Our customer success lead, Mark Stubbs, reflects on a recent 1EdTech event and insights into the implications of shifts in learning provision
Helping universities with their and wider digital ecosystem is a key part of my role at CoSector and recently I had the opportunity to discuss with the community some emerging use cases for unlocking student records data to personalise, automate, streamline and inform.
The devil is often in the detail, and it was useful to reflect on nuanced requirements for pipelines that include transformations, which recognise that the taught curriculum does not always have a one-to-one match with the curriculum represented in the SRS/SIS. For instance, an Advanced German module that could be studied by first, second or third-year undergraduates depending on their prior learning will likely have first, second and third year module enrolments that must be aggregated for teaching but disaggregated when recording marks.
I highlighted significant growth in personalised assessment and the need to build on current standards to flow personalised assessment diets, learner needs, and personalised submission and feedback release schedules from the SRS/SIS into the VLE/LMS platform and onward into assessment tools, and extract not only results and grades but also submissions and feedback for portfolios and personalised coaching and as archived samples for regulators.
Moves towards micro credentials and renewed interest in skills and competences in the context of national and regional skills bodies and the forthcoming lifelong learner entitlement provided my final use case. Specifications are available to support skill mapping and credentialing of achievement but widespread employer buy-in and a national digital wallet in the UK are arguably the essential tipping points for normalising their use. The potential for job platforms to surface emerging job and skill needs and providers to surface related learning opportunities to recommend development pathways for learners is tantalisingly close and I look forward to the upcoming findings from the Digital Badging Commission.

About the author
Mark is an experienced leader in digitally enhanced education, skilled in bridging the gap between practice and technology, building consensus around a vision for better and making the connections to deliver it.
After over 29 years with Manchester Metropolitan University in academic, research and professional services roles, Mark has joined CoSector to help its over 100 HE and FE customers to get the very best from their digital technologies for learning, teaching, assessment, research and student success.
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