Rome Student Systems and Standards Group Workshop Introduction Simone Ravaioli, Kion We want to make things easier ! Help in communicating better

RS3G (Rome Student Systems and Standards Group) is an established group of software implementers and stakeholders in the European Higher Education domain which is focused on contributing to the definition and adoption of standards and procedures for the exchange of data to facilitate student mobility and lifelong learning. We want to make things easier ! Help in communicating better

RS3G (Rome Student Systems and Standards Group) is an established group of software implementers and stakeholders in the European Higher Education domain which is focused on contributing to the definition and adoption of standards and procedures for the exchange of data to facilitate student mobility and lifelong learning.

.. It’s a long way to Santiago… right David, Jim, Frans, Nicola Stuttgart Rome Santiago @ EUNIS 2009 .. It’s a long way to Santiago… right David, Jim, Frans, Nicola Nevertheless RS3G decided to take “the road less travelled”: Rome, Dublin, Stuttgart… The RS3G way !

“all roads lead start from Rome” European workshop, 9th November 2007 in Rome Defining standards and procedures for the exchange of student curriculum data between Higher Education Institutions 40 participants from 13 countries Rome Student Systems and Standards Group (R3SG) Recommendations Permanent Observatory Delegation of Experts to CEN Promote technical subgroups "Standards come through adoption” D. Moldoff, Academy One (Rome workshop, Nov.9th 2007) Thank you, David!

Standardization authorities i.e. CEN Dublin Worshop Sharing Perspectives for the Rapid Development of Standards for Course Description and Curriculum Data 2 “standard” perspectives: Implementers i.e. R3SG Standardization authorities i.e. CEN

Building momentum European workshop, 25th April 2008 in Dublin Sharing Perspectives for the Rapid Development of Standards for Course Description and Curriculum Data 37 participants from 11 countries 2 “standard” perspectives – implementers vs. standardization authorities Business Cases: the need for standardization Focus Areas Graduation Documents (Diploma Supplement) European Learner Mobility (EUROPASS) Course Unit Description Course equivalencies

The opportunities for standards Course Description Academic Offer Validation Course Advertising Mediated Application Course Unit Curriculum Description Exchange Mobility Transfer Mobility Graduation Documents Employment Student Observatory STUDY PROGRAMMES & COURSE UNITS CATALOGUE ............................................................................ LEARNING AGREEMENT .................................................................................................................. TRANSCRIPT OF RECORDS ......................................................................................................................... STUDY PROGRAMME DETAILS ....................................................................................... DIPLOMA SUPPLEMENT ......................................................................................................................... COURSE UNIT DETAILS .............................................................. CURRICULUM VITAE .........................................................................................................................

Academic Offer Validation Course Advertising Mediated Application Course Unit Exchange Mobility Transfer Mobility Graduation Documents Employment Business Cases Flow Student Observatory

Growing Pains European workshop, December 11th 2008 in Stuttgart Moving Bologna Data Exchanges forward 36 participants from 12 countries “Growing pains” - from group to organization Visibility and Proliferation of workshop results CEN contribution: MLO and ELM Euro AFI project (University of Stuttgart) Liason with Terena, EUNIS, CEN, NEC (National Europass Centers), EAIE

601742 participants countries organizations Anyone wants to guess what it this number here ? In a year when conference attendance in down 20% across the globe, this is quite an achievement. Give yourself a nice round of applause RS3G !! participants countries organizations

60 participants from 17 different countries 42 different organizations RS3G @ EUNIS 60 participants from 17 different countries 42 different organizations RS3G update Steering Committee Manifesto Liaisons Identity Management and Student System Standards Defining mobility standards – European Learner Mobility Caling out for active RS3G collaboration

RS3G @ EUNIS Welcome by EUNIS Vice-President - Jan Madey (10:00 - 10:15) RS3G update (10:15 - 11:30) coffe break (11:30 - 12:00) The Big Picture: Identity Management and Student System Standards - a tag team that must work (12:00 - 13:00) lunch break (14:00 - 15:00) Update on European Learner Mobility project (15:00 – 15:45) International Collaboration Projects (15:45 - 16:30) coffee break (16:30 – 17:00) Discussion and Closing (17:00 – 17:45)

RS3G Steering Committee Steering committee members Gunnar Backelin, LADOK (SE) Jonathan Dempsey, Digitary (IE) Jean Francois Desnos, EUNIS (FR) Manuel Dietz, QS unisolution (DE) Herman de Leeuw, EAIE (NL) Simone Ravaioli, KION (IT) Advisors to steering committee Jan Martin Lowendahl, Gartner Research (SE) David Moldoff, PESC and Academy One (USA) Mark Stubbs, Manchester Metropolitan University (GB)

RS3G Manifesto RS3G is an international group of stakeholders of HE contributing to: Facilitate student mobility and lifelong learning by: Building community to share news and experience in student systems Identifying and sharing opportunities to establish interoperability Providing expertise to the development of business cases driving specifications Contributing to, endorsing and facilitating uniform adoption towards standards Fostering contacts with formal entities such as EC, EUA, ENQA, CEN * Liaise with communities of interest like EAIE, EUNIS ** Showcasing outcomes of RS3G activities

Uppsala RS3G Nov. 2009 Madrid EAIE Sept.2009

Ladok - hosting organization Welcome to the next workshop! - in Uppsala, Sweden November (16-) 17 Theme/focus: Ladok - hosting organization