Colleagues,
For info.
E.E.P. Discussion Conference
Education Centre, Royal Geographical Society, Kensington Gore, London.
Wednesday 13th June, 2007,10.00am-4.00pm.
Interoperability of ICT in Education -
- Will it serve the needs of National Initiatives?
Details at http://www.eep-edu.org
Never before has there been such a strong need for ICT systems in education
to inter-operate. A number of very significant national initiatives in the
UK depend critically on interoperability. The conference will discuss
whether development of interoperability is on track to make these
initiatives a success or whether further action is needed. The initiatives
potentially at risk include:
- Implementation of learning platforms.
- The Building Schools for the Future programme.
- Personalisation of learning.
- The 14-19 Diplomas.
To reserve a place at the meeting and for full details, please go to
www.eep-edu.org or email Sarah Ewing, E.E.P. Administrator,
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The E.E.P. is assembling a range of speakers drawn from industry, education
and national/regional agencies, to provide a view of the current state of
play with regard to development of interoperability. This will be followed
by open discussion to identify where action is satisfactory and where it
needs to speed up or be started.
The topics to be covered are:
- Work on UK SIF (Schools Interoperability Framework) and MIAP (Moving
Information Across Partners) and how these will impact on interoperability
of school/college MIS and VLE (learning platform) systems, and the MLE
systems envisaged for BSF.
- Interoperability of content with school/college learning platforms and
end-user devices, including issues relating to the use of handheld devices,
interactive whiteboards, social networking sites and new devices that are
being developed.
- Developments to enable single-sign-on to federated systems and diverse
sources of content, such as Shibboleth, and inter-operation of the networks
that will be required to enable the 14-19 Diplomas to be offered nationwide
with equality of provision.
- Best practice standards for management of school/college networks to
achieve a balance between child safety and network security, while
permitting access to the range of content, software and social networking
sites that educators need in order to be able to help young people learn
effectively and develop safe online practices.
The meeting will inform the activity that the E.E.P. puts in place during
the remainder of the year, to discuss with stakeholders those areas where
development of interoperability currently does not promise to be
sufficiently advanced - for national initiatives to be a success and the
needs of schools/colleges to be properly served.
Meeting attendance is free to all E.E.P. Sustaining Members but there is a
charge of £30 per person (ex VAT) to cover lunch and refreshments. The
attendance charge for E.E.P. Affiliate Members is £80 (ex VAT, inc
lunch/refreshments). The attendance charge for non-members is £130 (ex VAT,
inc lunch/refreshments). Affiliate membership of the E.E.P. costs only £225
per annum and gives access to the full notes of E.E.P. meetings and internal
discussions.
The E.E.P. is a non-profit, open and inclusive membership organisation
promoting the use of ICT in education, to benefit all learners and teachers.
Roger Broadie,
Chief Executive,
European Education Partnership.
PO Box 18, Chatteris,
Cambs, PE16 6YH, UK.
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www.eep-edu.org
tel: +44 1 354 695583
fax: +44 1 354 696647
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