2019_06_17_Project_management_committee

Framework architecture

Main architecture aspects and system requirements

Ecosystem and modules user scenarios

WP2

• EDUFI: Pauli, Annica
• CSC: Ari, Antti, Anu

Deployment

WP4

• Gradia: Tarja
• CSC:
  Ari, Antti, Anu
• EDUFI
  Pauli, Topias

International deployment: "To tailor the functionality of this framework so that it´s suitable across Europe" (Annex I p.3)

• suitable, interested international partners missing
• "in cooperation with international partners/networks" (Annex I p.4)

Is "improved recognition practices" included? (Annex I p.3)

"particularly addressing the needs of the citizen at risk of exclusion" - is this clear enough? (Annex I p.4)

Deployment progress monitoring

• evaluation events progressing as planned
• possible new partners joining deployment
• how many of such partners willing to join the deployment in other countries

Minedu, EDUFI, associate partners and Ministry of Labour evaluation workshops held

Architecture design updated

Workshop in Cologne May 14th

• framework evaluation with German stakeholders

Updates to current sketches by Pauli / OPH, and further documentation on technical architecture

Evaluation in the Netherlands July 4th

Continuing evaluation sessions and pilot deployment with other stakeholders?

D21 Feedback and specifications to user scenarios

D25 Technical documentation, including glossary, model and architecture

D27 Pilot deployment of the architecture (Tarja, Ari, Pauli)

D30 Report on pilot deployment of architecture (evaluation? Tarja, Topias, Ari, Pauli)

Analytics prototype

• Finnish national curriculum (ePerusteet) mapping  to ESCO
• Recommendation system

WP2 TF-LEA

• UOulu: Hanni, Egle, Antti, Abhi
• EDUFI: Annica  

Deployment

WP4

• Gradia: Tarja
• UOulu: Hanni, Egle, Antti K.
• CSC:  Antti, Anu
• EDUFI  Topias

• Legal and other restrains to use actual user data

• Preparation of user scenarios suitable to use outside Finland

• "Learning environments and analytics form an integrated part of the project proposal to explore the alternative ways to support learner"(Annex I p.4)
• "Various feedback loops such as analytics about learner profiles, graduate feedback or national competence requirements" (Annex I p.4)

Development progress monitoring:

• progressing in cooperation between UniOulu, EDUFI and Reaktor

Deployment progress monitoring

• detailed plan for deployment of analytics in additional document M18 where is this? > link (review feedback)
• international partners interested and joining Compleap analytics work (measurable)

Uni. Oulu to research and carry out ontology mapping from ePerusteet to Esco Competencies

Uni. Oulu found the task of re-classifying ESCO keywords infeasible. This task is
not being continued anymore by any project participant.
○ Uni. Oulu will focus on providing user competences based on prior verified
education (study units based on Koski data). The task has been discussed
together and Uni. Oulu has provided initial results. The results were difficult to
evaluate and did not seem to be at an immediately usable level, yet. Further
iterations of the task are being carried out by Uni. Oulu at the moment.
○ If the competence break-down is successful, the education unit-based
competences can be added to the POC user interface, given sufficient time to do
this.

Recommendations:

○     Both ePerusteet and Tarjonta services have been crawled for data and prepared for modeling

The first version of the recommendations API has been implemented and
deployed. The user interface has been connected to use the API and the actual
end-to-end functionality has been demoed.

Oulu’s implementation should be done before the end of week 20 so that there is enough time to implement.

The recommendation system is developed by Reaktor in cooperation with Oulu and Edufi. Inclusion of personal interest into recommendation system using Finto ontology.

Next iterations of recommendations concern the following:
■ Connecting user interests to the recommendations model and API.
■ Forming learning opportunity links to studyinfo.fi (“read more” links).
■ Improving and adjusting the recommendations model and parameters.

D28 Pilot deployment of analytics prototype (Tarja, Antti K., Egle, CSC, EDUFI)

D31 Report on pilot deployment of analytics (Egle, Tarja, Hanni, Edufi)

D26 Three prototypes (???)

