Users of Scholarship Technology (uostech) – A Community Approach Mark Morley & Dr. Jamie Wood

Introduction Demonstrate the uostech environment Rationale and community philosophy Research to be undertaken Potential uses for others

Demonstrate the uostech environment

Rationale and community philosophy

Research to be undertaken

Potential uses for others

Rationale Technologists Academics Partnership Cross-fertilization

Technologists

Academics

Partnership

Cross-fertilization

‘ Users of Scholarship Technology’ conceived: … as a network community to advance useful scholarship technology; it’s about acquiring skills, sharing knowledge, building and being part of a community of practice for learning, teaching and research. Mark Morley, 2008

Inquiry approach The inquiry approach to teaching and learning (also know as inquiry- or enquiry-based learning) describes a process of learning in which students are faced with open ended questions, often of their own devising, which encourage then to engage in research like activities.

The roles of researcher, teacher, and learner are blurred as individuals assume different roles at different times. A community comes together, mediated by the technology to investigate, via inquiry and experimentation, uses and applications of the technology. We're working to develop a lightweight framework environment for this community of inquiry to research the potential of 'mashup', adapting of, and 'piggy-backing' on Web 2.0 tools.

Grassroots vs. 'Off the shelf' Achieve requirements Experiment in isolation Perpetual public beta testing Others adopt and adapt Rapidly adapt to change

Achieve requirements

Experiment in isolation

Perpetual public beta testing

Others adopt and adapt

Rapidly adapt to change

Content mashup Parallels mashup of technology Pull in content via RSS into portal Branding over usability

Parallels mashup of technology

Pull in content via RSS into portal

Branding over usability

Comparison Table

Future Increase content Increase user population Critical Mass

Increase content

Increase user population

Critical Mass

Limitations Multiple logon to different services Open ID Administrator centric

Multiple logon to different services

Open ID

Administrator centric

Justification We believe it was appropriate to start experimenting to develop the adaptable approach and propel us up the implementation learning curve ready for future developments (even though there are current limitations). As Martin Weller says, "... we need to get used to a continual stream of tools we love for a few months ..." http://nogoodreason.typepad.co.uk/no_good_reason/2008/01/the-facebook-le.html last accessed on 11/06/08 14:36

Supporting Research Student & Staff Use of technologies SoLT&R

Student & Staff

Use of technologies

SoLT&R

Users of Scholarship Technology (uostech) Mark Morley [email_address] +44 114 222 3017 Dr. Jamie Wood [email_address] +44 114 222 5276