1. Terry Rourke, Project Manager www.shellproject.net

2. SHELL – S outhwest H osts E nhancing L ifelong L earning Development of an infrastructure for exchange of student data using IMS (1) Transfer of partnership data between the University of Plymouth and its partnership colleges (2) Creation of a multi-institution Learner Record Objectives: ioNode Variety of applications Single registration Facilitating access to the Universitys VLE Access by the learner Learner input to the final design Access by institutions at admissions time

3. Entry of student registration data at Cornwall College Entry of Student Registration Data

4. Learner Record DB Hub Transfer of Registration Data Data from colleges & the University Agent

5. Student views her lifelong Learner Record via the web Access to Learner Record

6. Learner Record DB Hub Partnership Students Agent

7. Partnership students gain access to the Universitys VLE Partnership Students

8. Learner Record DB Regional Hub Regional ioNode Infrastructure Links to other regions Schools, FE and HE

9. Test Bed Development To create a test environment that supports the latest UK versions of IMS (1) Use by software vendors (2) Use by other projects Objectives: To test IMS interfaces to their software May ultimately lead to compliance testing To test transfers between a large range of systems Broaden application of IMS within the sector UK Leap Enterprise