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Overview

Warwickshire College, Worcester College of Technology and Burton College have come together to collaborate on the development of a electronic Individual Learning Plan (ILP) system. The system will not only be for the traditional purposes of a learning plan but centralise data in one location, providing knowledge and understand for each institutions stakeholders.

The system which we call GLOSS (Global Learning One Stop Shop) will enable each stakeholder to see the tailored information that they need in their role. It will be an evolution of existing quality systems that each consortia partner already possess.

Aims and Objectives

Understanding the particular information needs of the Staff and Students within the bounds of the project
Collaborated with colleagues and learners from our own college and consortia partners
Improved upon the processes, systems and work flow that are already in place
A reduction in the numbers of services required at each institution, by sharing such services between several partners
Produced systems that work on with the differing technologies of the collaborating partners
Delivering the knowledge of our research and development to others through an excellence gate and other means

Project Methodology

Richard Trigg project leader will oversee the plans and lead meetings involving the development process.

Quality teams at Warwickshire and Worcester Colleges develop a list of system requirements from investigation of best practice and individual requirements

Development teams meet to agree the proposed system develop a schedule of work. Main development to take place at Warwickshire, with Worcester developing integration for differing systems.

Carl Arrowsmith will maintain commination between parties, create and update the projects web site and additional required materials.

Outputs

Initial research and the findings
A comparison the initial objectives to the final system
Comparison of the measured outcomes
Benefits and findings of the finalised GLOSS system
Issues that have occurred
Collaboration between the consortium partners
An analysis of the project outcomes from the view of staff and learner

Anticipated Outputs and Outcomes

Outcomes

The researched information requirements of staff and students will be published and implemented into the GLOSS system
The GLOSS system will meet each of the planned requirements laid out within the project life cycle
The completed system (GLOSS) will work on the consortium partners differing technical infrastructures
The ILP delivered as a shared service will interconnect with the institutional software based at individual project partnership colleges
Feedback of end users via survey or other form of measurable assessment will show an improvement in the processes
Report generated on project completion