RSS feed for abstracts of IWMW plenary talks: 1997-2010. http://pipes.yahoo.com/pipes/pipe.info?_id=d7658371d21200b02048c4b25dc6393a Mon, 07 Jun 2010 20:03:12 +0000 http://pipes.yahoo.com/pipes/ http://iwmw.ukoln.ac.uk/iwmw2010/talks/kika/ This plenary will be given by Suraj Kika, it is part of the Doing the Day Job panel session. http://iwmw.ukoln.ac.uk/iwmw2010/talks/kika/ Wed, 14 Jul 2010 09:15:00 +0000 http://iwmw.ukoln.ac.uk/iwmw2010/talks/lappin/ This plenary will be given by James Lappin and Peter Gilbert, it will look at Use of Microsoft SharePoint by Higher Education Institutions. http://iwmw.ukoln.ac.uk/iwmw2010/talks/lappin/ Wed, 14 Jul 2010 09:15:00 +0000 http://iwmw.ukoln.ac.uk/iwmw2010/talks/lapka/ This plenary will be given by Josef Lapka, it is part of the Doing the Day Job panel session. Inspired by Let the students do the talking... presented at IWMW2007 our StudentNET portal concept has been worked from the initial idea to full deployment, with a go-live in Februrary 2010. A barcamp session was held on this subject at IWMW2009 with a good attendance and positive feedback. This subject has also been chosen as a showcase at this year's UCISA Conference in Harrogate. StudentNET V2 is the new highly personalised Canterbury Christ Church University student portal. Combining cutting edge web technology with robust data structures, it provides students with online administrative and academic services in one place. What sets our portal apart is that it is completely managed by the University's client management system, and is fully integrated with the University's active directory for all authentication needs. There is, therefore, no manual maintenance of users' accounts or access to services, and any updates are applied to the portal in less than 30 minutes. http://iwmw.ukoln.ac.uk/iwmw2010/talks/lapka/ Wed, 14 Jul 2010 09:15:00 +0000 http://iwmw.ukoln.ac.uk/iwmw2010/talks/brierton/ This plenary will be given by Richard Brierton, it is part of the Doing the Day Job panel session. Sheffield are doing a major upgrade (replacing) their CMS, this talk will be sharing that experience, and talking about how we've managed the process. The broad themes will be: * Designing a user experience; * Catering for the majority; * User requirements, not user requests; * How much flexibility is too much flexibility; * Selling CMS to your users for the second time; * Support and training * Making the web team visible * Getting your users on your side * How to deal with the troublemakers http://iwmw.ukoln.ac.uk/iwmw2010/talks/brierton/ Wed, 14 Jul 2010 09:15:00 +0000 http://iwmw.ukoln.ac.uk/iwmw2010/talks/speller/ This plenary will be given by Jeremy Speller. How do you communicate with your staff and students and the wider world when it all goes horribly wrong? Is your IT/Web related response aligned with your institutional Major Incident and Disaster Recovery policies? Over the past few years a number of experiments have been undertaken by various institutions to address these issues. Externally hosted websites are one solution and some have used SMS messaging and third-party services such as Twitter. This talk covers ways in which communications can be disseminated via as many channels as possible while allowing simple access to tools for those in MI teams who need to make announcements. One day it will of course go so wrong that the only solution is a walk around campus with the megaphone - short of that we owe it to our users to provide information in as coherent and effective a manner as possible. http://iwmw.ukoln.ac.uk/iwmw2010/talks/speller/ Tue, 13 Jul 2010 13:30:00 +0000 http://iwmw.ukoln.ac.uk/iwmw2010/talks/boag/ This plenary will be given by Paul Boag. With government funding being slashed many Higher Education institutions are reducing the budget assigned to web development. However, it is more important than ever to attract new students and the website is a key tool in this battle. How then, can you do more with less? Paul answers this question with 5 powerful techniques. http://iwmw.ukoln.ac.uk/iwmw2010/talks/boag/ Tue, 13 Jul 2010 11:45:00 +0000 http://iwmw.ukoln.ac.uk/iwmw2010/talks/sidhu/ This plenary will be given by Ranjit Sidhu. Many for-profit industries have found that, even in these challenging times, the one area that has been resilient to large expenditure cuts is the internet and web services. Often this expenditure is supported due to every pound being accountable and transparent, therefore justified. Are there lessons that web teams can take take from the for-profit sector to stop what they are doing becoming a vague proposition to those who set the budget? Also, do the web teams need to claw back roles given away freely in the past or would this require a complete change of mindset? http://iwmw.ukoln.ac.uk/iwmw2010/talks/sidhu/ Tue, 13 Jul 2010 11:00:00 +0000 http://iwmw.ukoln.ac.uk/iwmw2010/talks/steer/ This plenary will be given by Damian Steer. The Mobile Campus Assistant created by the Institute for Learning and Research Technology (ILRT) makes time and location sensitive information available to students via their mobiles and location-aware smart phones. For example, where is the nearest available PC? Where is the nearest wireless hotspot? What events are happening today? When is the next bus to the hall of residence? Which library is open now? This talk will look at what the mobile Web and Campus Assistant have to offer. http://iwmw.ukoln.ac.uk/iwmw2010/talks/steer/ Tue, 13 Jul 2010 09:45:00 +0000 http://iwmw.ukoln.ac.uk/iwmw2010/talks/lauke/ This plenary will be given by Patrick Lauke. There is currently a lot of buzz around HTML5, the next evolutionary step of the very foundation on which we build our websites. New markup constructs, new JavaScript APIs, and the prospect of powerful functionalities built right into modern browsers to make our lives as developers that much easier. But with new technologies also come new challenges: when will all these features be available in all browsers? And what about older browsers? Is it safe to start using HTML5 now, or should we wait until the specification is final? Do we have to re-learn everything we know about HTML? In this talk Patrick will take us on a whirlwind tour of HTML5 (and other associated technologies often lumped together under this term), addressing the most common concerns that developers may have about it, and offer a glimpse of the new possibilities offered by this exciting new web standard. http://iwmw.ukoln.ac.uk/iwmw2010/talks/lauke/ Tue, 13 Jul 2010 09:00:00 +0000 http://iwmw.ukoln.ac.uk/iwmw2010/talks/farrell/ This plenary will be given by Susan Farrell. While most senior managers would agree that the web is mission-critical, at a time when budgets are tight it becomes increasingly difficult to persuade them that employing skilled web professionals is vital. With devolved publishing models in many institutions and the increasing use of social networking, senior managers might be forgiven for assuming that managing a website is easy. Surely everyone is a 'web expert' now that 74% of the UK population spend an average of 13 hours a week on the web? So are web professionals really needed? No senior manager would disagree that web professionals with technical skills are essential; it's those with the 'softer' skills that are in danger of being overlooked. Yet these are the very people who make the web work for the stakeholders with their knowledge of writing content for the web, content management, metadata, taxonomies, the user experience, usability, and search: the list goes on. These are the skills which are being undermined by the web 'experts'. The key is to show what we can do beyond 'just' managing the website. The web is at the heart of business efficiencies through its use in streamlining processes, making tasks quicker to perform, connecting business applications, and enabling fast access to resources, so use of the web is key in the battle for the future of higher education institutions. As web managers we need to promote our roles, and those of our teams, showing what we have to offer the long term future of the organisation. But we are not helped by the lack of recognition for our profession. What is a web professional? This term covers a range of skills and experience but it is not one that is necessarily recognised by recruiters and managers. Web developers are recognised as being IT professionals, but if you have the 'softer' skills it becomes more difficult for recruiters and managers to know how to describe what is required and where to find suitable candidates. Is it because there are no recognised qualifications (except technical ones), and no professional body, that we have these problems? Are we currently running the risk of our skills being absorbed into other roles therefore jeopardising the quality of future web management and the importance of the profession? How should we promote ourselves so that the benefits of employing web professionals are recognised? This presentation will consider how and why web professionals should actively fight for recognition so that they can ensure there is a more certain future during turbulent times. http://iwmw.ukoln.ac.uk/iwmw2010/talks/farrell/ Mon, 12 Jul 2010 14:45:00 +0000 http://iwmw.ukoln.ac.uk/iwmw2010/talks/sexton/ This plenary will be given by Chris Sexton. http://iwmw.ukoln.ac.uk/iwmw2010/talks/sexton/ Mon, 12 Jul 2010 14:00:00 +0000 http://iwmw.ukoln.ac.uk/iwmw2010/talks/welcome/ This plenary will be given by Brian Kelly and Marieke Guy. They will give an introduction to IWMW 2010. http://iwmw.ukoln.ac.uk/iwmw2010/talks/welcome/ Mon, 12 Jul 2010 13:30:00 +0000 http://iwmw.ukoln.ac.uk/iwmw2009/talks/smethurst/ Michael and Matthew will talk about how the BBC make their Web sites: Designing and building sane, scalable, coherent and accessible data driven dynamic web applications the one web, domain driven, RESTful, open, linked data way! http://iwmw.ukoln.ac.uk/iwmw2009/talks/smethurst/ Thu, 30 Jul 2009 09:00:00 +0000 http://iwmw.ukoln.ac.uk/iwmw2009/talks/gutteridge/ Chris Gutteridge will share a bunch of useful techniques his team has evolved for managing multiple servers and hundreds of Web sites for the School of Electronics and Computer Science at the University of Southampton. These techniques have significantly improved the standard of service provided, without creating lots of extra grunt work. Some of these techniques may be directly useful, others may just give you ideas for similar low cost ways to improve your operation with minimal extra day-to-day work for your staff. If there is time, the audience will be encouraged to share their own techniques and ideas. Lots of cool little tricks... http://iwmw.ukoln.ac.uk/iwmw2009/talks/gutteridge/ Wed, 29 Jul 2009 16:15:00 +0000 http://iwmw.ukoln.ac.uk/iwmw2009/talks/flanders/ With the stress of managing multiple systems and users, web managers don't often have the chance to encourage innovation within their teams. David will be talking about the importance of innovation within a web team and how innovation can be embedded back into a team environment while still managing an enterprise level of support