LEAP2A - Nottingham LEAP2A ePortfolio Interoperability
Lead Contact: Kirstie Coolin, Kirstie.Coolin@nottingham.ac.uk
JISC Programme: JISC e-Learning Programme
Lead Institution and Partners: University of Nottingham
Project Dates: February 2010 - July 2010
This case study illustrates Interoperability, Technical Development
Background & Context
What is the background to the e-portfolio initiative?
This LEAP2A ePortfolio Interoperability pilot chose to work with the Connexions Nottinghamshire system, Passportfolio, which is an e-portfolio being rolled out in Nottinghamshire schools.
The Centre for International ePortfolio Development (CIePD) already had a partnership with Connexions from previous JISC projects, as well as access to the development servers and knowledge of the Passportfolio system, both pedagogical and technical.
Visit the Passportfolio website for more information.
What were the aims and objectives of the initiative?
One of the main aims of the LEAP2A projects was to extend the range of e-portfolio systems piloting the standard to establish convergence with other systems in order to identify core e-portfolio data. Nottingham work determined what would be in scope for Passportfolio as well as contributing to development of the standard in general.
For the Passportfolio, and other 14-19 e-portfolio systems involved in the project, the transfer of the Individual Learning Plan was of particular interest.
Data such as personal information and qualification data had not been addressed in the initial LEAP2A pilots so a task for this project was to investigate how other standards could be used, or which parts should be core to the e-portfolio standard.
How was the initiative implemented?
The initial LEAP2A specification evolved throughout the project through collaborative work between the ePortfolio systems developers involved. This ensured a user-driven and vendor specific set of standards that worked with real systems.
LEAP2A development was completely open with anyone being able to see the detail through the CETIS wiki, this continues to be the case.
The project demonstrated that it is possible to import and export e-portfolio content between very different e-portfolio systems.
