Policy & Strategy David White, Co-manager, Technology-Assisted Lifelong Learning, Department for Continuing Education, University of Oxford

The Characters Involved Open Standards Fundamentalist: we just need XML Open Source Fundamentalist: we just need Linux Open content Fundamentalist: we must share everything Vendor Fundamentalist: we must need next version of our enterprise system (and you must fit in with this) Accessibility Fundamentalist: must do WAI WCAG User Fundamentalist: we must do whatever users want Legal Fundamentalist: it breaches copyright, … Ownership Fundamentalist: must own everything Perfectionist: It doesn't do everything, so we'll do nothing Simplistic Developer: I've developed a perfect solution – I don't care if it doesn't run in the real world Web 2.0 Fundamentalist: Must use latest cool stuff

Open Standards Fundamentalist: we just need XML

Open Source Fundamentalist: we just need Linux

Open content Fundamentalist: we must share everything

Vendor Fundamentalist: we must need next version of our enterprise system (and you must fit in with this)

Accessibility Fundamentalist: must do WAI WCAG

User Fundamentalist: we must do whatever users want

Legal Fundamentalist: it breaches copyright, …

Ownership Fundamentalist: must own everything

Perfectionist: It doesn't do everything, so we'll do nothing

Simplistic Developer: I've developed a perfect solution – I don't care if it doesn't run in the real world

Web 2.0 Fundamentalist: Must use latest cool stuff

Where is the edge of the Institution? Does the institution want to own or facilitate the ‘chat down the pub? Institutional boundary is becoming blurred, part of the overall ‘zeitgeist’ Economic Web 2.0 Global Social E-learning becomes simply Learning ?

Does the institution want to own or facilitate the ‘chat down the pub?

Institutional boundary is becoming blurred, part of the overall ‘zeitgeist’

Economic

Web 2.0

Global

Social

E-learning becomes simply Learning ?

The changing role of computing services? Provision of specialist services Everyone gets a computer for admin Everyone gets email VLE – elearning Provision of social spaces

Provision of specialist services

Everyone gets a computer for admin

Everyone gets email

VLE – elearning

Provision of social spaces

The challenge shifts from the technical to the cultural This stuff works pretty well (drives this issue) Do computing services become advisors as much as providers? Ownership, Legal, Risk etc Are we dealing with ‘Digital Natives’ or is that a red herring?

This stuff works pretty well (drives this issue)

Do computing services become advisors as much as providers?

Ownership, Legal, Risk etc

Are we dealing with ‘Digital Natives’ or is that a red herring?

What’s actually being used? SPIRE survey results: http://tallblog.conted.ox.ac.uk/index.php/2007/03/16/some-real-data-on-web-20-use/

SPIRE survey results:

http://tallblog.conted.ox.ac.uk/index.php/2007/03/16/some-real-data-on-web-20-use/

80% Usage

Thoughts Need to educate all involved to become ‘new media’ literate Need for institutions to grapple with the ‘new media’ economy / social media Institutions need to decide what their role is in this economy Institutional boundary is blurring [email_address]

Need to educate all involved to become ‘new media’ literate

Need for institutions to grapple with the ‘new media’ economy / social media

Institutions need to decide what their role is in this economy

Institutional boundary is blurring

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