for ongoing systems. Specifically, David will be talking about his experience of managing innovation projects using his own flavour of "Agile Prototyping in Academia". http://iwmw.ukoln.ac.uk/iwmw2009/talks/flanders/ Wed, 29 Jul 2009 15:30:00 +0000 http://iwmw.ukoln.ac.uk/iwmw2009/talks/newman/ The European Parliament was worried that fewer people are voting in European and national elections. So they funded an e-participation programme to see how to engage more citizens with legislatures. They were particularly concerned that fewer young people are voting and joining political parties. But young people are not apolitical. They wear armbands, join boycotts, turn out in millions to cancel debt or protest wars: it is just traditional politics and traditional consultations that put them off. So the challenge is to see how to adapt government to the ways young people communicate, rather than bore them with the old ways of influencing policy in citizenship lessons. Since many young people spend a lot of time on the Internet and mobile 'phones, not just reading, but creating words, music, pictures and videos, why not let them discuss policy issues there? Then all we need is a mechanism for collecting their creative ideas, recommendations, organise them by issue, and present them to policy-makers. http://iwmw.ukoln.ac.uk/iwmw2009/talks/newman/ Wed, 29 Jul 2009 14:15:00 +0000 http://iwmw.ukoln.ac.uk/iwmw2009/talks/currall/ The Web won't last because it isn't really anything! Is it 'stuff that can happen in a browser'? Well that covers almost anything since browser plugins and helpers sprout daily! It is just a bunch of tools for sharing information amongst a much wider set of tools (with new ones almost daily). It only takes a new cool tool to appear that doesn't use http and its all downhill from then on. Its really about INFORMATION (broadly described) and the role of IWMW is to get it flowing by going with the flow of how people interact with information and each other - sounds a bit like the finale in Aberdeen:-) http://iwmw.ukoln.ac.uk/iwmw2009/talks/currall/ Wed, 29 Jul 2009 13:30:00 +0000 http://iwmw.ukoln.ac.uk/iwmw2009/talks/boag/ Gone are the days when our websites were primarily brochureware. Increasingly users expect a level of rich interaction previous reserved for the desktop. From course finders to contact address books, our websites are increasingly dominated by web applications. However, best practice for these applications are still emerging. How do you wireframe an application with tools primarily designed for page based sites? How do you enhance your applications with AJAX without compromising accessibility? How do you test a web application? What is more, as users expectations increase our budgets are being squeezed. How can you build a rich user experience with a limited budget? Paul explores ways to take your distinctly web 1.0. applications to the next level within the constraints of accessibility, budget and tools. http://iwmw.ukoln.ac.uk/iwmw2009/talks/boag/ Wed, 29 Jul 2009 09:45:00 +0000 http://iwmw.ukoln.ac.uk/iwmw2009/talks/harrison/ What is a 'Modern IT Working Environment'? What does it mean for the individual and the organisation? In a world that's changing much faster than Universities, what should we be considering to help prioritise resources and effort in realising the Modern IT Working Environment? A conceptual framework has been developed and successfully employed to help frame discussion of these issues amongst University staff. The challenge presented was how to communicate the notion of a 'Modern IT Working Environment' in a simple and consistent way to all areas and levels of an organisation (the University), in such a way that it represents current and future strategic drivers and at the same time show the practical everyday needs of the individual. A conceptual framework was developed and successfully employed in a variety of organisations to facilitate communication and discussion on these issues. It places in context the evolving nature of internal and external services and how they impact on 'chore' and 'core' work tasks of the individual. It also provides a simple illustration of the factors that senior managers need to consider when planning and prioritising institutional resource, for example with regard to technology procurement/development versus training/education, in order to meet the service requirements of individual staff and students. Cardiff University has embarked on a major programme of change spearheaded by a significant investment in technology. Technology is viewed as a fundamental enabler for business change, but its value and role with respect to other University services has tended to be less well appreciated. Many staff and students throughout the institution had acquired a false impression of the programme as being technology driven, rather than strategically driven in response to business requirements. So the framework was developed to address this confusion and promote discussion around the existing and future challenges staff and students were facing, and also portray the vision and the strategic alignment of the programme at an organisational level. The framework and associated presentation has been found to be relevant and useful to many different types of audiences internal to the University as well as to external business organisations it has been presented to. From a senior manager's point-of-view it helps clarify the range of influences impacting on strategy as well as the action plans that need to be developed. Individual staff and students gain a better appreciation of what constitutes their working environment and consequently the nature of their requirement for internal and external services. http://iwmw.ukoln.ac.uk/iwmw2009/talks/harrison/ Wed, 29 Jul 2009 09:00:00 +0000 http://iwmw.ukoln.ac.uk/iwmw2009/talks/law/ Derek will review the recent history of libraries and the challenges now facing them. He will discuss changes in the external environment, in user behaviour and requirements and explores whether libraries will continue to be needed and the knock-on effect this will have for institutional Web sites. He will also consider whether libraries still have - or can find - a unique selling point which adds value to the academic process and gives a personal view of what that might be. http://iwmw.ukoln.ac.uk/iwmw2009/talks/law/ Tue, 28 Jul 2009 13:30:00 +0000 http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/workshops/webmaster-2008/talks/mcintosh/ Ewan McIntosh will be giving a Plenary Talk on Unleashing the Tribe. University and 'real life' are often seen as distinct entities by students, and employers. Outside academia huge changes in the way we interact and how knowledge is shared and analysed have been afoot for some time. A generation of Bebo Boomers are repeating the solidarity and participation witnessed by the baby boomers forty years ago. The net, gaming and mobile technologies are encouraging more collaboration across greater distances and cultures than ever before. Such stories should be encouraging rapid change in the nature of schooling. So what are the main routes down which educators could go and what are the main challenges to overcome? http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/workshops/webmaster-2008/talks/mcintosh/ Thu, 24 Jul 2008 11:00:00 +0000 http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/workshops/webmaster-2008/talks/taylor/ The Institutional Repository (IR) had a meteoric rise to fame. In a brief blaze of glory, it was heralded as the facilitator of a free exchange of information within the academic research community - a faster, cheaper and more effective way to conduct scholarly communications in the twenty-first century. Then, just as quickly, fame changed to infamy. The technology, the ownership, and the very ideal of the IR has been called into question by many and varied voices in the wider academic community and beyond. I would like to explore the really controversial aspects of the IR, and ask my audience to consider that perhaps, just perhaps, there was something useful there all along. http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/workshops/webmaster-2008/talks/taylor/ Wed, 23 Jul 2008 13:30:00 +0000 http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/workshops/webmaster-2008/talks/currall/ James Currall will be giving a Plenary Talk on The Tangled Web is but a Fleeting Dream ... but then again... "Just a quick phone call to ask you if you could set up something to archive the University Web site, it should be pretty straight-forward for someone with your technical know-how." It is only a matter of time before someone in "Corporate Communications", the " Freedom of Information Office" or some similar department comes to you with this sort of request. How would you (have you) react(ed) to it? Many acres of virtual text have been penned on the subject of Web archiving (a fair proportion of them no longer available because the sites no longer exist:-) One of the major problems, which is well illustrated by the Wikipedia article on the subject, is that most authors have concentrated almost entirely on "How?" to do it and the (technical) difficulties that arise. The speaker will argue that "How?" is the least of your problems. What is your institutional web site for and what purpose is archiving it supposed to serve. To put it another way, the questions: "What?", "Why?", "When?" and "Where?" come well before deciding if the "Who?" is you, or trying to determine "How?". As usual Currall asks awkward questions and never seems to provide any useful answers, just turning seemingly simple problems in complex, issue-strewn minefields. He hasn't written the talk yet, but you can be sure that it will raise some very fundamental issues and give you something serious to think about and discuss and aside from manufacturing Shakespearean quotes, will probably quote from the most read book in the English Language, although you might feel the need to check that he isn't just making it up! http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/workshops/webmaster-2008/talks/currall/ Wed, 23 Jul 2008 11:45:00 +0000 http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/workshops/webmaster-2008/talks/bristow/ Rob Bristow, JISC as Programme Manager for e-Administration gives a plenary talk on Institutional Responses to Emergent Technologies - What JISC is Doing. As users of all sorts become more familiar with new technologies (including both Web 2.0 type software tools and user-owned devices) and become used to, and expectant of, managing their own data through 'self-service' applications and systems, questions are asked of institutions as to how they will respond to these new demands. JISC has been investigating this area through strands within its e-Learning and Users and Innovation programmes which have been focussed in the main on the learners' and users' experience. JISC has recently funded a further series of projects that address the way that institutions are responding to these new challenges, looking at organisational policies, practice and strategies, as