Learner plan prototype incl 3 modules

• Initial functionalities incl. interface, content and associated services
• Reference group review of functionalities

• Finalized definition of functionalities incl. interface, content and associated services

• EDUFI: Annica, Marcus, Outi
• Reaktor 

Deployment

WP4

• Gradia: Tarja
• EDUFI: Annica, Topias
• UOulu:
• CSC:  Antti, Anu

○     There is already a substantial backlog of prioritized additional features and other work items; many of these will go beyond the scope of this POC, but can serve as informational artifacts or a possible starting point for future development.

○    Increasing the number of backlog items at this point is likely not beneficial.

• "Technological solution will be easily adaptable to different geographic locations and circumstances" - is it? (Annex I p.4)
• "Several separate modules that are connected" (Annex I p.4), "Since each building block would be modular and autonomus"
• "Iterative development process runs within partner organization in the Netherlands and results in a final product that is the project aimo to implement at least in Finland and Netherlands" (Annex I p.16)

Development progress

• • development progressing as planned 

Deployment progress 

• detailed plan for deployment of learner plan in additional document M18 (review feedback)
• amount of end-users
• amount of other staff involved 
• international partners interested and joining Compleap learner plan work (measurable)

Work in progress and accomplished work:

Multiple critical user interface features have already been implemented, deployed to the test environment, and demoed

https://poc.compleap.testiopintopolku.fi/

• Validating the POC’s design with the target groups:

○   effort  ongoing to get to validate the designs with the target user groups

Preliminary report available here: 

• Finding out user interests:

○     The user interface for finding out user interests has been designed, implemented and demoed

• Education information for foreigners:

○     A design has been done how the lack of Koski information can be compensated for in the case of users with no Koski information (i.e., foreigners’ use case)

○     The user interface for the design has also been implemented and demoed

○     Connecting the user interface to relevant data (i.e., connecting national ISCED classification to corresponding ePerusteet information) has to be done still

National education classification (2016) has been added as the data source for
the feature for gathering foreigners’ education information.

Koski mock data:
○ The usage of Koski mock data (pre-defined user profiles) has been designed,
implemented, and demoed.
○ The POC comprises four profiles matching the main focused user groups:
■ Two profiles: graduated from a vocational institution (nature, arts)
■ Two profiles: discontinued vocational studies (technical, social)

User testing:
○ User tests have been carried out with participants from Ohjaamo, Gradia, and
test users recruited by Tutkimustie, with the following main findings:
■ No critical problems were found in the interactions of primary
functionalities.
■ Especially the section displaying suggested education was deemed
useful.
Agenda, steering group 5/2019
■ The group of potential users who would significantly benefit from the
version being implemented given the technical and time related
restrictions of wp3 is quite small.
○ The test sessions have been debriefed and the outcomes have been reported,
together with a break-down of potential actions.

Deployment:

A user testing training has been held and planned with Gradia to assist in a successful piloting phase 10.4.2019.

Documentatio and reporting now affecting development velocity. No extra features will be integrated. 

31.5.2019 is the deadline when concrete results are to be ready. Extra features can then be prioritized for June/summer during May.

○ Using added education information for recommendations yet to be done.

For june -August the focus is on

• minor improvements relating to piloting feedback
• other than vocational recommendations
• refining the algorithm

Final decisions on final backlog moved to beginning of June 

Decisions on level of internqational deployment in Netherlands needs to be done. Cut of point for involevement of Reaktor staff for this work has already passed. 

Documentation on requirements for possible international deployment to be provided to some extent. 

D20 Running prototypes in cooperation with WP3

D24 Open source code for all components, including example code

D25 Technical documentation, including glossary, model and architecture

D26 Three prototypes

WP5

DUO / EDUFI

Europass Innovation WG meeting in Budapest in June - virtual participation

Europass meeting in Groningen 4th July - preparations going on 

Eva Neffling doing a desk study on this issue.

Meeting with Europass is on the July 4th.

Vera to be initiated to Europass and the the case study

all contributing

• events
• publications
• social media
• website 

Good news from Finland

Autumn dissemination event preparations

Final seminar preparations

• monthy reporting (templates)