Technology Used

What technologies and/or e-tools were available to you or did you seek to develop?

The project built on the standards and tools developed during the Specifying an e-portfolio project which included the use of UK Leap and web services as well as testing Shibboleth. The Shibboleth work explored two models of data transfer, both the cummulative 'pass-the-parcel' idea, where whole chunks of data move on with the learner and the 'thin model' where the data remains in the originating system and is referenced from a single point, which fits far more with the current e-portfolio thinking.

More detailed information regarding the technical approach are available in the final report. A summary of the technical approach taken at NTU is included in the team's technical report. The University of Nottingham work is documented here.