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The draft Reference Architecture for Teaching and Learning (RATL) is a product of the ITANA Learning Working Group in 2012-2013. Thank you to all the working group contributors!
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This site is under development as we continue to incorporate and expand on the working group's findings from 2013. |
Capabilities
A capability is something that an enterprise needs to be able to do to succeed. Capabilities show what the enterprise should be able to do, not how it is done or who does it. Agreement on high level capabilities is a foundation for subsequent analysis and planning of business processes and technology solutions.
For an introduction to the capabilities covered in the RATL, see:
More detailed capabilities were captured by the working group in the following working group documents:
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Thank you to all the working group contributors! |
Introduction
The Reference Architecture for Teaching and Learning (RATL) is a resource for architecture in teaching and learning enterprises, primarily institutions of higher education. Using the RATL, architects and other leaders can map their enterprise, assess its maturity, model the effect of new goals, and plan proposed changes.
The RATL was developed by the ITANA Learning Working Group in 2012-2014 in response to ongoing disruptive changes in the practice of teaching and learning, and the perceived need for a reference architecture that bridges existing standards efforts and discussions in the higher education community.
Using the RATL
The RATL Library
The RATL includes a reference model for understanding a teaching and learning enterprise. The reference model consists of interrelated assets that enable a typical enterprise to carry out its mission, including business capabilities, roles, processes, data, and tools.
The Teaching and Learning Capability Map introduces the capabilities and related assets found in the following library sections:
Capabilities summarize what a teaching and learning enterprise needs to be able to do to succeed. | |
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An enterprise's capabilities are supported by people acting in roles. |
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To carry out its capabilities, an enterprise creates business processes. | |
In carrying out its capabilities, an enterprise consumes and produces data. | |
To carry out its capabilities, an enterprise implements tools. |
Related
Data
An enterprise's capabilities are supported by data. The working group captured information about teaching and learning data in the following pages:
Data entities also appear in relation to processes in the pages in the Processes section, above.
Tools
An enterprise's capabilities are supported by tools such as applications. The working group captured information about teaching and learning tools on this page:
Standards
Standards help to define how assets should be selected and designed to support capabilities. The working group captured information about standards on this page:
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Overview
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