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Leading innovation in technology assisted learning
Leading innovation in technology assisted learning
Opening up the competency store
Opening up the competency store
Dave Waller – Operations DirectorDave Waller – Operations Director
Leading innovation in technology assisted learning
Supporting Competency based learning and development since 2000:
• Extensive experience of competency definition consultancy and support (Retail Academy, NHS Diabetes Care)
• Provision of comprehensive competency analysis tools (Capability Matrix, NHS, Delta-Afrik, CIPD, local authorities)
• Supporting competency development through e-portfolios (ALPS, Foundation Degree in Retail, University of Leeds School of Medicine)
• Strong, ongoing relationship with a number of SSCs and NSAs (most notably the Nuclear and Process Industries – Cogent, NSAPI and NSAN)
• Development of a robust platform for competency framework management (Multi-Port framework powered by .NET and SQLServer)
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Challenges emerging:
• Increasing demand for integrated solutions• Inconsistent structure, definition and publication of frameworks• Wide ranging definition of “competency frameworks” including:
– National Occupational Standards– Skills frameworks– Competency frameworks– Assessment criteria
• Differing approaches within single institutions• Varied commercial / business models when working with
professional institutes and Sector Skills Councils
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The MyKnowledgeMap Multi-Port framework
Core Multi-Port framework application
Data storage layer
User data Learning content
Competency frameworks …
Functional components
Framework management tools
Competency analysis tools
Assessment management tools
e-Portfolio / reflective learning
tools
e-Learning content management tools
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A review of the current approach:
• Interoperability with other systems can often be problematic (especially with non-.NET applications)
• Different Multi-Port core functions are available in different ways (XML, SOAP, JSON, HTML)
• Some Multi-Port core functions are only available through other .NET ASPX pages
• A noticeable shift away from the monolithic application delivered by a single vendor
• Institutions want to use a variety of tools, each with their own strengths (VLEs, portfolios, Twitter, Facebook, Flickr, etc)
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How can Multi-Port be “opened up”?
Core Multi-Port framework application
Data storage layer
User data Learning content
Competency frameworks …
MKM functional components
The Web 2.0 CloudVLEs e-portfolios
Blogs
Wordpress
Flickr
Assessment tools
FacebookELGG
Multi-Port open API
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What can be done with this approach?
A custom PHP application hosted separately from the core Multi-Port framework
Competency frameworks loaded
through web-services
Drag-n-drop mapping of
evidence against competencies
Evidence loaded from Flickr using
the open Flickr API
Twitter API used to draw tweets as
evidence
RSS feeds bring evidence from blogs or other
sources
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Moving forward…
• Multi-Port continues to be “opened up” with more open web-services
• Robust competency management, storage and delivery functions are becoming available through the API
• Work continues to adopt open standards (LEAP2a, RDFa, and standardised web-service conventions)
• But, how should we open the competency functions to make them usable and interoperable?
Leading innovation in technology assisted learning
Leading innovation in technology assisted learning
Thank youThank youDave Waller – Operations Director
MyKnowledgeMap
http://www.d13design.co.uk/competencystore
Dave Waller – Operations Director
MyKnowledgeMap
http://www.myknowledgemap.com
http://www.d13design.co.uk/competencystore