RIPPLL

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RIPPLL

• Regional Interoperability Project on Progression
  for Lifelong Learning

Dr Angela Smallwood, Project Director
angela.smallwood_at_nottingham.ac.uk Sandra
Kingston, Project Manager sandra.kingston_at_notting
ham.ac.uk Centre for International ePortfolio
Development, University of Nottingham
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The consortium

• Both Nottingham HEIs (University of Nottingham
  and Nottingham Trent University)
• City of Nottingham Passport (LEA) KS3-4 and
  Nottingham FE Colleges
• Local employers, e.g. Rolls-Royce, Toyota, EMDA

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Context

• Focus on continuity across transition supported
  by ePortfolio
• Build on and extend existing partnerships
• Towards a regional identity joining up systems
  in the region modelling LLL
• Support WP agenda
• Focus on a wider range of learners

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Why we got the money

• Wide range of learners, including vocational
  pathways
• Inclusion of LEA and employers
• Progression in a variety of directions,
  study-study, study-work, work-study

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Managing change

• Through involvement of CoNP we have support of
  all FE colleges in the region
• Sharing the HE vision/experience across platforms
• Building a regional identity Nottingham as a
  national test bed/showcase

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Joining up systems

• Building on previous experience using UK LeaP (BS
  8788) standard
• Technical consortium have agreed minimum data set
  (identity data personal statement)
• Demonstrated lifelong learner journey by passing
  one individuals data across 5 transitions KS4,
  FE, HE and employment

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Shibboleth

• Federated authentication system expected to
  replace Athens
• Deployed on Microsoft platform (most support
  documentation is Unix-based)
• Dummy service now running between two servers at
  NTU
• Trialling use for authentication of PDP data

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Key outcomes

• Informing Reference Model project work suggests
  possibilities for wider range of projects to do
  the same
• Community of developers/pedagogic staff across
  sectors
• Building capacity sharing resources
• Recommendations about standards
• Sustainability Passport, NTU PDP

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Where next?

• Bid to JISC for extension funding based on
• Supporting sustainability of systems within the
  region
• Sustaining collaboration and discussion within
  the technical group
• Involving a wider range of partners Connexions
  and more local employers, including SMEs
• Extension of interoperability pilots to use web
  services
• Dissemination to the wider community the RIPPLL
  effect!

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• www.nottingham.ac.uk/rippll