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Learning Opportunities (XCRI)

XCRI is a JISC-funded, UK-oriented project to establish a specification to support the eXchange of Course-Related Information. XCRI stands for eXchanging Course-Related Information, and the XCRI Course Advertising Profile (XCRI-CAP) is an XML specification used to share information about courses between UK education institutions and aggregators such as UCAS and other sites that advertise courses.

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16 May 2012 Sheila MacNeill
As part of the the JISC Developing Digital Literacies programme held yesterday (15th May), Helen Beetham (synthesis consultant for the programme), started the day by giving a very useful summary of key issues and themes emerging from the baseline reports from both the projects and the professional associations associated with the programme. One of the common [...]
Learning Opportunities (XCRI) Learning Platforms
27 Apr 2012 Sheila MacNeill
Continuing our discussions around concepts of a Digital University, in this post we are going to explore the Learning Environments quadrant of our conceptual model. To reiterate,the logic of our overall discussion starts with the macro concept of Digital Participation which provides the wider societal backdrop to educational development. Information Literacy enables digital [...]
Lifelong Learning Curriculum Design Learning Opportunities (XCRI) Learning Design
26 Apr 2012 Sheila MacNeill
Those of you who regularly read this blog, will (hopefully) have noticed lots of mentions and links to the Design Studio. Originally built as a place to share outputs from the JISC Curriculum Design and Delivery Programmes, it is now being extended to include ouputs from a number of other JISC funded programmes. [...]
Assessment Learning Opportunities (XCRI)
24 Apr 2012 Sheila MacNeill
The latest episode of JISC On Air Radio ("Digital Literacy – delivering the agenda within colleges and universities") provides a very timely insight into JISC Developing Digital Literacies Programme, and indeed some of the wider issues relating to developing and supporting digital literacies in the wider context. "In the sixth [...]
Learning Opportunities (XCRI)
24 Apr 2012 Sheila MacNeill
As part of the JISC Developing Digital Literacies programme two public webinars have just been announced. The first is being held this Friday, 27 April, and the topic is "Mozilla and web literacies". Representatives from Mozilla will "will talk about their work in this area to define key Web literacy skills, create pathways for [...]
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Learning Opportunities (XCRI) Events



Past Events


Design Bash
Date: 30 Sep 2011
XCRI at the JISC Annual Conference
Date: 12 Apr 2010 to 13 Apr 2010
XCRI end/start meeting
Date: 02 Oct 2008


Learning Opportunities (XCRI) Resources


Stephen Downes on XCRI
Date: Oct 2009
XCRI Projects in PROD
Date: Oct 2009
XCRI:Exchanging course information
Date: Jan 2006

Learning Opportunities (XCRI) Publications