well as funding pilot projects that demonstrate actual institutional responses. This work is in its early stages but the scope of the responses to the call for projects and some of the early results of the landscape study will provide some interesting real life information about institutional responses from across the sector. This talk will describe the work that JISC is doing and relate it to the Institutional Web Manager world. http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/workshops/webmaster-2008/talks/bristow/ Wed, 23 Jul 2008 11:00:00 +0000 http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/workshops/webmaster-2008/talks/wildish/ Alison Wildish, Head of Web Services, University of Bath follows up her plenary talk from last year entitled "Let the students do the talking..." which stimulated lot of debate. She spoke of my experiences at Edge Hill University and the success she'd had as a result of a more 'open' approach to Web content and services. In general the community were encouraged by our approach and many claimed to find it inspiring yet others, from the larger and research-led Universities, suggested "... it all sounds very good but Edge Hill is a new University so it HAS to focus on marketing... it's different for us". So twelve months on and now sitting on the other side of the fence, working in a research-led institution at the University of Bath, She will reflect on her previous talk and report on whether or not her approach and vision has changed. She'll be answering the questions many of you wish to ask: Is it just 'easier' to get things done in a new University? Should your vision for the web be dictated by the type of institution you are? Having moved to a research-led University is she now eating her words? http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/workshops/webmaster-2008/talks/wildish/ Wed, 23 Jul 2008 09:45:00 +0000 http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/workshops/webmaster-2008/talks/hyett/ David Hyett, Head of Information and Records Management, British Antarctic Survey gives a plenary talk on Web 2.0 - Whatever Happened to Web 1.0? At the start of the redevelopment of the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) external Web site, there was initial enthusiasm for "Web 2.0" with many stakeholders using the term without actually knowing what it meant. Fancy, interactive interfaces, are no substitute for good information architecture, good navigation and good content - all of which should be underpinned by understanding the user and their goals. The session will look at how the Web 2.0 concept can be interpreted and will argue that it should be used with caution. Web 2.0 by any definition is likely to have its place within an organisation's Web strategy but should only be considered once we've got Web 1.0 right! And let's now forget about "Usability 2.0" and "Accessibility 2.0" either! The experience and lessons learned by BAS will be highlighted. http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/workshops/webmaster-2008/talks/hyett/ Wed, 23 Jul 2008 09:00:00 +0000 http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/workshops/webmaster-2008/talks/aspell/ Helen Aspell, Head of Digital Marketing, University of Southampton and James Souttar, Precedent give a plenary talk on Web 2.0 and Brand: Theory and Practice. There are thousands of Web 2.0 technologies available online right now, from Twitter to Second Life, all with tangible marketing benefits but not necessarily to every organisation or audience. In the current climate of Web 2.0, marketers are being expected to prove their understanding of new technologies and demonstrate how their brand is using and responding to the changing environment by incorporating social media into their digital strategies. This challenge is particularly acute in large, devolved organisations such as universities where technology decisions are often made at arms' length from the marketing function by IT teams or individual departments, neither of whom may consider the implications that building an online presence in Web 2.0 may have on an audience's perception of the organisation's brand. During the talk, Aspell and Souttar will outline how the changing landscape of digital technologies will shape the agenda of brand development in the future. This will include the principles of branding in the modern age with its application and embracing of Web 2.0 technologies. Moving from theory into practice, the reference will be the re-brand of University of Southampton with isoton used to demonstrate how Web 2.0 technologies can reflect and enhance an institution's brand. http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/workshops/webmaster-2008/talks/aspell/ Tue, 22 Jul 2008 13:30:00 +0000 http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/workshops/webmaster-2008/talks/neylon/ Cameron Neylon, STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory gives a plenary talk on how Web Based Tools are Enabling Open Research Practice. Communication of data, results, and models is at the centre of research science. Yet while our understanding of our surroundings across a wide range of research disciplines has been transformed in the last 20 - 50 years the means of that communication remains trapped within the now centuries old convention of the published research paper (and the traditional stand and deliver presentation). In the initial phase of the development of the World Wide Web publishing practises remained fundamentally the same with the printed page being transferred online but remaining in fundamentally the same format. The advent of user-centred Web-based tools for information gathering, publishing, social networking, and collaborative working has challenged traditional models of publishing and archival. These tools have an enormous potential to make scientific communication more effective, timely and comprehensive. Examples of such approaches include tools for sharing of data and technique protocols via wikis, image, and video sharing sites, collaborative authoring of research papers using online office suites and discussion of the published literature, research practise, and the life challenges associated with a research career through blogs. The availability of these tools is also associated with a growing interest in some sectors of the academic research community in adopting more 'open' approaches to research practice. The logical extreme of this 'Web 2.0' based open approach is to make the researcher's laboratory notebook freely available online or even to carry out the preparation of a research grant in public. While examples of the application of these approaches in academic research are currently limited they nonetheless raise serious questions about the future of both the traditional format of research publication and of peer review in its current form. Responses to the advocacy of 'Open Science' therefore, understandably, run the gamut from fanatical support, through amused tolerance, to derision and, in some cases, extreme hostility. In this talk I will discuss examples of Web-based and Open Science practices, including the experience of adopting these approaches within my research group, the state and usefulness of tools available to support these approaches, and the current position and future prospects of the Open Science community more generally. http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/workshops/webmaster-2008/talks/neylon/ Tue, 22 Jul 2008 12:45:00 +0000 http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/workshops/webmaster-2007/talks/panel-1/ With the introduction of variable fees Universities have entered what education secretary Ruth Kelly called "a new era". Financial departments have had to find more creative ways to meet the sector's growing competitive demands and those working within universities have had to take a more business-like, customer-focused approach to many aspects of their work as they compete for students. d7658371d21200b02048c4b25dc6393a_831b66846d5b1339b62d8e8732d1d21e Wed, 18 Jul 2007 07:00:00 +0000 http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/workshops/webmaster-2007/talks/boag/ Paul Boag, from Headscape, considers how social participation is the cornerstone of the web 2.0 movement and has been spearheaded by sites such as digg.com. One of the underlying principles of these sites is that peer to peer recommendations carry more weight than those from either a search engine or from corporate advertising. The commercial sector has been quick to adopt this peer review mechanism with customer reviews and ratings. This talk proposes to explore how social participation can be applied to the process of recruiting new students and what lessons can be learnt from the approach adopted by the commercial sector. We will also look at what institutional barriers exist that prevent this approach and how these can be overcome. d7658371d21200b02048c4b25dc6393a_825e05759af1757447aa23f911bb434d Tue, 17 Jul 2007 07:00:00 +0000 http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/workshops/webmaster-2007/talks/reader/ Peter Reader, University of Bath explains that E-communications, e-marketing and social media are hot topics for university marketers and communicators, with old ideas of 'control' looking more and more unrealistic. Now the talk is of 'influence', viral marketing, students as customers, and of client management, with the web and web technologies seen increasingly as the university's most important marketing tools. So what are the challenges, and what are the issues with which marketers will face us? Expect more of "why" and "want" than of "how"! d7658371d21200b02048c4b25dc6393a_f90eeeb9170c033418e4d92d17e36f02 Tue, 17 Jul 2007 07:00:00 +0000 http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/workshops/webmaster-2007/talks/clune/ Arthur Clune, Honeynet Project, discusses how attacks on Web servers, and internet connected devices in general have become both more common and more sophisticated in recent years. This talk will look at how people attack Web servers, and what they are hoping to gain from it, based on data from the Honeynet Project's deployment of Honeypot servers worldwide. d7658371d21200b02048c4b25dc6393a_74fe0bda0873098745fc16de7061057e Tue, 17 Jul 2007 07:00:00 +0000 http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/workshops/webmaster-2007/talks/mclellan/ Drew McLellan will talk about how every time non-semantic markup is used, a piece of data dies. Data was born to be shared. Discover how the use of semantic markup and microformats can obsolete common read-heavy APIs and can be paired with identity protocols and OpenID to provide casual APIs for the loosely coupled generation. d7658371d21200b02048c4b25dc6393a_62749fb59cf6f9e4e933a39490a0ff69 Tue, 17 Jul 2007 07:00:00 +0000 http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/workshops/webmaster-2007/talks/barr/ Jeff Barr, Amazon Web Services (Senior Manager, Web Services Evangelism) will discuss Amazon's approach to Web-scale computing. Using this new approach, developers can use Amazon's broad line of web