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Description
A major project, funded by the UK Commission for Employment and Skills, is underway led by a team of data experts at the Institute for Employment Research (University of Warwick) with developers and technologists from Pontydysgu and Raycom designing, developing and delivering a careers LMI webportal, known as LMI for All. The presentation will focus on the challenge of collaborating and collecting evidence at scale between institutions and the social and technological design and development of the database. The database is accessed through an open API, which will be explored during the presentation. Through open competition developers, including students in FE, have been encouraged to develop their own applications based on the data. Early adopters and developers have developed targeted applications and websites that present LMI in a more engaging way, which are targeted at specific audiences with contrasting needs.
The web portal is innovative, as it seeks to link and open up careers focused LMI with the intention of optimising access to, and use of, core national data sources that can be used to support individuals make better decisions about learning and work. It has already won an award from the Open Data Institute. The presentation will highlight some of the big data and technological challenges the project has addressed. It will also look at how to organise collaboration between institutions and organisations in sharing data to provide new services in education and training.
Targeted participants include developers and stakeholders from a range of educational and learning settings. The session will be interactive with participants able to test out the API, provide feedback and view applications.
Indicative timings
5 mins Introduction to the big questions, the project and database development
10 mins Overview of data
10 mins Details of the database development and emerging technology
20 mins Interactive element
15 mins The big challenges ahead and how to get involved
HM Government (2012). Open Data White Paper: Unleashing the Potential. Norwich: TSO.
Authors
| Name | Graham Attwell |
| URL | http://www.pontydysgu.org/pontydysgu-and-people/graham-attwell/ |
| Affiliation | Director of Pontydysgu / Associate Fellow, Institute for Employment Research, University of Warwick / Gastwissenschaftler, Insititut Technik und Bildung, University of Bremen |
| Country | United Kingdom |
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