Mike Lloyd

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Mike Lloyd Strategic Marketing Manager Education
Group Microsoft UK
Whats up ahead in Further and Higher Education?
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Agenda

• Who are we and what do we do?
• FE/HE under pressure
• Challenges and where technology can help
• Examples of key technologies
• Why partner with Microsoft
• RD and sneak preview
• Tech roadmap
• Platform, integration, interoperability
• Sector specific programmes and support
• Microsoft in education our journey

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Who are we and what do we do?
Skills Development
Sales and Marketing

• Marie Taylor

• David Burrows Education Group Manager
• Chris Dent, Group Manager - Partners
• Mike Lloyd, Education Marketing Manager
• Dominic Watts, HE Business Manager
• Amanda Bicknell, FE Business Manager
• Mark ABear, Strategic Partner Manager
• Dan Pilling, Sector Manager HE
• Tanya Dyason, Sector Manager FE
• Nick Umney, Technical Strategist
• Romola Ganguli, Clare Chambers, METAs
• Dee Bates, Education ISV Manager

Developer and Platform Group

• Kevin McDaniel

Education relationships

• Stephen Uden

PiL

• Clare Riley

• Helped today by - Robin Gadd, Brockenhurst
  College Laura Naismith, Birmingham University
  Rob Miles, Hull University Alistair Sandford
  UWE Jason Langridge, MS Mobility Group DPE team
  and Chris Yapp.

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Who are our partners in FE and HE?
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FE and HE under pressure
Political and legislative pressures
Commercial Reality

• Increasing pressure on educational institutions
  to become more commercially minded
• Become more competitive (domestic and
  internationally)
• Differentiate and provide unique value
• Streamline reduce overheads
• Drive efficiencies

• Bologna (EU)
• E-Strategy (UK)

• Increased numbers
• Guidance on access

• Data Protection
• Freedom of Information
• IP
• Human Rights
• Disability
• E-Security
• Etc

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Higher Education
Research
Teaching
Income from research
Student fees
Synergy through effective ops
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Further Education
Engagement with employers
Teaching
Synergy through effective ops
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Higher Education Challenges
Challenges
Technology enablers
Goal

• Build research communities that are
  geographically dispersed
• X-institutional/business information-sharing and
  tracking
• Build global IP value chains

Research
Realise value of research

• Collaboration tools and custom solutions

• Web based CRM systems to process student data
• Data and application integration tools
• Network management tools to cut IT service costs

Operations

• Course costing, payments, recruitment,
  timetabling
• Integrate and access a variety of student data
  securely (identity, academic, business, legal)

Improve business processes

• Provide students with personalised learning
  experiences, tailored to their unique
  requirements
• Stronger accountability and performance tracking

Teaching

• Learning management systems
• E-folios
• Anytime Anywhere Learning solutions

Recruit, retain, results
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Further Education Challenges
Challenges
Technology enablers
Goal
Employers
Engage with world of work

• Build connected learning communities

• Collaboration and communication tools

• Web based CRM systems to process student data
• Data and application integration tools
• Network management tools to cut IT service costs

• Reporting
• Course costing, payments, recruitment,
  timetabling
• Integrate and access a variety of student data
  securely (identity, academic, business, legal)

Operations
Improve business processes
Teaching

• Provide students with personalised learning
  experiences, tailored to their unique
  requirements
• Stronger accountability and performance tracking

• Learning management systems
• E-folios
• Anytime Anywhere Learning solutions

Recruit, retain, results
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Data Capture at MIT - Typical iLabNoteBook entry
in MS Journal
E.g. 1. Global IP value chain
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E.g. 2. Plagiarism and IP theft
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E.g. 3. E-Folio
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E.g. 4. Learning Gateway
New partners for HE Learning Gateway -

• Silversands
• Diagonal
• Ciber

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Why partner with Microsoft?

• Long term innovation roadmap
• Complete technology platform that can
  interoperate with other platforms
• Programmes and offerings specifically for the FE
  and HE sectors

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Microsoft RD efforts

• MSR - commitment to innovation
• 5.9B devoted to RD
• Standards and Interoperability (.net, XML, SIF,
  SCORM, IMS, TCP/IP)

• Focused technology transfer effort
• Technologies for personalisation Web access,
  navigation, smart cards, voice hand writing,
  gestures

• ClearType (Windows XP)
• Access for people with disabilities
• Handwriting input (Tablet PC)
• Datamining
• Natural Language Speech (Office)
• TabletPC and mobile devices

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Social Computing finding expertise

• KI incubation project
• Pilots may be available

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Social computing building networks
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Windows Longhorn Timeline
Sept 2003 Developer engagement
April 2005 OEM IHV engagement
Summer 2005 Platform beta, IT engagement
Winter 2005 End user engagement
Holiday 2006 Broad availability
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Integrated Technology Platform
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Platform Interoperability
Leverage All Organisational Assets
Capture New Opportunities
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Academic programmes
We help institutions, faculty and students to
innovate in software development, learning and
teaching

• Recognising Talent
• Resources and recognition for students
• Widening Access
• Low cost access to our .NET development tools
• Supporting Teaching
• Help and guidance with innovative Computer
  Science curriculum development

Any questions, please ask us at
ukacinfo_at_microsoft.com
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Microsofts Skills Programmes


Quality training leading to qualifications Links
to the community Leading-edge status Fresh
curriculum Work-ready students
Differentiated CPD programme Free learning
materials Accreditation Innovation
grants Global networks
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The Education Support Centre

• An IT support service staffed by IT Professionals
  and dedicated to the needs of the education
  sector.
• Support and advice on all Microsoft products
  covered by Campus and Select Agreements
• Can escalate to Microsoft global technical
  support centre

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Microsoft in HE/FE our education solutions
journey
NOW
THEN
Increasing solution and product development
focus -
Volume licensing for generic products

• Learning Gateway
• Learning Server
• Student and Teacher Essentials
• Learning Network Manager
• SSN Educa

Microsoft
Focus on solution development services, and
system integration
Volume licensing retail
Partners
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Why partner with Microsoft?

• Long term innovation roadmap
• Complete technology platform that can
  interoperate with other platforms
• Programmes and offerings specifically for the FE
  and HE sectors

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Thank you and enjoy the rest of the day
11.20 11.40 Coffee Break Networking with
Partners Sessions Divide into FE and HE Tracks