RIPPLL: Regional Interoperability Project on Progression
for Lifelong Learning

Key Documents/Outputs

Presentations

Presentation to BSI IST/43 on working with UK LeaP

Presentation given to JISC RSC National Curriculum Group, March 2006

Workshop presentation given at EIfEL ePortfolio 2006 conference, Oxford, October 2006

Presentation on working with UK LeaP, JISC-CETIS Portfolio SIG, December 2006

Presentation on project work given to University of Hull partnership colleges, January 2007

Papers and articles

ePortfolios for transition and integration - collaborative work in progress in Nottingham's schools, colleges and universities, EIfEL ePortfolio 2005 conference

Article published in NILTA's newsletter by Clive Church, November 2005

Project External Evaluator, Clive Church of CETIS and Edexcel, identifies issues arising from this project and the Nottingham ePortfolio Reference Model project

Building ePortfolio bridges, paper arising from joint CETL/DeL project event, Nottingham, July 2006

Joining up the episodes of lifelong learning: a regional transition project, article in British Journal of Educational Technology, November 2006

'Implementing an institution-free model of ePortfolio practice across educational sectors: the Nottingham experience, EIfEL ePortfolio 2006 conference

Evaluation

Evaluation report on the original project from Clive Church

Clive's Report on the extension work

Reports

Report on main project technical work at NTU March 2006

Report on Shibboleth work at NTU March 2006

Interim progress report to JISC, September 2005

Final technical summary report, December 2007

Mappings

Mapping of FE common application form to UK LeaP

Mapping of City of Nottingham Passport to ePARs

Project Plan

Original Project plan accepted by JISC 14.04.05

Draft use cases developed as part of the project work are published below. We invite comments and feedback: please send these to Sandra Kingston. These have been developed using the scenario-building materials created by Peter Rees Jones as part of the support project for the JISC MLEs for Lifelong Learning Programme. The workshop pack consists of a Requirements resource pack and Resource Pack Annex.

Use Cases developed by NTU staff

RIPPLL HE Scenario 1: the use of an ePortfolio to support transitions between education and the workplace

RIPPLL HE Use case 1: The use of an ePortfolio to maximise the student learning experience for a period of work placement

RIPPLL HE Use case 2: The use of an ePortfolio to maximise the student learning experience for part-time learners

RIPPLL HE Use case 3: The use of an ePortfolio to facilitate the post-qualification transfer from HE to full-time employment

RIPPLL HE Use case 4: The use of an ePortfolio to support transitions between undergraduate and postgraduate study in the same institution

Use cases developed by Nottingham Passport staff

RIPPLL FE Use case 1: a Year 11 student applies for a place at an FE college

RIPPLL FE Use case 2: an FE college makes further use of a student's application data

RIPPLL FE Use case 3: Learner moves from KS4 to training (developed in conjunction with Connexions Nottingham and local training providers

UML diagrams

Angela Trickic from NTU was commissioned by the project to express some of the above use cases in UML. The results are below:

Scenario 1 (drawn from RIPPLL HE Use case 1: use of an ePortfolio to maximise the student learning experience from a period of work placement)

Scenario 2 (drawn from RIPPLL FE Use case 1: a Year 11 student applies to FE

Scenario 3 (drawn from RIPPLL FE Use case 3: use of an ePortfolio to support tranisitions between education and the workplace: FE student options)

All materials, both textual and diagrammatic, are given here for comment. We welcome feedback: please contact Sandra Kingston.