services to rapidly and cost-effectively build scalable and flexible Web applications. Jeff will focus on Amazon's newest services, including the Simple Queue Service, the Simple Storage Service, and the Elastic Compute Cloud. The talk will include technical details and an overview of how the services are being used by customers all over the world. d7658371d21200b02048c4b25dc6393a_6632782f0f780f6f3654a88131f952dd Tue, 17 Jul 2007 07:00:00 +0000 http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/workshops/webmaster-2007/talks/wildish/ Alison Wildish, Head of Web Services, Edge Hill University will talk about how Students are asking each other for help and advice rather than coming direct to our staff. These same students are advising our applicant community about University life and they're all doing it in an "informal" environment. These are all positive developments but it does mean we start to ask the question... if we're moving towards developing and nurturing students in these online communities and empowering them to help themselves, will we still need a "corporate" Web site in the future? Furthermore with the increase in "free" tools available such as email, file storage, blogs etc. - will Institutional systems be a thing of the past? d7658371d21200b02048c4b25dc6393a_31d852055341e813f075d87e74b4e02b Mon, 16 Jul 2007 07:00:00 +0000 http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/workshops/webmaster-2007/talks/warburton/ Steven Warburton will discuss how the notion of community continues to be recognised as a fundamental aspect within descriptions of shared human activity and group bonding. In his socio-cultural analysis of the work place Wenger defined a particular type of communion, which he termed a community of practice (CoP). The concept of a CoP has been somewhat abused in current literature yet it does provide valuable insights into how communities evolve, behave and sustain themselves. By elaborating dimensions of community such as shared practice, dialogue, legitimate peripheral participation and negotiation of boundaries, Wenger has provided a model that can be applied to a number of differing groups of activity. This talk will explore what we can draw from the work on CoPs, in terms of the role and identity of institutional web manager, one that is inseparable from a field of practice that remains dynamic, fluid and under constant negotiation. d7658371d21200b02048c4b25dc6393a_388859a80873b673f2fa1e2945b8788a Mon, 16 Jul 2007 07:00:00 +0000 http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/workshops/webmaster-2006/talks/debate/ In previous IWMWs sessions have focussed on issues such as: Should we buy or build our CMS? Which CMS should we implement? How do we implement our CMS? How can we measure the impact of our CMS Implementation? And how do we address The CMS Challenge? But last year it was claimed that "There is no such thing as a silver bullet" and that a CMS will not solve all your problems. Has the CMS bubble bust? Has content management become content mis-management? In the light of new approaches, such as Web 2.0, and new 'ways of doing things' is there a feeling of disillusionment with 'ye old CMS'? Or does a CMS remain the backbone of a good institutional Web site? In this debate you will hear the arguments for and against content management systems and will have an opportunity to express your views. d7658371d21200b02048c4b25dc6393a_bb80a6e4dc60f4051c5cbe7a49f6480d Fri, 16 Jun 2006 07:00:00 +0000 http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/workshops/webmaster-2006/talks/panel-1/ The Web is changing. It is no longer a phenomenon but has integrated itself within our culture. However for those creating Web services times are far from stable. A wide range of Web-based applications continue to be developed, such as blogs, wikis, podcasting, social networking software, RSS feeds etc. The Semantic Web is still on the cards and now we have Web 2.0, an opportunity for a more sharing, more participative Web? Is it just hype? Will these progressions make any difference to the way in which we go about our work? What does Web 2.0 mean to the Institutional Web? This panel session offered three different perspectives on the potential of Web 2.0 within learning activities - the library perspective, the commercial perspective and the HE/FE perspective. d7658371d21200b02048c4b25dc6393a_aab99a97d6453198fe54afecdcbd4916 Fri, 16 Jun 2006 07:00:00 +0000 http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/workshops/webmaster-2006/talks/powell/ Andy Powell gave a talk about how it goes without saying that the Web has changed significantly over the last 10 years and that institutional Web sites have changed with it - just use the Wayback Machine to look back at your own site in 1996 to see what I mean. Such changes have not simply been in terms of style and substance but also in terms of how we expect to interact with, use and re-use the content and services being made available to us. In short, the Web has changed us and the way we learn and work. This talk will look back over the last 10 years and highlight some of the key technical, social, political and legal changes that have taken place and the impact these have had on the institutional Web sites we deliver now and will deliver into the future. d7658371d21200b02048c4b25dc6393a_8167ca589560c58219d897b08c6ef770 Fri, 16 Jun 2006 07:00:00 +0000 http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/workshops/webmaster-2006/talks/metcalfe/ Randy Metcalfe, OSS Watch and Brian Kelly, UKOLN gave a plenary on openess and the Web manager. Openness appears to be all the rage: open standards for interoperability, open source for software development and deployment, and open content for sharing knowledge. What brings these phenomena together is a commitment to openness. But how do colleges and universities engage with openness? And more particularly, what does it mean for institutional Web managers. d7658371d21200b02048c4b25dc6393a_80f35608f404f18999e3d6b1fc8405bb Thu, 15 Jun 2006 07:00:00 +0000 http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/workshops/webmaster-2006/talks/sidhu/ Ranjit Sidhu from Nedstat gave a talk about how after discussions with various people in the education sector it became clear that there was a requirement for some industry wide statistics about Web site activity. These Sector Statistics will provide organisations, specifically universities, with a means of benchmarking the performance of their Web site. d7658371d21200b02048c4b25dc6393a_1ca0c242693ea5e1c98954aa03fb30bc Thu, 15 Jun 2006 07:00:00 +0000 http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/workshops/webmaster-2006/talks/forbes-pitt/ Kate Forbes-Pitt, Systems Manager, Web Services, London School of Economics will talk about aims aims to problematise the document, asking the following questions: what is a document? How does it impart information to its reader? Can it be replicated on screen? It proposes answers using the arguments of Hughes and King (1993) who contend that the document is a layered social artifact that exists to 'wrap' content. This 'wrapping' provides the reader with the knowledge they need in order to apply social rules to their reading of the document, and so become able to interpret its content. Some information systems writers argue that the need for social knowledge in a task negates the possibility of its automation. Following the logic of this argument, delivering a document (a container of rule) through the existing set of social rules that govern Web interaction, means that the full function of the electronically reproduced document becomes masked or confused. At best this makes the role of the document superfluous to its content, making the content difficult to interpret. At worst it makes the content incomprehensible to the user. This raises a further question: what purpose is served by reproducing documents online? Following from the above arguments, it is possible to argue that 'pure' content, rather than the imitation of printed paper, is likely to be a more successful way of imparting information through the Web. d7658371d21200b02048c4b25dc6393a_c129624fe95fa3e55f195fcbd4ecd809 Thu, 15 Jun 2006 07:00:00 +0000 http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/workshops/webmaster-2006/talks/gilbey/ Universities undertake research through a mesh of partnerships, collaborations and contractual relationships. Major research funding bodies, such as government departments, are increasingly encouraging their contractors to adopt formal quality assurance standards - such as ISO 9001:2000. If you haven't come across this already, you are likely to see it very soon! In this talk John Gilbey, Institute QA Manager, IGER discussed the impact of quality standards on the way Web resources - internal and external - are defined, delivered, managed and reviewed in academic environments. An over-view of the quality requirement is presented, along with some pragmatic suggestions to help you deal with it. d7658371d21200b02048c4b25dc6393a_b4a2f48240ee84a5317a8b08d57e1f24 Thu, 15 Jun 2006 07:00:00 +0000 http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/workshops/webmaster-2006/talks/webb/ Michael Webb, IT and Media Services Head, University of Wales, Newport gave a talk about how Web 2.0 technologies are changing the way our staff and students (potential, current and past) relate to one another and our Universities. Embracing these technologies provides a great opportunity to enhance the University experience, but also presents a number of risks and challenges. So how do Universities develop a strategic approach to embracing Web 2.0? d7658371d21200b02048c4b25dc6393a_d347557a7aa74b95787a4a855a55b5aa Wed, 14 Jun 2006 07:00:00 +0000 http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/workshops/webmaster-2006/talks/scott/ Chris Scott from Headscape gave a talk on "Real World Emerging Technologies". Falling University entries and top-up fees have contributed to a step-change in the operational environment for the HE sector. This change has resulted in an acute pressure on institutions to innovate for success. This presentation will explore some opportunities for institutions to capitalise on new and emerging web technologies in response to such changes. While there is much hype about Web 2.0, there are some genuine opportunities for straightforward applications of Web 2.0 technologies in institutions that are low risk and low cost, and have potential for significant returns if they are introduced and managed correctly and the right people are involved. d7658371d21200b02048c4b25dc6393a_b5c7f6dbdc39f3d3f1929c55a18d0ad2 Wed, 14 Jun 2006 07:00:00 +0000 http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/workshops/webmaster-2005/talks/speller/ Over many years in UK institutions too many people have spent too much time with too little resource providing for the specificities of parallel publishing and re-purposing. This talk provides a case study of UCL's approach to integration between the print and Web worlds for recruitment publications. We will look at the technical solution whereby database