Apologies for cross-posting, but I thought you might be interested in this
open meeting of the CETIS LIP (Learner Information Packaging) SIG (Special
Interest Group) in Birmingham on 25th February.

Sharon

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This open meeting of the LIPSIG will discuss working with LIP alongside
other specifications (and how we locate e-portfolio!)

The meeting will be at 10.30 (NOT 11.00) in the Lakeside Conference Centre,
Aston University, Birmingham, before the main Lifelong Learning Programme
meeting.  It will provide an overview of where the UK is now and how we are
moving toward implementations.  Short briefings will be offered, but it is
mainly an opportunity for discussing the implications of these
developments, in particular to identify what colleagues need to undertake
full implementation of Lifelong Learner records.

In the afternoon, there will be a seminar for colleagues who are not in the
full Lifelong Learning Programme to discuss these issues further.

Lunch will be provided if colleagues outside the Lifelong Learning
Programme let Gail know that you will attend by Tuesday 10 February: -
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Short briefings in plain English will bring you up to speed in a number of
key areas, but the meeting is an opportunity for you to identify and
discuss the questions running across these areas.  Examples of such issues
might include the ownership and privacy of information, how a learner
package may be divided between an MIS and a Portfolio/Progress File
system, how we make sure that standards are built for the benefit of the
community.   The briefings will cover: -

*  The work of the IMS e-portfolio team
*  LIP and other IMS specifications covering
      o Enterprise
      o Accessibility
      o Content Packaging
*  The Io nodes framework for interoperability
*  The development of the UK Learner Profile, UKLeaP, the UK version of
IMS LIP, which will form the normative basis of UK standards
*  The European Dimension:
      o CEN/ISSS and the development of European Standards
      o The European e-portfolio Initiatives Coordinating Committee
      o TELCERT and conformance testing

Peter

Peter Rees Jones
University of Leeds
Quality Management and Enhancement Unit
Convenor CETIS Learner Information Profile SIG
44 (0)113 343 3975  (office)
44 (0)7762 262967   (mobile)
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