Course Data: making the most of course information - Stage 2
Stage 1 of the Course Data: making the most of course information Programme has supported the production of an implementation plan outlining changes required to improve course data flows within the institution and produce feeds for external agencies.
63 institutions have been selected for Stage 2 on the basis of these plans and will carry out their projects in the next 14 months through to March 2013.
Stage 2 Deliverables
Stage 2 Projects
List of Stage 2 Projects
Programme Meetings
Online Meeting 18th March: Recording of session, Presentation Link
List of Stage 2 Meetings
Course Data Development Days - Registration is now open - click on Course Data Tech page for more information and to book a space
Communication with Stage 2 Projects
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Resources
XCRI-CAP and HEAR
The HEAR is a means for recording student achievement in higher education (HE) and is intended to provide more detailed information about a student’s learning and achievement than the traditional degree classification system. It will be issued to students on graduation and will include and extend the existing record of academic achievement - the academic transcript - and the European Diploma Supplement. HEAR development is being led by the Burgess Implementation Steering Group (BISG), supported by the Higher Education Funding Council (HEFCE), the Centre for Recording Achievement (CRA), Higher Education Academy (HEA), Universities UK (UUK), Guild HE and JISC. The HEA are supporting institutions implementing the HEAR. The HEAR will conform to FprEN 15981 European Learner Mobility - Achievement information (EuroLMAI). A EuroLMAI conformant XML data specification for the output of HEAR data has been created, which uses XCRI-CAP as the course description component promoting interoperability.
HESA are producing technical guidance on the KIS
and will be running workshops in London on 22nd February and Leeds on 1st March
Business Intelligence
In 2010 JISC and JISC Infonet began national level research to determine what information senior managers need to make sound strategic decisions. The results are embodied in the very practical and much acclaimed Business Intelligence InfoKit. In March 2011 JISC moved to further our understanding of the aspects discovered in the BI Infokit and initiated 11 sector-wide projects which aim to 'help senior managers and decision makers make better use of both internal and external data in support of institutional management and decision making' through application of the BI InfoKit.
Enterprise Architecture
EA is a strategic technique to enable large and complex organisations like Universities to implement change through a mapping of how their business processes work in tandem with their ICT systems. This clarity of purpose allows improvements and amendments in light of pressures to adapt to be made to either with confidence. JISC CETIS have created a free open source Enterprise Architecture modelling tool "Archi" designed for the HE sector. Archi allows the creation of EA models, representing a significant cash saving to the sector and bringing the opportunity to learn from other EA active HEIs.
Data structures
JISC have funded work around the data architecture used in Institutional websites, which have a profound impact on the visibility of information, including course information. A data model has been proposed which would allow more effective discovery.