integration with publishing software and CMS has been the goal and, perhaps just as important, the cultural challenge in terms of ownership of the processes and copy. We will review lessons learned from the pilot project - the publication of UCL's Study Abroad Guide - and plans for the future involving all mainstream recruitment publications. d7658371d21200b02048c4b25dc6393a_569305cbacc3fc151aeb24554aa0a645 Thu, 07 Jul 2005 07:00:00 +0000 http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/workshops/webmaster-2005/talks/franklin/ Portals (as a front end) and content management systems (as a back end) are being touted by many as the solution to our problems of serving and locating information. This talk will explore some of the issues that they raise and why they cannot provide a complete solution. But the good news is that it means you have a job for life (perhaps). d7658371d21200b02048c4b25dc6393a_5b3a6d61c4a1514b01fe128110d93f6a Thu, 07 Jul 2005 07:00:00 +0000 http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/workshops/webmaster-2005/talks/sweeney/ The first 10 years of the Web have been a rollercoaster ride, largely undertaken with IT professionals at the controls. With exciting new developments in personalisation (portals), publishing (blogs) and procurement (e-business), the baton is now passing to Marketing experts as web tools increasingly become commodity supplies. David Sweeney explores how IT, Marketing and other professionals will interact to ensure that an institutional web presence remains its most effective method of exposure, delivering the maximum value with the minimum effort for users. d7658371d21200b02048c4b25dc6393a_5958754787bf3f44d754c68c72185f4b Thu, 07 Jul 2005 07:00:00 +0000 http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/workshops/webmaster-2005/talks/clark/ The University of Manchester has just become the newest, (and largest single-site), higher education institution in the UK having been created from a merger premised on some substantive assertions with regard to establishing a research led world-class institution. The Web is the first experience that most applicants have of the university, and it promises to be the mechanism by which we will support the research, learning and administrative processes for the next decade, from 'cradle to grave'. The presentation will disclose the rationale for the merger and the plans made for the IT/IS infrastructures that will be developed to support the new vision (Manchester 2015). It will highlight the management issues concerning the development of brand image, interim environments, and the investments to gain real benefit from integrated environments to support the vision. It will ask the questions: Has Manchester taken a step too far in its IT/IS expectations? What is the future for the Web at Manchester? Can an integrated environment be delivered via the Web? d7658371d21200b02048c4b25dc6393a_a74cfca720731fd39ebc19867bcbd737 Thu, 07 Jul 2005 07:00:00 +0000 http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/workshops/webmaster-2005/talks/emmott/ Successful Web services arise from successful partnerships. Meeting the many and varied needs of customers requires a chain of partnerships between many and varied suppliers. With the pervasive web, how do these partnerships translate into effective services? More to the point, what happens when the partnerships cannot be established or fail to endure? d7658371d21200b02048c4b25dc6393a_7ca7dbd126d01da2f2019333c67c1098 Wed, 06 Jul 2005 07:00:00 +0000 http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/workshops/webmaster-2005/talks/dale/ In January 2004 the University of Warwick decided to offer a blog to every student and member of staff, starting in Oct 2004. This talks explores why this decision was taken, why Warwick elected to build its own blogging tool, how the project was implemented, and what happened when the blogs went live. d7658371d21200b02048c4b25dc6393a_17f1944d0e15b5caf48a32dbae4b3024 Wed, 06 Jul 2005 07:00:00 +0000 http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/workshops/webmaster-2004/talks/hartland/ The Web is transforming educational institutions but the skills of the staff are not keeping pace with this transformation. Ad hoc and small scale training courses are the most that many institutions offer to improve staff skills. Staff development and training plans need to be created at a strategic level. A majority of staff now need to be able to use the wide range of Web-based services that have become "mission critical". Information provision, documentation, management systems, e-learning, marketing, e-commerce are just some of the services provided in many institutions. There is a need to create strategic staff development plans and programmes in order to take full advantage of these services. An integrated programme will provide the appropriate level of training for the appropriate staff at the appropriate time. Examples of training and development might include: Technical training programmes for web service managers and providers Content provision training for administrators and teaching staff Policy, standards and legal issue seminars for managers Information skills sessions for students A staff development plan will aim to integrate programmes of this type in a complimentary way. This presentation will provide an insight into developing such a plan and how it can help in terms of providing career development and staff retention. It will also discuss the issue of convincing senior managers of the need for this strategic approach to staff development and training in a web-enabled institution. http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/workshops/webmaster-2004/talks/hartland/ Thu, 29 Jul 2004 07:00:00 +0000 http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/workshops/webmaster-2004/talks/bulley/ From the highs of the 2002 awards for excellence through the 2003 "trough of disillusionment" LSE for You is now taking a broader more inclusive and sustainable direction. Tracking its move away from purely self-service administration, this presentation will describe how the LSE is tackling the difficult interoperability issues of authentication and authorisation to institution wide resources including proprietary student record and virtual learning systems, groupware, e-journals, working papers, e-prints, research data sets and Library catalogues. The aim being to make the portal into a gateway to the School's fully managed information and knowledge environment. As well as describing the changes to the architecture and design of LSE for You to reflect user needs, Stephen will touch on the important issues surrounding integrating departmental strategies and how individual service providers must work collaboratively to achieve a shared institutional goal. http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/workshops/webmaster-2004/talks/bulley/ Wed, 28 Jul 2004 07:00:00 +0000 http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/workshops/webmaster-2004/talks/kelly/ A strength of Web developers in the UK Higher Education community is the willingness to share resources and experiences. The Web development community makes use of collaborative tools such as JISCMail mailing lists and face-to-face events such as the Institutional Web Management Workshop series. Increasingly within our institutions we are finding use being made of a range of additional collaborative tools, such as instant messaging, blogs and Wikis. In this talk Brian Kelly reviews these emerging collaborative tools, outlines the challenges we will face in providing and managing such tools for use in teaching and research and will argue that we should use such tools ourselves. http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/workshops/webmaster-2004/talks/kelly/ Wed, 28 Jul 2004 07:00:00 +0000 http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/workshops/webmaster-2004/talks/rahtz/ Is becoming a developer of open source the most effective way to deploy open source applications? Or can users and deployment be separated cleanly from programmers and development? We will revisit the story of "The Cathedral and the Bazaar" in laying out how open source software is typically developed, but also consider the many other different support and development models out there. The important feature of open source is the licence; but the second most important thing is how the communities work on the ongoing development of the software. Is working with enterprise solutions from Red Hat or IBM the long-term answer, or is it an attempt to stifle true open source? This talk will attempt to look beyond the free beer of open source for UK HE and FE institutions. http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/workshops/webmaster-2004/talks/rahtz/ Wed, 28 Jul 2004 07:00:00 +0000 http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/workshops/webmaster-2004/talks/phipps-kelly/ The publication of the DRC's Formal Investigation report: Web Accessibility has generated much interest and debate. In this talk Lawrie Phipps, TechDis and Brian Kelly, UKOLN will argue the need for a broader approach to Web accessibility than is currently taken and will outline a holistic model for Web accessibility. http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/workshops/webmaster-2004/talks/phipps-kelly/ Wed, 28 Jul 2004 07:00:00 +0000 http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/workshops/webmaster-2004/talks/brown/ The Research Councils: effectively eight separate departments of a single organisation, each with its own information systems, but sharing common information requirements. The benefits of a shared intranet were obvious .... who knows, in time such a system could even transform the way the Councils worked together. The problem: there was (and is) no central body to make the decision to develop such a system, no one body that could decide what it should be, and no central resource to carry out the work. The presentation covers how it was achieved, and how the various issues, considerations and problems encountered on the way were addressed. Finally, we ask the tricky question, now that it's here, what do we do next? http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/workshops/webmaster-2004/talks/brown/ Wed, 28 Jul 2004 07:00:00 +0000 http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/workshops/webmaster-2004/talks/fraser-krauss/ The presentation will focus on the broader issues behind a move to e-business, and will examine the strategic and operational objectives of why an organisation should decide to make such a move. The presenters will also highlight the significant cultural changes needed in the organisation to make e-business work by using examples from the successful e-business implementation in at the University of St Andrews. http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/workshops/webmaster-2004/talks/fraser-krauss/ Tue, 27 Jul 2004 07:00:00 +0000 http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/workshops/webmaster-2004/talks/supple/ This session will examine some of the issues that Birmingham