We are all Individuals! Knowledge exchange, open data, portfolios and discovery in an accessible employability ecosystem

Future Learners, New Opportunities and TechnologyNottingham 11th December 2012

Kirstie Coolin

Head of the Centre for International ePortfolio Development (CIePD)

Libraries and Research and Learning Resourceswww.nottingham.ac.uk/eportfolio

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Yes. We are all

individuals

I’m not

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Are we heading toward homogenisation?

Globalisation

League tables/Rankings

Targeted/corporate research

Fees? Students as consumers?

Funding squeeze/greater competition

Shrinking of subjects

What about Personalisation, Lifelong learning, accessibility?

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How can innovation and enterprise be realised in this space?

How can we encourage opportunity and develop a wide-ranging skills-base?

Won’t this be expensive?

How can we harness technology to underpin learner journeys?

Employability EcosystemLocating linked functions to support a personalised “lifelong learning journey”

Linking: learner-centred ePortfolio functionality with regional learning communities, connecting employers, learners, education institutions and careers services. Facilitating the networks and communities required for learning and progression.

Using: open standards, security, web services, open data, semantic technology

InformationContentConnectionsPeopleOpen dataOpen standardsWeb servicesMobile techSemantic webOERAPIs

These are the tools we have

Kirstie CoolinUniversity of Nottingham

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What does the infrastructure look like?

Service layer – linked data/semantic, combined data sets, open standards, services

Data layer

Institutional/open data

E.g. courses dataAnalytics

learning outcomesResearch/journalsGrad destinations

Other available data

E.g. OER social/profession

al networksMOOC/courses

Open dataE.g. Maps/transport

Government data/stats

Labour marketCompetencesBusinesses

Richer personal connections, course data, career information, business intelligence, CRM, marketing, employer engagement, alumni, graduate destination, employability etc.

XCRI LEAP2A Competence LTI HR-XMLRSS

New data created via system use – sent back to the service layer

Personal dataSocial networking

ProfilesePortfolio /

skills/competenceBadges

Learner at the heart

education institutions

course finders

careersAny Other Consuming

services / mobileresearch

Application layer

business Networks

Potential Outcomes?

• Richer knowledge & transparency• Targeted and lightweight apps• Better analytics• Accessibility of data/information/knowledge• Direct relationships between students/employers• Better understanding of skills gaps and employer

requirements• Networking for employability• Find employment opportunities/placements• Access to informal educational opportunities

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Thank You

Kirstie Coolin

Head of the Centre for International ePortfolio Development (CIePD)

Libraries and Research and Learning Resourceswww.nottingham.ac.uk/eportfolio

@ciepd

@kirstie_c