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My eQuals
ANZ Digital credentials platfrom
 We’re on the road to credential security
              We arrived!

                                     GDN National update
                                              April 2019
                                              Jay Segeth
Implementation competed in November 2018
    Critical success factors to on-time, in-budget implementation

• Shared commitment to “make it                      • Reliance on innovation
  happen”                                                  • We reduced implementation effort
    •   Program Office                                       approx. 30% wave to wave
    •   University roll-out teams                    • 80/20 rule
    •   Vendor                                             • Not everything will be perfect first time
    •   Governance bodies                                    around
    •   SMS vendors
                                                     • Empower the PMO
• Incentives                                               • Quarterly reporting to Steering Group
    • Delays at the university-end incurred                  and Project Group
      premium payments (5 of 46)                           • Seek guidance on big ticket items only
    • Collegiate competition between
      university roll-out teams

    www.myequals.edu.au                                                    www.myequals.ac.nz            2
My eQuals Platform overview

                                  1                                                                        3
                           Provision documents/                                               View and verify
                           XML (from Student Mgt Syst)                                          documents
       University                                                                                                     Employer/3rd party
                                 Notify/Grant access (logon)                         “Share”, link or PDF
•    Provisions the document                                                              •    Can view shared document (link or PDF)
•    Digitally certifies the document                                                     •    Can verify (view original document on My eQuals)

                                                                    Access and
•    Provides login to document owner                                                     •    Can download and save document (PDF)

                                                                      Share
•    Can revoke or update the document                                                    •    Cannot alter or upload documents
                                                                                 2
                                                                                                                1   Administrator portal

                                                                                                                2   Learner portal

                                                                                                                3   Registered organisation portal
    Manages My eQuals on                                       Student/Graduate                                     (currently only university admissions)
    behalf of the participants           •   Can view document when successful login/authentication
                                         •   Cannot upload documents
                                         •   Cannot alter documents
                                         •   Can determine who documents are shared with

             www.myequals.edu.au                                                                          www.myequals.ac.nz                            3
My eQuals in numbers

2    Countries Covered   (Australia and New Zealand)

 47 Participating Universities          (All ANZ public Universities)

 1.5M+ Learner Registered             and growing rapidly

   500K Documents             and growing rapidly

    100+ Receiving Countries
  www.myequals.edu.au                               www.myequals.ac.nz   4
Our Future State work started last year
March
                Presentation of high-level business case to senior stakeholders
2018
                        Outline of revenue opportunities, allowing self-sustaining My eQuals and accelerated platform innovation and development.

                Consultants are engaged to support development of Vision and identification of “Service Extensions”

                Heads of Student Administration meeting validates Vision and Service Extensions

                Establishment of Strategic Taskforce

                National Student Clearinghouse study visit –Learnings for My eQuals

                Consultants engaged to develop My eQuals Future State Business Case
                        Market demand and revenue potential (verification service), Investment case, Ownership and Governance, Organisation

                My eQuals Steering Group endorses strategic direction set out in the Business Case

                Senior AU and NZ stakeholders briefing

                Briefing paper

                Universities Australia Board endorse strategic direction
Aril 2019       Universities feedback capture
   PLANNED

                Presentation of full Business Case - June

                All universities briefings (Aug)

                Commence strategy implementation

             www.myequals.edu.au                                                                           www.myequals.ac.nz                       5
My eQuals strategic direction

                                             Record of Learning for Life
                                                Trusted and verified

Record of all learning          Student experience             Third party service and         University benefits
outcomes                        Convenience (single            revenue potential               Lifelong learner relationship
Macro credentials               destination, anytime           Verification services           Efficiencies
Micro credentials               anywhere access,               Employability services          Financial return potential
Prior Learning                  student mobility)
Professional Credentials
etc
          Trust, recognition,        Agreed Standards/            Connections to         Corporate entity with
  ENABLERS

            endorsements                frameworks                   industry             its own Governance

                         Whole of sector         Links to international           Strategic             University control and
                          participation                  nodes                  Partnerships                 ownership

             www.myequals.edu.au                                                          www.myequals.ac.nz                     6
My eQuals strategic direction
PHASED APPROACH:

                                                     Milestone 2: Realise ability to provide
                                                     students with a full Record of                           2023+
                                                     Learning for Life and have presence             “Leading provider in Asia”
Benefits                                             in Asia
                                                                                               • Develop further services such as a
           Milestone 1: My eQuals has full                                                       credit transfer system*,
           verification service and is financially                                               professional-related credential
           self-sufficient, generating cashflow to               2021-2022                       verification, and integrating
           support future developments                      “Learner record for life”            admissions*
                                                     • Use surpluses from verification         • Continue expansion into Asia
                                                       service to build out full suite of
                                                       services to support the record of
                         2019-2020                     learning for life
               “Enable financial sustainability”     • Likely services include micro
              • Build out My eQuals full               credentials and recognition of
                verification offering                  prior learning
              • Develop channels to market           • Actively pursue participant
                and customer network                   expansion into other markets (i.e.
                                                       Asia

           Surpluses will be used to fund Phases 2 & 3
                                                                                                                                  Time

     www.myequals.edu.au                                                                          www.myequals.ac.nz                     7
Emerging My eQuals managing organisation (MeMO)

                         Current MeMO Role                      Emerging MeMO Role                  Longer term potential MeMO Role
                  Manage the vendor contract on behalf    Drive the My eQuals Vision on behalf of   Serve Learner, Education and Workforce
                           of the universities              the universities and as custodian of      communities with access to trusted
                                                                      university data                 data, relevant services and insights
                              RESPONSIBILITIES
                                                             RESPONSIBILITIES. As current plus:       RESPONSIBILITIES. As Emerging, plus:
                   Program Management (roll-out to 47
                                unis)                          New participants onboarding          Serving and supporting life-long learning
                      Manage Vendor contract and               Manage My eQuals roadmap
                       Participation Agreement                                                               Employability services
                                                                Operate Verification Service                Government reporting?
                                                             Manage shared student/graduate
                                                                                                               Research Services
                                                                        services

                                                          Increased recognition of My eQuals as
SECTOR BENEFITS

                  Successful My eQuals implementation                                                    Life-long learner relationship
                                                                  official sector platform
                   Secure and cost-effective issuing of   Outsourced verification (and associated
                                                                                                      Enabler of employability outcomes
                           degree documents                         internal savings)
                                                           Revenue –platform self-sustainability      Streamlined reporting and research
                                                             and funds to invest in innovation                     insights

                        >> Economic Benefit: +                  >> Economic Benefit: ++                  >> Economic Benefit: ++++
                   * derived from DSD business case
                   * * derived from NCH data

                     www.myequals.edu.au                                                              www.myequals.ac.nz                        8
GDN objectives

   Connecting the nodes – facilitate record and data
   exchange across borders

   Capture learnings – Learnings and insights from
   other geographies and parties to inform our
   strategic direction

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