Category Archives: Plenaries

IWMW11 Conclusions and Reflections

Posted on August 9, 2011 by kirsty-pitkin

In bringing IWMW11 to a close, Brian Kelly invited a number of web managers to share their experiences and reflect on what the event and the community had contributed to their professional practices… Milly Shaw from the University of Sunderland … Continue reading →

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Plenary 8: The Strategic Developer

Posted on August 8, 2011 by kirsty-pitkin

Paul Walk from UKOLN introduced us to the idea of the strategic developer and the work of the DevCSI project to foster innovation through local developers in order to create an environment in which strategic developers can emerge to benefit … Continue reading →

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Plenary 7: Online Privacy

Posted on August 5, 2011 by kirsty-pitkin

Dave Raggett from the University of the West of England used his plenary talk to discuss the issue of online privacy, particularly in view of recent EU legislation regarding the use of cookies. “ Raggett: You become the product the … Continue reading →

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Plenary 6: Embedding Web 2.0

Posted on August 4, 2011 by kirsty-pitkin

Martin Hamilton walked the audience through key lessons derived from his experience leading the Google Apps implementation at Loughborough University and the Google Apps for Education UK User Group, and subsequently co-authoring an institutional Web 2.0 good practice guide. “ … Continue reading →

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Plenary 5: UK University Website Visibility

Posted on August 3, 2011 by kirsty-pitkin

Following on the theme of search, Professor Melius Weideman from Cape Peninsula University presented his findings following a study of UK HEI websites from the perspective of a search engine crawler. “ Weideman: Usability and visibility are the two motivating … Continue reading →

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Plenary 4: Search Engines in the fight against Institutional Impecuniousness

Posted on August 2, 2011 by kirsty-pitkin

In his plenary presentation, David Hawking, Chief Scientist at Funnelback, discussed the importance of search for HE websites and how to improve the search experience for visitors. View this presentation on Slideshare. “ Hawking: HEI are businesses. Everyone who runs … Continue reading →

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My #iwmw11 Takeaway

Posted on August 1, 2011 by Martin Hamilton

I thought it would be interesting and fun to make my plenary session at IWMW11 a bit more interactive than simply me standing up and waffling in front of a bunch of slides. Here’s a few words about what I … Continue reading →

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Plenary 3: Using activity data to support your users

Posted on July 29, 2011 by kirsty-pitkin

  Tom Franklin from the University of Manchester and Franklin Consulting discussed some of the issues that need to be addressed if you want to use activity data to inform your work.   Tom began by discussing the uses of … Continue reading →

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Plenary 2: Marketing and Other Dirty Words

Posted on July 26, 2011 by kirsty-pitkin

Amber Thomas from JISC discussed how institutional repositories, open educational resources, podcasts, digitised library resources, and academic blogs can be used to maximise impact, aid in marketing and recruitment, and increase engagement with the world outside the university. View Amber’s … Continue reading →

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Plenary 1: OK, we know what you do, so how much is it worth?

Posted on July 26, 2011 by kirsty-pitkin

Ranjit Sidhu from SiD presented some of the combined data and analysis that he has been doing with universities, which include sector values in pounds… Ranjit began by making the case for collecting and presenting data, and the power that … Continue reading →

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