Scott Wilson, Assistant Director, CETIS Alan Paull, Information Management Consultant, APS Ltd 27 March 2009, Leeds, UK XCRI: eXchanging Course Related Information CAP: Course Advertising Profile

 The ‘whys’ and ‘hows’ of XCRI  Current position across UK education organisations  National and European drivers  The business case Our current work: Focus on Benefits Realisation Self-assessment Readiness Framework XCRI Knowledge Base

… the UK standard for describing course marketing information … a way of describing information about learning opportunities … about eXchanging Course Related Information.

structure definitions names specification providersproviders advertise coursescourses courses are presented for enrolment any number of times through presentationspresentations presentations instantiate coursescourses 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.

Provider identifier*, title*, subject*, description*, relation*, url, image, address Course identifier*, title*, subject*, description*, relation*, url, image, qualification*, credit* Presentation identifier*, 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 in XCRI-CAP format Course information system(s) Collect once use many times

Learning Provider UCASLLN Web Prospectus Provider re-keys & pushes for each aggregator NLD Learning Provider UCASLLN Web Prospectus XML Aggregators Poll & Harvest from Providers Provider publishes XCRI prospectus as well as web prospectus NLD

2005 JISC fund XCRI “Reference Model” project. Team review international standards, e-prospectus websites (161+) & site visits; R1.0 XCRI schema 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 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 DCSF’s Action Plan for Prospectus recommends adoption in sector by ISB approves XCRI-CAP 1.1 as national eProspectus standard. E Mids Pilot; non-JISC-funded work continues 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 primitive data entry Learning provider community Department for Children, Schools and Families Information Standards Board JISC XCRI-enabled services Jobs Careers Qualifications

Reid Kerr C Bolton Uni UCAS Oxford Uni Middlesex Uni WYLLN (Huddersfield) MMU E Mids, incl Leap Ahead LLN, SSC LLN, Uni of Nottingham Liverpool CCLiP MOVE LLN (Herts) Adam Smith C Plymouth Uni Open University GMSA 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

Alan Paull, Information Management Consultant, APS Ltd 27 March 2009, Leeds, UK XCRI: eXchanging Course Related Information CAP: Course Advertising Profile

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