eilp at south devon college
DESCRIPTION
This is an old presentation about a potential new eilp system developed at South Devon College. It is now called Leap and is AVAILABLE at http://leap-ilp.comTRANSCRIPT
eilp at South Devon College
Kevin Hughes
South Devon College
February 9, 2011
eilp
Our current eilp
Three years ago, South Devon College decided to develop abespoke in-house eilp system.
Kevin Hughes South Devon College
eilp at South Devon College
Features
It shows personal details:
Kevin Hughes South Devon College
eilp at South Devon College
Features
It does reviews:
Kevin Hughes South Devon College
eilp at South Devon College
Features
It does timetabling:
Kevin Hughes South Devon College
eilp at South Devon College
Features
It does target-setting:
Kevin Hughes South Devon College
eilp at South Devon College
Features
It does application profiles:
Kevin Hughes South Devon College
eilp at South Devon College
Features
It tracks attendance:
and, it automatically calculates EMA decisions and notifiesstudents via email.
Kevin Hughes South Devon College
eilp at South Devon College
Features
It tracks attendance:
and, it automatically calculates EMA decisions and notifiesstudents via email.
Kevin Hughes South Devon College
eilp at South Devon College
Features
It handles support requests and strategies:
Kevin Hughes South Devon College
eilp at South Devon College
Features
And it does other stuff:
Course lists
Absence reason reporting(with notification to staff).
Qualification on Entrycollection
With cool bonus features:
Direct integration with MIS
Real time data
No maintenance or setupa
aOnce you’ve got it set up!
Kevin Hughes South Devon College
eilp at South Devon College
Some statistics
Reviews 21,483Comments 80,311Learners 7,797Targets 29,440Support Plans: 1,688Application Profiles 1,455
Kevin Hughes South Devon College
eilp at South Devon College
Some statistics
During the Autumn Term there were:
230,823stakeholder connections to the system.
This includes staff, student and parent logins.
Kevin Hughes South Devon College
eilp at South Devon College
Problems
What’s wrong with the eilp?
User interface
Data structure issues
Scope creep and (therefore loss of focus)
It’s a victim of it’s own success
Kevin Hughes South Devon College
eilp at South Devon College
Problems
We should be focusing on the learner experience
Kevin Hughes South Devon College
eilp at South Devon College
Target Setting
Problem
We want learners to autonomously write perfect SMART targets
but that’s not realistic.
Solution
So let’s give them a place to record stuff and we’ll turn them intotargets when we can!
Kevin Hughes South Devon College
eilp at South Devon College
Target Setting
Problem
We want learners to autonomously write perfect SMART targetsbut that’s not realistic.
Solution
So let’s give them a place to record stuff and we’ll turn them intotargets when we can!
Kevin Hughes South Devon College
eilp at South Devon College
Target Setting
Problem
We want learners to autonomously write perfect SMART targetsbut that’s not realistic.
Solution
So let’s give them a place to record stuff and we’ll turn them intotargets when we can!
Kevin Hughes South Devon College
eilp at South Devon College
Abstraction!
What do we track?
Reviews
Targets
Applications
Enrolments
Support Requests
Attendances
Qualifications
What would we like to track?
Progression
Unit Achievement
Assignments
Contact
Discipline
stuff!
Timestamped personal data!
Kevin Hughes South Devon College
eilp at South Devon College
Abstraction!
What do we track?
Reviews
Targets
Applications
Enrolments
Support Requests
Attendances
Qualifications
What would we like to track?
Progression
Unit Achievement
Assignments
Contact
Discipline
stuff!
Timestamped personal data!
Kevin Hughes South Devon College
eilp at South Devon College
Events
A view of where the learner is...
..showing all that timestaped personal data.
Kevin Hughes South Devon College
eilp at South Devon College
Events
Let the learner set targets linked to that data:
Kevin Hughes South Devon College
eilp at South Devon College
Events
And we can apply a consistent user interface to everything:
Kevin Hughes South Devon College
eilp at South Devon College
Student Home
Lets give the learner an overview of how they’re doing
Could we do a staff home along the same lines?
Kevin Hughes South Devon College
eilp at South Devon College
Student Home
Lets give the learner an overview of how they’re doing
Could we do a staff home along the same lines?
Kevin Hughes South Devon College
eilp at South Devon College
Development
Problem
The eilp is a bespoke system and all development resets on theshoulders of one person.
Solution
The new eilp will be made available to everyone under an opensource license and we will positively encourage participation ofother institutions at all levels.
Kevin Hughes South Devon College
eilp at South Devon College
Development
Problem
The eilp is a bespoke system and all development resets on theshoulders of one person.
Solution
The new eilp will be made available to everyone under an opensource license and we will positively encourage participation ofother institutions at all levels.
Kevin Hughes South Devon College
eilp at South Devon College
Thanks for listening!
If I’ve got time, at this point, I’ll do a quick demo of some earlywork with the whole event thing!
Whenever a theory appears to you as the only possible one, takethis as a sign that you have neither understood the theory nor theproblem which it was intended to solve.
Karl Popper.
http://ilp.posterous.com
@kevtufc
Kevin Hughes South Devon College
eilp at South Devon College