Eduserv Research Programme

what is the Eduserv Research Programme?

what is the Eduserv Research Programme?

what was the Foundation?

what was the Foundation?

a way of giving value back to the education community

a way of giving value back to the education community

or cynically... a way of giving money back to the community a way of keeping the charity commission happy (but I think that would be unfair)

or cynically... a way of giving money back to the community

a way of keeping the charity commission happy

(but I think that would be unfair)

a programme of activities that included grant-giving, studies, meetings, the annual symposium, sponsorship, advice on good practice, standards work, …

a programme of activities that included grant-giving, studies, meetings, the annual symposium, sponsorship, advice on good practice, standards work, …

reasonably high-profile and reasonably well-received by the community but…

reasonably high-profile and reasonably well-received by the community

but…

we had issues…

we had issues…

lack of critical mass as a funding body

lack of critical mass as a funding body

lack of alignment with Eduserv services (resulting in lack of engagement internally, little impact on the areas where we have most charitable benefit, and therefore less impact than we might have wanted)

lack of alignment with Eduserv services

(resulting in lack of engagement internally, little impact on the areas where we have most charitable benefit, and therefore less impact than we might have wanted)

overall negative impact on external perception of Eduserv as a non-profit organisation with a charitable mission

overall negative impact on external perception of Eduserv as a non-profit organisation with a charitable mission

so… what is the Eduserv Research Programme?

so… what is the Eduserv Research Programme?

an attempt to keep the good bits of Foundation activity whilst cleverly side-stepping the issues

an attempt to keep the good bits of Foundation activity whilst cleverly side-stepping the issues

that’s the idea anyway!

that’s the idea anyway!

retain some of the old activities – the symposium, the meetings, the studies, the advice on good practice, the standards work

retain some of the old activities – the symposium, the meetings, the studies, the advice on good practice, the standards work

drop the major grant-giving

drop the major grant-giving

add more internal research work, and the development of pilot and demonstrator services

add more internal research work, and the development of pilot and demonstrator services

most importantly…

most importantly…

much greater alignment with Eduserv services

much greater alignment with Eduserv services

i.e. the Eduserv Research Programme is explicitly intended to have an impact on, and be informed by, the services we deliver for learners and researchers

i.e. the Eduserv Research Programme is explicitly intended to have an impact on, and be informed by, the services we deliver for learners and researchers

what does success look like?

what does success look like?

a demonstrable impact on Eduserv services (“that pilot project led to this new service” or “that study made us re-think this activity”) a demonstrable impact on the HE community (“your research helped inform our thinking” or “your contribution helped this standard come to fruition”)

a demonstrable impact on Eduserv services (“that pilot project led to this new service” or “that study made us re-think this activity”)

a demonstrable impact on the HE community (“your research helped inform our thinking” or “your contribution helped this standard come to fruition”)

so, what are we planning to research?

so, what are we planning to research?

several areas in the pipeline – data centre (procurement models for HEIs and standards horizon scan), studies into the management of Web content and use of Sharepoint by HEIs, Web preservation and the management of research data, Semantic Web and open science, AIM futures (OpenID and Information Cards), 2009 symposium, impact of ‘cloud computing’ on licensing models, e-assessment, …

several areas in the pipeline – data centre (procurement models for HEIs and standards horizon scan), studies into the management of Web content and use of Sharepoint by HEIs, Web preservation and the management of research data, Semantic Web and open science, AIM futures (OpenID and Information Cards), 2009 symposium, impact of ‘cloud computing’ on licensing models, e-assessment, …

suggestions for areas of activity are welcome

suggestions for areas of activity are welcome

but remember – the output of this work is intended to be open and of value to both the HE community and ourselves

but remember – the output of this work is intended to be open and of value to both the HE community and ourselves

who is involved?

who is involved?

the old Foundation ‘team’ (Ed, Pete, David and Andy) but this is a programme of activity, NOT a team of people… so the programme can include people from outside the team … and we hope to second research staff into Eduserv from HEIs

the old Foundation ‘team’ (Ed, Pete, David and Andy)

but this is a programme of activity, NOT a team of people… so the programme can include people from outside the team

… and we hope to second research staff into Eduserv from HEIs

how are we going to communicate this change to the HE community?

how are we going to communicate this change to the HE community?

the ‘plan’ is to announce formally at the symposium in May – but the change is already public knowledge we are collaborating with Lisa on how we surface programme activity through the Web site

the ‘plan’ is to announce formally at the symposium in May – but the change is already public knowledge

we are collaborating with Lisa on how we surface programme activity through the Web site

questions? http://xkcd.com/167/

questions?

http://xkcd.com/167/