1. Information Services and Systems De Montfort University
Ian Bloor
(Promotion/Dissemination)
Jason Ferguson
(Software Developer)
MLE Development Team
Information Services and Systems
De Montfort University
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2. JISC 7/99 Project: Building MLEs in HE
September August 2002
JISC 7/99 Project: Building MLEs in HE
Develop an integrated, personalised learning environment for learners at DMU.
Technical feasibility ?
User preferences and requirements ?
Costs and Benefits ?
Disseminate findings to the HE Community.
Exploitation
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4. with VLE, Meta-Directory Continued dissemination to FE/HE
September
Operational service
Transfer to ISAS
3 year Development Plan
with VLE, Meta-Directory
Continued dissemination to FE/HE
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5. MLE
Aiming to provide a learner-centred view of the University’s information systems and learning systems
MLE development:
Providing seamless, personalised, secure access to separate data sources
Modelling academic processes
Working towards greater integration of systems
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6. MLE Development Tools Selection criteria Flexibility Control
Scalability
Initially chose: Java, In-house development
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7. Reasons for Choosing uPortal 2.0
It does what we want!
Developer community
Training
Add-ons
Credibility:
examples of successful implementations
VLE vendors interested in developing links
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8. Presentation Personalisation uPortal Channels Business Logic Data HTML
Pages
Tomcat
CSS
Presentation
XSLT
uPortal
uPortal
Database
Personalisation
LDAP
uPortal Channels
Business
Logic
Firewall
RSS
Feeds
XML
Documents
Databases
(Postgres)
Data
Broker
Admin.
Databases
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9. Benefits of working with uPortal
Separation of presentation and business logic
Standard format/process for building and and adding channels - enables division of labour
Easy to do standard Portal tasks, e.g. set personal preferences, bookmarks
Confidence
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10. Issues Skills required: Java, XML, XSLT Implementation of SSL
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