1. Joint Programme Meeting 07 th July 2005 Supporting the lifelong learner through and across stages of learning Learner Records and Pathways Dr Greg McClure Project Manager, NIIMLE

2. The challenge To provide services that will: enhance student retention and progression encourage students to take a more holistic view of tertiary education focus on the needs of the lifelong learner contribute to widening participation

3. The Pathways service Searchable database of courses Helping learners with course choices Backed up by mentoring service Beats gathering and wading through prospectuses Data is gathered from all NIIMLE partner institutions

4. Pathways Service – Search Results

5. Mentoring Service

6. The Transcript service Formal summative record of achievement Data obtained directly from the student record databases Transported using IMS Enterprise webservices

7. Transcript Service

8. The PDP service An environment for personal reflection Personal development records can be combined with the transcript to create the progress file

9. PDP Service – Skills

10. Lessons Course data needs descriptive fields for prospectus production Transcript data needs entered earlier Too many courses – 87,000 in NI Data quality is absolutely critical Personal data Enrolment data Course codes and curriculum structures need unified (NICATS)