Scott Wilson, scott.bradley.wilson@gmail.comAssistant Director, CETIS

Alan Paull, alan@alanpaull.co.ukInformation Management Consultant, APS Ltd

27 March 2009, Leeds, UK

XCRI: eXchanging Course Related InformationCAP: Course Advertising Profile

The ‘whys’ and ‘hows’ of XCRICurrent position across UK education

organisationsNational and European driversThe business case

Our current work: Focus on Benefits Realisation

Self-assessment Readiness FrameworkXCRI Knowledge Base

… the UK standard for describing course marketing information

… a way of describing information about learning opportunities

… about eXchanging Course Related Information

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structure structure definitionsdefinitionsnames names

specificationspecification

providers advertise courses

courses are presented for enrolment any number of times through presentations

presentations instantiate courses

A presentation is a particular instance of the course offered at a particular time and place and is the entity to which learners apply. Alternative names for this type of structure include course offering and course instance.

Catalog @generated

Provideridentifier*, title*, subject*, description*, relation*, url, image, address

Courseidentifier*, title*, subject*, description*, relation*, url, image, qualification*, credit*Presentationidentifier*, title*, subject*, description*, relation*, url, image, start, end, duration, studyMode, attendanceMode, attendancePattern, languageOfInstruction, languageOfAssessment, placesAvailable, cost, enquireTo, applyFrom, applyUntil, applyTo, entryProfile*, entryRequirements*, venue*

* = multiples permitted

Learning Provider’s system

Information inXCRI-CAP format

Course information system(s)

Collect once ...Collect once ... ... use many times

... use many times

LearningProvider

UCAS LLN

WebProspectus

Providerre-keys & pushes for eachaggregator

NLD

LearningProvider

UCAS LLN

WebProspectus

XML

AggregatorsPoll & Harvest fromProviders

ProviderpublishesXCRI prospectusas well as webprospectus

NLD

2005 JISC fund XCRI “Reference Model” project. Team review international standards, e-prospectus websites (161+) & site visits; R1.0 XCRI schema.

2006 XCRI tools prototyped: XCRI>PDF brochures & ReST Xpath search. Existing deployment reviewed & optimised XCRI CAP 1.0 released. JISC fund XCRI CAP 1.0 trials, demo aggregator & xcri.org support

2007 DfES and Becta briefed. XCRI adopted as ‘preferred approach’ by LSC. Bolton, OU, Oxford, MMU & Staffs CAP feeds read by demo aggregator. CEN WS-LT & vendor meetings for European MLO harmonization begin.

2008 JISC funds CAP 1.1 pilots. XCRI champion elected to DIUS/DCSF ISB. GMSA, Edge Hill, W Cheshire, Kent XCRI feeds. CEN WS-LT Agreement on MLO => European Norm; E Mid, Huddersfield, Teesside, Worcester start XCRI projects.

2009 DCSF’s Action Plan for 14-19 Prospectus recommends adoption in 14-19 sector by 2010. ISB approves XCRI-CAP 1.1 as national eProspectus standard. E Mids 14-19 Pilot; non-JISC-funded work continues.

2010 Recommendations to DCSF. Dev’t of XCRI-CAP 1.2. Mini-projects: Bolton, Cardiff (UWIC), Hull, Huddersfield, Newcastle, Nottingham. MLO European Norm expected to be ratified. XCRI Benefits Realisation project (August 2010).

Informed choice

Standards

Interoperability

Learners

Learning provider community

Department for Children, Schools and Families

Information Standards Board

JISC XCRI-enabled services

JobsCareers

Qualifications

Reid Kerr C

Bolton Uni

UCAS

Oxford Uni

Middlesex Uni

WYLLN (Huddersfield)MMU

E Mids, incl Leap Ahead LLN, SSC LLN, Uni of NottinghamLiverpool CCLiP

MOVE LLN (Herts)

Adam Smith C

Plymouth Uni

Open UniversityGMSA

HW LLN (Uni of Worcester)

Edge Hill Uni

West Cheshire C

Higher York LLN

Staffordshire Uni

Uni of Kent

Hull Uni

Cardiff, UWIC

Newcastle Uni

Bristol, UWE

Learning Providers internal efficiency gains through process improvements cost savings on data input strategic capability through better understanding of its

offerings quality assurance, standardisation, and consolidation of

duplicate offerings Course Collecting Organisations

availability of more providers better quality – more frequent update, better coverage,

greater accuracy, better integrated ‘supply chain’ new value-added services

XCRI Knowledge Basehttp://www.xcri.co.uk/joomlababy/

XCRI Self-assessment Readiness Frameworkhttp://xcrisaf.igsl.co.uk/

XCRI websitehttp://www.xcri.org/

XCRI forumhttp://www.xcri.org/forum/

XCRI wikihttp://www.xcri.org/wiki/

Alan Paull, alan@alanpaull.co.ukInformation Management Consultant, APS Ltd

27 March 2009, Leeds, UK

XCRI: eXchanging Course Related InformationCAP: Course Advertising Profile

University of Gloucestershire – 2010-05-04

Strategic plans Numerous disconnected databases Poor internal information management Continuous requests from Data

Aggregators Internal efficiency drives Manual manipulation of course related

data for marketing activities

Identify key personnel in Marketing, Computing Services, Registry/Administration

Create general awareness and foster interest in XCRi

Develop knowledge and understanding Encourage advocacy of XCRi Support institution in internal

communications and implementation

Supports improved information management Greater knowledge of ‘the business’ Increased capabilities in marketing the offer Enables institutions to be more responsive to

changes in customer requirements Improvement of course related information

creation and flow through validation process Enables the creation of the HEAR record UK ISB Standard Ability to influence data aggregators

http://www.igsl.co.uk/framework/xcrisaf