has faced over the last year of further developing and integrating its web strategy across the institution. From personal Web pages to major Portal projects and VLEs to VREs the session will build on the presentation given at last year's Institutional Web Management Workshop to address some of the technology, business and cultural issues that continue to bring together a number of roads towards the future. http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/workshops/webmaster-2004/talks/supple/ Tue, 27 Jul 2004 07:00:00 +0000 http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/workshops/webmaster-2003/sessions/#talk-8 The prospect of enhancing existing educational services and offering new ones across physical and time boundaries, reaching new markets and increasing revenue, appears to lure educational administrators. National and international competition for students now seems within grasp of most academic institutions. Exploiting the potential of e-learning technologies has proven to be more complex than foreseen. This paper provides a framework and a rationale for e-learning projects and presents ideas for implementation. http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/workshops/webmaster-2003/sessions/#talk-8 Thu, 12 Jun 2003 07:00:00 +0000 http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/workshops/webmaster-2003/sessions/#talk-7 Community Portals have been heralded as a mechanism for improving services to citizens, creating access to government services, supporting e-learning, and promoting social cohesion. Research suggests that there are technical barriers to linking back-office systems, enabling self-service interactivity for learners and citizens. This presentation gives an appraisal of existing capability, including presentation via iDTV, and suggests a future direction for community portals in the context of Public Information Networks. http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/workshops/webmaster-2003/sessions/#talk-7 Thu, 12 Jun 2003 07:00:00 +0000 http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/workshops/webmaster-2003/sessions/#talk-6 The University of Ulster (UU) and Queen's University Belfast (QUB) have both started to apply content management systems to aid the further development of their Web site content. Both have taken a different approach, QUB to buy in a custom developed solution and UU to develop a solution in-house. This talk will explore the approach taken by both and examine the issues and benefits of both approaches. http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/workshops/webmaster-2003/sessions/#talk-6 Thu, 12 Jun 2003 07:00:00 +0000 http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/workshops/webmaster-2003/sessions/#talk-5 This talk will provide an update to the latest development in the World Wide Web architecture and provide an introduction to the Semantic Web. XML is just one of the Web technologies that are available and semantic Web technologies based on RDF provide complementary functionality. These can be used inside organisations to address needs such as capturing and connecting key institutional information across different systems as well as externally. http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/workshops/webmaster-2003/sessions/#talk-5 Thu, 12 Jun 2003 07:00:00 +0000 http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/workshops/webmaster-2003/sessions/#talk-4 This talk will bring together the topics of usability, portals and development strategies in a call for an early focus on users in major institutional development projects. Sarah will talk about the benefits of doing a user requirements analysis exercise as part of any large scale Web / application development project and describe some of the methods that can be used. The University of Bristol's portal project will be the case study for the talk. http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/workshops/webmaster-2003/sessions/#talk-4 Wed, 11 Jun 2003 07:00:00 +0000 http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/workshops/webmaster-2003/sessions/#talk-3 This presentation focuses on the processes and methodologies used by the Web Team in Birmingham to calm the chaotic Web environment that was inherited in 1999 through common infrastructures and a solid corporate Web vision. After almost two years of bridge building, hard selling and coming to terms with a site spread over hundreds of Web servers, the presentation will demonstrate how over two thirds of the University has now moved back into the Corporate fold whilst building a new sense of community. More than just a focus on current technologies however, the presentation will also detail the strategic planning and costs involved and how the future of the user experience at Birmingham over the next two years will change dramatically with the inception of a major new Portal and CMS project. http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/workshops/webmaster-2003/sessions/#talk-3 Wed, 11 Jun 2003 07:00:00 +0000 http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/workshops/webmaster-2003/sessions/#talk-2 This session introduces JISCinfoNet - the Centre of Expertise in the Planning and Implementation of Information Systems. This is a new JISC-funded service providing advice and guidance to managers and practitioners in further and higher education. The presentation will focus on Web management as part of an institutional information strategy and will consider the implications of new legislation, particularly the Freedom of Information Act, for Web Managers Supporting our Users. http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/workshops/webmaster-2003/sessions/#talk-2 Wed, 11 Jun 2003 07:00:00 +0000 http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/workshops/webmaster-2003/sessions/#talk-1 The recent Government White Paper "The Future of Higher Education" has a theme of collaboration running through it. David will be considering first the implications of collaboration for UK HE. Secondly he will consider those implications that he believes will greatly benefit from the support that Web-based technologies and interfaces can provide. Lastly, he will take a look at how you, delegates to IWMW 2003, can ensure your full participation in these exciting opportunities through learning how to manage your senior management. http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/workshops/webmaster-2003/sessions/#talk-1 Wed, 11 Jun 2003 07:00:00 +0000 http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/workshops/webmaster-2001/sessions.html#speaker-8 We put our toes into the waters of Windows Media Broadcasting at last summer's graduation ceremonies. This talk will describe our experiences, confusion, frustration and finally satisfaction at reaching a workable solution for online and on-demand broadcasting of a variety of academic, social, educational and promotional events. A description of our methods and samples of recordings will be presented. http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/workshops/webmaster-2001/sessions.html#speaker-8 Mon, 25 Jun 2001 07:00:00 +0000 http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/workshops/webmaster-2001/sessions.html#speaker-7 The boundaries between mainstream traditional provision of ICT support for institutions and ICT research and development activities are starting to blur. There is a need to capitalise on the strengths of both areas and to ensure that they work in synergy with each other. The Institute for Learning and Research Technology (ILRT) consists of ICT-related externally-funded projects and services, but it is also part of the University's 'mainstream' Information Services division. The talk will outline how at Bristol we are trying to 'join-up' our approach to ICT use and development within the University and will report on the VIOLET project, which exemplifies our approach. http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/workshops/webmaster-2001/sessions.html#speaker-7 Mon, 25 Jun 2001 07:00:00 +0000 http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/workshops/webmaster-2001/sessions.html#speaker-6 Although electronic marketing on the Internet has been around for several years, until recently there had been minimal uptake within the Higher Education (HE) and Further Education (FE) sector. However the ever pressing need to supplement the funding of services has led to an increasing number of HE and FE institutions (as well as local and central government and other public sector bodies) introducing the hosting of electronic marketing material for 3rd parties (advertising, affiliate links, links to sponsors, etc.) on their Web sites. This talk describes current practice within the HE/FE sector and highlights the associated problems. (This research was carried out as part of a JISC funded study into "Advertising on JANET"). http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/workshops/webmaster-2001/sessions.html#speaker-6 Mon, 25 Jun 2001 07:00:00 +0000 http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/workshops/webmaster-2001/sessions.html#speaker-5 As the global leader in distance learning, the Open University is in an unusual position to observe the changing trends in online access to higher educational services. In Knowledge Media we are trying to define a new subject which explores the relationship of the semantic web to learning. One of our recent studies has been to connect a mega-university such as the OU with micro universities, like those operations which style themselves as corporate universities. I will give a brief snapshot where we are and how the emerging e-universities at a micro; macro and mega level will change the nature of our business. http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/workshops/webmaster-2001/sessions.html#speaker-5 Mon, 25 Jun 2001 07:00:00 +0000 http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/workshops/webmaster-2001/sessions.html#speaker-4 Australia has undertaken significant reform of its tax system, while at the same time endeavouring to bring government services online. The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) has been at the forefront of both these initiatives and has been widely seen as a leader in electronic service delivery in the revenue sector. Australia has also established a national framework for the accreditation and use of Public Key Infrastructure (PKI), known as Gatekeeper. In 1999-2000 the ATO conceived, developed and deployed a PKI to support the new tax system. This session looks at some of the lessons learnt in that process and discusses the value of a national standards regime and the role of government in encouraging the uptake of electronic service options and at the implications these have for revenue collection and regulatory agencies. http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/workshops/webmaster-2001/sessions.html#speaker-4 Mon, 25 Jun 2001 07:00:00 +0000 http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/workshops/webmaster-2001/sessions.html#speaker-3 Before leaving university and starting