Welcome to IWMW2009

UKOLN is supported by: Welcome to the Institutional Web Management Workshop 2009 Marieke Guy and Brian Kelly, UKOLN 28 th July 2009

About The Workshop Series
IWMW events:
Organised by UKOLN since launch in July 1997
For those involved in the provision of institutional Web services
Chance to find out where we are ‘at’ and where we are going
Opportunity to hear about national initiatives, emerging technologies, case studies, …
Provides framework which informs other sessions
Invaluable opportunity for networking
Social programme
Joint-chairs - Marieke Guy & Brian Kelly

About Us
About UKOLN:
National centre of expertise in digital information management
Located at the University of Bath
Brian Kelly:
UK Web Focus – funded by JISC and MLA to support HE/FE & cultural heritage sectors
Enthusiasm for Web 2.0, UK Web Focus blog
Marieke Guy:
Research officer, UKOLN 9 years
Now a blog writer too! Recent work on good APIs
Brings the ‘not so technical’ perspective

About You
How many have attended previous IWMW events?
What do you do? Technical Management Users Information Research Strategy/Policy Academic Design Other

This Year’s Event
The event consists of:
Plenary talks (give the wider picture)
Parallel sessions (designed to be interactive and participative) - if you’re not signed up…
BarCamps (please sign up) & discussions groups
Networking opportunities
Also provides a supportive environment for innovation:
Networked technologies (note AUP)
Developers Lounge
Blog

Workshop Sponsors Leading developer of Enterprise Content Management systems, delivering accessible, non-technical Web sites, intranets and Google Search with full standards compliance. Sponsors of the workshop dinner. Leading provider of highly functional Enterprise Web Content Management Systems, eForms & Self Service software. Sponsors of delegate bags, badges and lanyards .

Exhibition
Web content management system developed by C2 Software Ltd.
Content management company that supply MySource Matrix. Web management tools including QA, analytics, site engine, server monitoring…etc. Creative front-end Web designers and developers.

Social Events
Tonight:
Workshop meal – Marquee on campus
Drinks will be served at 19:00 with dinner at 19:30.
Exciting entertainment!
Tomorrow:
Drinks Reception Colchester Moot Hall
Coaches from Car Park A on campus leaving at 6.45pm sharp
Eat and drink at own choice of restaurants and pubs

What’s Established
Established aspects of recent IWMW events (since 2006):
WiFi : network available, help available
AUP : can be used to support aims of event, provided distractions to others is minimised
Privacy, etc. : culture of openness and sharing. Let us know of conflicts with personal preferences
Session chairs : clarification of AUP during session, timekeeping, etc.
More recent innovations:
Innovation competition : an opportunity for developers (light weight & heavy weight!)
Video streaming : amplifying the event

What’s New?
Streamed Strands
Back-end
Front-end
Links with Eduweb
Developers lounge
iLab
Quiet Area
Blog
Live blogging
Twitter Walls
Delegate packs
Photo courtesy of bloggingdagger, Flickr

http://iwmw2009.wordpress.com/

Live Blogging
Introducing Kirsty McGill
Digital writer
Bath Bus Station Twitter feed
The face of @iwmwlive
Kirsty will be live blogging the talks
Writing for the blog
Interviews, photos, videos
Any other ideas?
Feedback
MG  BK

The Web is Important!

Remit to:
“ consider impact of newest technologies (social networking & mobile devices) on behaviour & attitudes of students coming up to & just entered higher education & issues this poses”
Recommendations:
JISC continues to develop a research and support programme into the use of Web 2.0 for all aspects of university business
JISC works with the HE funding bodies and Universities UK to explore issues and practice in the development of new business models that exploit Web 2.0 technologies
…

Drivers:
“ The forces now confronting higher education have been called 'a perfect storm’. They are serious challenges. [HEIs] can no longer depend on ever-increasing allocation of funds”
“ This seminar feels a bit like sitting with a group of record industry executives in 1999 ”
Conclusions:
Universities need to respond by reaching out – they are becoming ’edgeless’
A renewed commitment to openness
Experimentation and investment
New tools to support teaching

The Perfect Storm
How will your institution respond to 20%(!) cuts?
Be innovative
Focus on core services, ditch others
Do the same as now only less
Factors: Economics; environment; student expectations; Social Web / Web 2.0

We Are Important
Some questions to reflect on?
Who is best placed to implement the reports’ recommendations?
Who has a better understanding of the risks and challenges?
Who can regard the reports as providing opportunities for their profession, department and institution?

Opportunities at IWMW 2009
IWMW 2009 provides:
An opportunity to experiment
An opportunity for risk-taking
An opportunity for networking
Make the most of these opportunities!

Revisiting Our Innovations
We aim to treat the remote audience for the plenary talks as first class citizens

Revisiting Our Innovations
Give a 1 line reflection at end of plenaries, tagged #P n & #iwmw2009
#P0  #P9 #A1  #C5, #DL

Any Questions?

Welcome to IWMW2009

by Marieke Guy

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