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"The IWMW event provides an opportunity for those involved in the provision of institutional Web services to hear about institutional case studies, national initiatives and emerging technologies and to actively participate in a number of parallel sessions."

IWMW 2010 is the fourteenth workshop. This year's theme is 'The Web in Turbulent Times'.
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Institutional Web Management Workshop 2010

Parallel Session B3: Wordpress beyond Blogging

Title:
B3: Wordpress beyond Blogging
Session Tag:
#B3
Time:
Tuesday 13th July 2010 16:00-17:30
Facilitator:
Joss Winn, Centre for Educational Research and Development, University of Lincoln and Chris Goddard, Corporate Website Manager, University of Lincoln.
Abstract:
This workshop will provide a technical introduction to managing a large multi-site WordPress installation and provide a number of real-world examples that demonstrate the versatility of WordPress as a Content Management System (CMS). Attendees will be asked to think 'beyond blogging' and consider WordPress as a popular, low-cost, cutting-edge technology platform serving the needs of research, teaching and learning and institutional web managers.

Contact Details

Joss Winn
The University of Lincoln
Brayford Pool
Lincoln
UK
LN6 7TS
 Phone: +44 (0) 1522 837017
Email:
Chris Goddard
The University of Lincoln
Brayford Pool
Lincoln
UK
LN6 7TS
 Phone: +44 (0) 1522 837017
Email:

Biography

Joss Winn focusses on how technology can be used in Higher Education; working with both staff and students on the use of technology for research, teaching and learning.

Currently, his time is spent running JISC-funded projects, supporting the use of WordPress at the university and running the Lincoln Academic Commons, a hub for open source and open access related projects. His research interests include the idea of the 'Commons' and the impacts of an energy crisis and carbon reduction legislation on Higher Education Institutions.

Chris Goddard is Corporate Website Manager for the University of Lincoln. One of his current interests is the role of institutions and non-human actants in website design and management. He recently completed an MRes using this as a research topic.

Materials

Slides

The presentation is available on the Slideshare repository and embedded below.

WordPress: Beyond Blogging
View more presentations from Joss Winn.

Accompanying Blog Post

Note that a blog post about this session written by Joss Winn, the workshop facilitator, is available.

Note

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