Homework Assistance
Erwin Bomas, M. Dobrinic
September 2014
See also the attached associated slides.
Introduction
The ecosystem of K-12 education is very dynamic and the number of cloud based services that support education is expanding rapidly. This results in more and more student data being created at many different locations. In order to make maximum use of existing data while respecting privacy and creating end user transparency in who is using what, the UMA specification offers the tools for implementing such an environment. Kennisnet is the public educational organization which supports and inspires Dutch primary, secondary and vocational institutions in the effective use of ict a.o. by offering public online services and platforms. Kennisnet investigates the user-centric approach of data management for education using UMA. Kennisnet created a mock-up of an UMA based dashboard for end users.
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The case study zooms in on sharing data between an Electronic Learning Environment (ELE) and a Homework Institute (HI). The HI wants to help a student on those subjects that need extra attention. It only seems natural that this is different for every student, so this follows the Personalized Learning [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personalized_learning] principle. To be able to do so, it somehow needs to know what those subjects are. The best way to find this information, is to get to the ELE and get the progress of the student on a particularsubject. This requires the exchange of student data between different organizations, which is a challenging exercise in many ways.
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