Luminas Limited, the directors were all involved in running student union-backed web sites. While doing this, they obtained a unique perspective on what students want from a university site. In this talk, they present some ideas from this experience that you may not have considered before. http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/workshops/webmaster-2001/sessions.html#speaker-3 Mon, 25 Jun 2001 07:00:00 +0000 http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/workshops/webmaster-2001/sessions.html#speaker-2 This case study will outline lessons learned from previous elearning initiatives before considering how we have started to dismantle the barriers to staff who want to get involved; the consequent changes in technical and pedagogical support; the impact on the student experience; successes, things that didn't work so well, and the unexpected. http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/workshops/webmaster-2001/sessions.html#speaker-2 Mon, 25 Jun 2001 07:00:00 +0000 http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/workshops/webmaster-2001/sessions.html#speaker-1 This case study will outline lessons learned from previous elearning initiatives before considering how we have started to dismantle the barriers to staff who want to get involved; the consequent changes in technical and pedagogical support; the impact on the student experience; successes, things that didn't work so well, and the unexpected. http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/workshops/webmaster-2001/sessions.html#speaker-1 Mon, 25 Jun 2001 07:00:00 +0000 http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/workshops/webmaster-2000/sessions#robiette Are your web resources open to all, or do you have areas restricted to smaller groups of users? Is managing authentication becoming a major headache? This talk will examine traditional web authentication techniques and go on to discuss more extended and sophisticted approaches to this this problem, including the possibility of a single infrastructure to manage access to on- campus and off-campus resources. http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/workshops/webmaster-2000/sessions#robiette Thu, 07 Sep 2000 07:00:00 +0000 http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/workshops/webmaster-2000/sessions#belcher What are the issues that you need to consider when commissioning various aspects of a Web site (ranging from design through to coding and full technical implementation)? This session will focus on the issues behind developing a design brief or service specification that can be used to commission third-party Web developers. The talk will be primarily aimed at those looking at engaging external consultants. However, those who wish to offer their Web developer services on a consultancy basis may also find it useful, as many of the issues are applicable to both people commissioning and consulting. http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/workshops/webmaster-2000/sessions#belcher Thu, 07 Sep 2000 07:00:00 +0000 http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/workshops/webmaster-2000/sessions#mcdonald Dr McDonald will talk about some of the issues involved in developing, implementing and deploying a Networked Learning Environment (NLE) which, so far, has been deployed at five institutions. Issues such as selection of a Content Management System, integration with existing Management Information Systems and Student Record Systems, staff and student involvement and feedback will be presented. The future directions of the NLE will also be discussed. The project Web site is available at http://nle.ncl.ac.uk/ where further information is available. http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/workshops/webmaster-2000/sessions#mcdonald Thu, 07 Sep 2000 07:00:00 +0000 http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/workshops/webmaster-2000/sessions.html#halliday The talk will be in two parts. First how the Research Councils aim to use the Web (an invention funded by PPARC at CERN) to deliver electronic grant submission. Secondly to describe the GRID, the successor to the Web for delivering e-science (with CERN again in the lead). http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/workshops/webmaster-2000/sessions.html#halliday Thu, 07 Sep 2000 07:00:00 +0000 http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/workshops/webmaster-2000/sessions#kelly Don't have enough resources to manage your Web site? Feeling frustrated because you can't afford to buy any new Web development applications? Finding it difficult to recruit and retain good software development staff? This talk might provide a solution - but, arguably, a controversial one. A wide range of externally-hosted Web services are available which can be easily incorporated into a Web site. They can be used for a variety of purposes, including analysis of Web statistics, providing news feeds and other content, checking Web sites, providing voting systems and other forms of user feedback, monitoring Web sites availability, providing disk space and even hosting Intranets. But how reliable are they? Will the services remain in business? If they are successful, will we find ourselves out of a job? Brian Kelly will consider these questions. http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/workshops/webmaster-2000/sessions#kelly Thu, 07 Sep 2000 07:00:00 +0000 http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/workshops/webmaster-2000/sessions#smart One of the most effective uses of web technology for reducing costs and increasing efficiency is the development of so called 'self service' systems. For these to succeed the use of such systems must be immediately obvious to the user; they must be self-evident. This presentation will explore the reasons for developing such applications, the infrastructure on which such applications depend and the design concepts which foster their creation and effective deployment. I will also explore some of the issues which this type of development creates and what the future might hold, as self evident becomes common place. http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/workshops/webmaster-2000/sessions#smart Thu, 07 Sep 2000 07:00:00 +0000 http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/workshops/webmaster-2000/sessions#rowlatt Two of the key drivers for local government at the moment are e-government and lifelong learning. This talk describes current developments and explores how these are opening up new opportunities for joining up services and co-operation between local authorities and the HE/FE sector. http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/workshops/webmaster-2000/sessions#rowlatt Wed, 06 Sep 2000 07:00:00 +0000 http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/workshops/webmaster-2000/sessions#sanders As the quantity of information being published online has increased, techniques such as personalisation and customisation have become the most effective way of improving and managing the online visitor relationship with your organisation. This talk will look at the techniques and issues surrounding the deployment of personalisation and customisation techniques in both commercial and academic websites and how these can be used to improve and strengthen the visitor experience. http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/workshops/webmaster-2000/sessions#sanders Wed, 06 Sep 2000 07:00:00 +0000 http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/workshops/webmaster-2000/sessions#price Is it practical or possible to create a single digital database of marketing communications material that can then be published through the media of choice? The University of Teesside has both a WAP and Web prospectus, fed from the same source as traditional printed version. How do you maintain integrity and accuracy and is it sensible to simply replicate the same material in different media? This talk will discuss the vision, and pitfalls that the team at Teesside has found in its search for digital convergence. http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/workshops/webmaster-2000/sessions#price Wed, 06 Sep 2000 07:00:00 +0000 http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/workshops/webmaster-2000/sessions#harris The aim of the HERO project is to set up a portal site for the whole of the Higher Education community in the UK. The talk will cover the project's history so far and discuss the issues raised in the development period, primarily those of creating the technical infrastructure to deliver the content from a wide range of sources to a very wide user base. http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/workshops/webmaster-2000/sessions#harris Wed, 06 Sep 2000 07:00:00 +0000 http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/workshops/webmaster-2000/sessions#slater e-learning technologies are advancing rapidly in a number of areas. Many competitors are appearing in a number of sectors that threaten the traditional model of a conventional bricked university. To counter this threat the UK is looking at a number of models for an e-university to help retain UK market share in a lucrative overseas business. This talk looks at models in other countries and discusses some of the remaining obstacles to widespread acceptance. http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/workshops/webmaster-2000/sessions#slater Wed, 06 Sep 2000 07:00:00 +0000 http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/workshops/webmaster-sep1999/materials/dsullivan/ Talk given by Danny Sullivan at the Institutional Web Management: The Next Steps workshop held at Goldsmiths College, London on 7-9 Sept 1999. http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/workshops/webmaster-sep1999/materials/dsullivan/ Wed, 08 Sep 1999 07:00:00 +0000 http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/workshops/webmaster-sep1999/materials/security/ Talk given by Andrew Cormack at the Institutional Web Management: The Next Steps workshop held at Goldsmiths College, London on 7-9 Sept 1999. http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/workshops/webmaster-sep1999/materials/security/ Wed, 08 Sep 1999 07:00:00 +0000 http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/workshops/webmaster-sep1999/materials/content-management/ Talk given by Stephen Emmotts at the Institutional Web Management: The Next Steps workshop held at Goldsmiths College, London on 7-9 Sept 1999. http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/workshops/webmaster-sep1999/materials/content-management/ Wed, 08 Sep 1999 07:00:00 +0000 http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/workshops/webmaster-sep1999/materials/browser-management/ Talk given by Brett Burridge at the Institutional Web Management: The Next Steps workshop held at Goldsmiths College, London on 7-9 Sept 1999. http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/workshops/webmaster-sep1999/materials/browser-management/ Wed, 08 Sep 1999 07:00:00 +0000 http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/workshops/webmaster-sep1999/materials/indexing/ Talk given by Helen Sargan at the Institutional Web Management: The Next Steps workshop held at Goldsmiths College, London on 7-9 Sept 1999. http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/workshops/webmaster-sep1999/materials/indexing/ Tue, 07 Sep 1999 07:00:00 +0000 http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/workshops/webmaster-sep1999/materials/xml/ Talk given by James Currall at the Institutional Web Management: The Next Steps workshop held at Goldsmiths College, London on 7-9 Sept 1999. http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/workshops/webmaster-sep1999/materials/xml/ Tue, 07 Sep 1999 07:00:00 +0000 http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/workshops/webmaster-sep1999/materials/ou/ Talk given by David Christmas & Ian Roddis at the Institutional Web Management: The Next Steps workshop held at Goldsmiths College, London on 7-9 Sept 1999. http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/workshops/webmaster-sep1999/materials/ou/ Tue, 07 Sep 1999 07:00:00 +0000 http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/workshops/webmaster-sep1999/materials/smil/ Talk given by Michael Wilson at the Institutional Web Management: The Next Steps workshop held at Goldsmiths College, London on 7-9 Sept 1999. http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/workshops/webmaster-sep1999/materials/smil/ Tue, 07 Sep 1999 07:00:00 +0000 http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/workshops/webmaster-sep1999/materials/multimedia/ Talk given by Greg Newton-Ingham at the Institutional Web Management: The Next Steps workshop held at Goldsmiths College, London on 7-9 Sept 1999. http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/workshops/webmaster-sep1999/materials/multimedia/ Tue, 07 Sep 1999 07:00:00 +0000 http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/workshops/webmaster-sep1999/materials/passmore/ Talk given by Joe Passmore at the Institutional Web Management: The Next Steps workshop held at Goldsmiths College, London on 7-9 Sept 1999. http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/workshops/webmaster-sep1999/materials/passmore/ Tue, 07 Sep 1999 07:00:00 +0000 http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/workshops/webmaster-sep1999/materials/jslater/ Talk given by John Slater at the Institutional Web Management: The Next Steps workshop held at Goldsmiths College, London on 7-9 Sept 1999. http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/workshops/webmaster-sep1999/materials/jslater/ Tue, 07 Sep 1999 07:00:00 +0000 http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/workshops/webmaster-sep1998/publicity/workshop-summary.html#p10 This talk discusses the pros and cons of publishing and acceptable use policies. http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/workshops/webmaster-sep1998/publicity/workshop-summary.html#p10 Tue, 15 Sep 1998 07:00:00 +0000 http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/workshops/webmaster-sep1998/publicity/workshop-summary.html#p9 This talk will describe the work of the DISinHE Centre. http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/workshops/webmaster-sep1998/publicity/workshop-summary.html#p9 Tue, 15 Sep 1998 07:00:00 +0000 http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/workshops/webmaster-sep1998/publicity/workshop-summary.html#p8 This talk describes emerging web technologies and suggest models for deployment. http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/workshops/webmaster-sep1998/publicity/workshop-summary.html#p8 Tue, 15 Sep 1998 07:00:00 +0000 http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/workshops/webmaster-sep1998/publicity/workshop-summary.html#p7 This talk will focus upon the use and development of World Wide Web (WWW) interfaces to relational databases housing student information. It will demonstrate the effective use of current and emerging internet technologies such as HTML, CGI and DBMS and will look at the functions XML and SSL can play in facilitating remote administration and secure access to on-line databases to support students and tutors. The talk will highlight examples from a number of University and National projects. http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/workshops/webmaster-sep1998/publicity/workshop-summary.html#p7 Tue, 15 Sep 1998 07:00:00 +0000 http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/workshops/webmaster-sep1998/publicity/workshop-summary.html#p6 This talk presents an events database that uses server-side XML to let the events content publish itself. Events submitted via either a form or free text are served to the browser in the College house-style - allowing the institution to carry the publishing workload rather than the individual or their department. http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/workshops/webmaster-sep1998/publicity/workshop-summary.html#p6 Tue, 15 Sep 1998 07:00:00 +0000 http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/workshops/webmaster-sep1998/publicity/workshop-summary.html#p5 This talk describes efforts to manage large student numbers by using Web-based interfaces to databases. The systems developed aim to allow teaching staff easy access to up-to-date student information such as tutorial attendance and work done records, thus allowing academics to spend less time on "paper-chasing". The presentation will discuss the development-time and techniques employed in developing Web-based systems and look at problems such as meeting user requirements. http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/workshops/webmaster-sep1998/publicity/workshop-summary.html#p5 Tue, 15 Sep 1998 07:00:00 +0000 http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/workshops/webmaster-sep1998/publicity/workshop-summary.html#p4 This talk suggests the need for a methodical approach to support (and survive) the process of organisational change required in providing information on an institutional website. It is based on a combination of direct experience of running a University website and academic research into corporate information management. Brief case studies will be discussed to illustrate the major themes. http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/workshops/webmaster-sep1998/publicity/workshop-summary.html#p4 Tue, 15 Sep 1998 07:00:00 +0000 http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/workshops/webmaster-sep1998/publicity/workshop-summary.html#p3 This presentation describes Rutherford Appleton Laboratory 's DataWeb service, which uses Microsoft's Active Server Pages (ASP) technology on a Windows NT server and a back-end relational database system. The talk will describe the advantages and pitfalls of this approach. http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/workshops/webmaster-sep1998/publicity/workshop-summary.html#p3 Tue, 15 Sep 1998 07:00:00 +0000 http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/workshops/webmaster-sep1998/publicity/workshop-summary.html#p2 This presentation will describe approachs to publishing the University prospectus in print and online formats which are being taken at Bristol University. http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/workshops/webmaster-sep1998/publicity/workshop-summary.html#p2 Tue, 15 Sep 1998 07:00:00 +0000 http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/workshops/webmaster-sep1998/publicity/workshop-summary.html#p1 This talk will review the recent redesign of the UCE website which involved simplifying the website in collaboration with a commercial web design company. The talk will comment on the success of this process and provide pointers to how UCE intend to develop the site, with commercial support over the next 18 months. http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/workshops/webmaster-sep1998/publicity/workshop-summary.html#p1 Tue, 15 Sep 1998 07:00:00 +0000 http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/workshops/webmaster-jul1997/futures/iap-html/ Next Year's Web, Brian Kelly, UKOLN http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/workshops/webmaster-jul1997/futures/iap-html/ Thu, 17 Jul 1997 07:00:00 +0000 http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/workshops/webmaster-jul1997/cache/iap-html/ WWW Caching, George Neisser, University of Manchester http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/workshops/webmaster-jul1997/cache/iap-html/ Thu, 17 Jul 1997 07:00:00 +0000 http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/workshops/webmaster-jul1997/webtools/iap-html/ WebTools, Dave Lomas, University of Salford http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/workshops/webmaster-jul1997/webtools/iap-html/ Thu, 17 Jul 1997 07:00:00 +0000 http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/workshops/webmaster-jul1997/database/iap-html/ WWW / Database Integration, Brenda Lowndes, University of Liverpool http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/workshops/webmaster-jul1997/database/iap-html/ Thu, 17 Jul 1997 07:00:00 +0000 http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/workshops/webmaster-jul1997/networking/iap-html/ Networking For Webmasters, John MacCulloch, UKERNA http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/workshops/webmaster-jul1997/networking/iap-html/ Thu, 17 Jul 1997 07:00:00 +0000 http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/workshops/webmaster-jul1997/security/iap-html/ Security and Performance Issues, Mark Cox, UKWeb http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/workshops/webmaster-jul1997/security/iap-html/ Thu, 17 Jul 1997 07:00:00 +0000 http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/workshops/webmaster-jul1997/information-flow/iap-html/ Information Flow, Colin Work, University of Southampton http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/workshops/webmaster-jul1997/information-flow/iap-html/ Thu, 17 Jul 1997 07:00:00 +0000 http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/workshops/webmaster-jul1997/ Charisma or camel? A sociotechnical approach to Web redesign, David Murie, University of Dundee http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/workshops/webmaster-jul1997/ Thu, 17 Jul 1997 07:00:00 +0000 http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/workshops/webmaster-2007/talks/doyle/ During Keith Doyle, Salford University talk, delegates will discover how, by taking the information architecture approach as their next step, they can improve the user experience and business benefits. Information architecture gives delegates a framework and benchmarks for managing web provision at an institutional level. This should be an engaging and entertaining talk which would help delegates decide whether a formal IA role is appropriate to their organisation. Helping delegates consider their institutional strategic approach: What is IA? How is the role covered at the moment? Should it be a specific post rather than something that's squeezed in with everything else we do? d7658371d21200b02048c4b25dc6393a_a146e4c53483d5f4f8a4106039f714bc