong Learning)

•Test LEAP for moving data both between institutions and also between institution and employer (in both directions)

•Pilot LEAP within the City of Nottingham Passport and support development of new Passportfolio system as fully LEAP compliant

•Provide a range of scenarios and use cases

Partners:Nottingham Trent UniversityNottingham LEAWest Notts College, Broxtowe College,New College Nottingham, [Newark College]Toyota Lexus AcademySMEs in IT industry

City of Nottingham Passport(One use case: school to college)

ID Accessibility

Goal Inter

ests

App: School ILP

(years 9 to 11)

ID QCL

1*

Interests

GoalAcces

sibility Other dataApp: Build an application to College

App: Transmitting Results

ID QCL

1*

QCL

2*

QCL

2*

IDAcces

sibilityGoal

Interests

Other Data

App: Build ILP framework ???

From Awarding Body? College’s data

Regional Interoperability Project on

Progression for Lifelong Learning (RIPPLL)

Use cases: pathways through learning

Contribution to Interoperability standards

Testing Standards

Authentication

….and its link to Lifelong Learning

Applications to work, college, university

Individual Learning Plans

Progress reflection

Goal Setting

Recording achievements

Assessment

Guidance

RIPPLLing thro’ the region

• FE applications process • All post-16 colleges in the region involved• Dissemination of:

– Awareness– Know-how– Technical infrastructure

• Enabling further collaboration in future to share data via web services

• www.nottingham.ac.uk/rippll/keydocuments.htm

Leaving School

College, travel or job?

3 years working

for the Council

I’ll use my City Learner Passport to apply to College and get a better job

Can’t afford University

But can apply for a Foundation Degree using my learning plan

Finished my Work based learning degree

I’m looking for new job with skills evidenced in my ePortfolio

I’ve kept my ePortfolio up to date

Now I can carry on adding to it as a Union rep

6030

70

5040

18

2125

Age 16 years

Age 6 months

Creche

Learner Passport

learndirect

Local College

School Record

University

Vision being explored through 12 projects developing eportfolios for lifelong learning.Susie makes decisions at key stages about, assisted by a lifelong learning record or ePortfolio to apply for courses and jobs and to plan career decisions

MUSCLE: joint learner records for schools and colleges

SHELL: regional student lifelong learning record

Nottingham: work between City and University to allow wider access to Higher Education

NIIMLE: giving students access to lifelong learning record through a web portal

QMUL: supporting online PDP for work-based learners on degree courses

UEO: providing training for union representatives through national network of colleges

CRA: work to develop technically and culturally sustainable lifelong learning record

Apply to College

WORK

Many further unspecifiedscenarios in

Lifelong Learning

of PDP &

e-P in:

Work,

Trade Unions

and many others

VocationalTraining,

Apprentice-ships,

Workexperience,

ProfessionalDevelopment

Professionalbodies

Student Internships

CPD

VoluntarySector

Traineeships

Work Taught Postgraduate

PDP

Y9

Y10

Y11 PDP

Apply to HE

undergradApply to work

Apply to HE 2nd

cycle

NottinghamCETL e-Portfolio Reference Site

Apply to work

I nduction to HE taught postgrad

PDP

Apply to work

Exit PDP

Induction to FE PDP

Exit PDP

FE PDP

HE PDP

Induction to HE undergrad PDP

Exit PDP

ePF4LL original concept

Apply to College

WORK

Many further unspecifiedscenarios in

Lifelong Learning

of PDP &

e-P in:

Work,

Trade Unions

and many others

VocationalTraining,

Apprentice-ships,

Workexperience,

ProfessionalDevelopment

Professionalbodies

Student Internships

CPD

VoluntarySector

Traineeships

Work Taught Postgraduate

PDP

Y9

Y10

Y11 PDP

Apply to HE

undergradApply to work

Apply to HE 2nd

cycle

NottinghamCETL e-Portfolio Reference Site

Apply to work

I nduction to HE taught postgrad

PDP

Apply to work

Exit PDP

Induction to FE PDP

Exit PDP

FE PDP

HE PDP

Induction to HE undergrad PDP

Exit PDP

Areas covered by RIPPLL

Apply to College

WORK

Many further unspecifiedscenarios in

Lifelong Learning

of PDP &

e-P in:

Work,

Trade Unions

and many others

VocationalTraining,

Apprentice-ships,

Workexperience,

ProfessionalDevelopment

Professionalbodies

Student Internships

CPD

VoluntarySector

Traineeships

Work Taught Postgraduate

PDP

Y9

Y10

Y11 PDP

Apply to HE

undergradApply to work

Apply to HE 2nd

cycle

NottinghamCETL e-Portfolio Reference Site

Apply to work

I nduction to HE taught postgrad

PDP

Apply to work

Exit PDP

Induction to FE PDP

Exit PDP

FE PDP

HE PDP

Induction to HE undergrad PDP

Exit PDP

Areas studied by eP4LL

Data transfer and data look-up

• ePF4LL started with data transfer and moved on to data look-up via web services within the Framework

• It is exploring the idea of the ‘thin’ ePF application, interacting with ePF-enabled services

• Feasibility of ePF for LLL depends partly on reusability of technology – patterns: identifying analogous processes and common web services

ePortfolio

Assessment Results & comments

Learner Reflections

Dialogues

LearningPlans

Learner Goals

Assessment Service

Personal Development Service

Pathway Information Service

IAG planning Service

7.

10.

Enrolment Service

8.

9.

1.

2.

3.

4.

College Repository

University Repository

Exam Board Repository

‘Thin’ ePortfolio -- illustration

Synergies

• RIPPLL Reference Model– Real world testbed– Scenarios and use cases

• Reference Model RIPPLL– Web services approach– Shibboleth: distributed access to data = far

more workable model

ePortfolio DevelopmentsNottingham University (and partners)

2. Reference Model: eP4LL (e-portfolio for Lifelong Learning)

•More e-portfolio use cases with methodology

•Definition of common services (the generic software that links data and software together such as an orchestration service)

•Contributions to technical standards development

•Source of expertise for government and its agencies.

Technical Achievements

• Use of LEAP• Use of XSLT (extensible style sheet

language transform)• Web service in receivers domain

ePassportfolio

Data

Web

ServiceParser Database

School College

•Validation of Shibboleth

Links with Assessment Reference Model (FREMA)

: A Domain View

Items

Validation Final Grade

Structuring

Assessment

Marking

Grade book

Multiplicity

Mock

Self assessMark

Review

Learning

Peer Group

Student FeedbackEvidenceTracking

Artefacts

Course

Group

Member

Tra

nscrip

t

Schedule

Delivery

FREMA: A Domain view –overlapping with e-portfolios

Items

Validation Final Grade

Structuring

Assessment

Marking

Grade book

Multiplicity

Mock

Self assessMark

Review

Learning

Peer Group

Student FeedbackEvidenceTracking

Artefacts

Course

Group

Member

Tra

nscrip

t

Schedule

Delivery

Future technical developments…….. 1. Inclusion of authentication2. Creation of more generic web services (SOAP, WSDL..)

Goals andAspirations

Qualification Details

Personal

DetailsInstitutionsAttended

School / HomeSchool

Personal Guidance

School/

HomeSchool

PersonalAchievements

Interests

School/

Home

School/

Home

Coursework

School

Access rights service

Access rights service

Access rights service

Access rights service

Access rights service

Access rights service

Orchestration between services and authentication