This document summarizes a presentation on supporting digital life beyond one's host institution. It discusses how staff and researchers may find themselves needing to continue their work after leaving an institution, but face barriers like inaccessible internal systems and digital content locked within the institution. The presentation explores tensions between institutional policies and needs after leaving, and frames digital literacy as including the ability to continue accessing resources after departing. It advocates open practices to avoid restrictions, and suggests libraries could help with education and support for digital preservation strategies to facilitate professional life beyond any single institution.
Reflections on 10 years of the Institutional Weblisbk
Slides from a talk by Andy Powell on "Reflections on 10 years of the Institutional Web" given at the Institutional Web Management Workshop 2006 on 16 June 2006.
See <http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/workshops/webmaster-2006/talks/powell/>.
Slides for talk on "What Uses for New Digital Technologies?" given by Brian Kelly, UKOLN at the "CILIP Digital Information 2009 conference" on "What Future For Digital Information: order or Anarchy" on 17 November 2009.
See http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/cultural-heritage/events/cilip-digital-information-2009/
Empowering Users and Institutions: A Risks and Opportunities Framework for Ex...lisbk
Slides for a talk on "Empowering Users and Institutions: A Risks and Opportunities Framework for Exploiting the Social Web" given by Brian Kelly, UKOLN at the Cultural Heritage Online 2009 Conference held in Florence on 15-16 December 2009.
See http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/cultural-heritage/events/cultural-heritage-online-2009/
Exploiting The Potential Of Blogs and Social Networks Introduction lisbk
Slides used in the Introduction talk at the UKOLN workshop on "Exploiting The Potential Of Blogs and Social Networks ".
See http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/workshops/blogs-social-networks-2007/talks/introduction/
F1: Summary: Future Technologies and Their Applicationslisbk
Slides for a 1-day workshop on "Future Technologies and Their Applications" facilitated by Brian Kelly and Tony Hirst at the ILI 2013 conference on Monday 14 October 2013.
See http://ukwebfocus.wordpress.com/events/ili-2013-workshop/
See http://ukwebfocus.wordpress.com/events/ili-2013-workshop/
Contextual Web Accessibility - Maximizing the Benefit of Accessibility Guidel...lisbk
Slides related to a peer-reviewed paper on "Contextual Web Accessibility - Maximizing the Benefit of Accessibility Guidelines" presented by Brian Kelly, UKOLN at the W4A 2006 workshop held in Edinburgh on 23 May 2006.
See http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/conferences/w4a-2006/
Reflections on 10 years of the Institutional Weblisbk
Slides from a talk by Andy Powell on "Reflections on 10 years of the Institutional Web" given at the Institutional Web Management Workshop 2006 on 16 June 2006.
See <http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/workshops/webmaster-2006/talks/powell/>.
Slides for talk on "What Uses for New Digital Technologies?" given by Brian Kelly, UKOLN at the "CILIP Digital Information 2009 conference" on "What Future For Digital Information: order or Anarchy" on 17 November 2009.
See http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/cultural-heritage/events/cilip-digital-information-2009/
Empowering Users and Institutions: A Risks and Opportunities Framework for Ex...lisbk
Slides for a talk on "Empowering Users and Institutions: A Risks and Opportunities Framework for Exploiting the Social Web" given by Brian Kelly, UKOLN at the Cultural Heritage Online 2009 Conference held in Florence on 15-16 December 2009.
See http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/cultural-heritage/events/cultural-heritage-online-2009/
Exploiting The Potential Of Blogs and Social Networks Introduction lisbk
Slides used in the Introduction talk at the UKOLN workshop on "Exploiting The Potential Of Blogs and Social Networks ".
See http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/workshops/blogs-social-networks-2007/talks/introduction/
F1: Summary: Future Technologies and Their Applicationslisbk
Slides for a 1-day workshop on "Future Technologies and Their Applications" facilitated by Brian Kelly and Tony Hirst at the ILI 2013 conference on Monday 14 October 2013.
See http://ukwebfocus.wordpress.com/events/ili-2013-workshop/
See http://ukwebfocus.wordpress.com/events/ili-2013-workshop/
Contextual Web Accessibility - Maximizing the Benefit of Accessibility Guidel...lisbk
Slides related to a peer-reviewed paper on "Contextual Web Accessibility - Maximizing the Benefit of Accessibility Guidelines" presented by Brian Kelly, UKOLN at the W4A 2006 workshop held in Edinburgh on 23 May 2006.
See http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/conferences/w4a-2006/
Benefits of the Social Web: How Can It Help My Museum?lisbk
Slides for a talk on "Benefits of the Social Web: How Can It Help My Museum?" given by Brian Kelly, UKOLN at the AIM 2009 conference held in Ellesmere Port on 5 June 2009.
See http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/cultural-heritage/events/aim-2009/
Accessibility 2.0: People, Policies and Processeslisbk
Slides for a paper by Brian Kelly, UKOLN presented at the W4A 2007 conference in Banff, Canada in May 2007.
See http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/conferences/w4a-2007/
Slides for a talk on "What Can We Learn From Amplified Events?" given by Brian Kelly, UKOLN at the University of Girona on 2 September 2010.
See http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/seminars/girona-2010/
WOW Presentation-K12 Online ConferencePeggy George
Presentation for WOW AzTEA Conference by Peggy George and Ann Lumm. Slideshow created originally by April Chamberlain, Darren Kuropatwa, Shawn Nutting, Sheryl Nussbuam-Beach, and Wesley Fryer--"Lessons Learned from K-12 Online 2006" and modified slightly for our hands-on workshop. April 28, 2007.
Slides from a talk by
Michael Webb on "Developing a Web 2.0 Strategy" given at the Institutional Web Management Workshop (IWMW) 2006 on 14 June 2006.
See http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/workshops/webmaster-2006/talks/webb/
Beyond Compliance - A Holistic Approach to Web Accessibilitylisbk
A talk on "Beyond Compliance - A Holistic Approach to Web Accessibility" given at the Techshare 2007 conference.
See http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/conferences/techshare-2007/
Slides from a talk by Brian Kelly, UKOLN on "What Does Openness Mean to the Web Manager?" given at the Institutional Web Management Workshop 2006 (IWMW 2006) on 15 June 2006.
See http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/workshops/webmaster-2006/talks/metcalfe/
Slides for the plenary talk on "IWMW 2000: A Controversial Proposal" presented at the IWMW 2000 event held at the University of Bath on 6-8 September 2000.
See http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/workshops/webmaster-2000/sessions .html#kelly-1
Slides from talk on "Engaging Virtual Communities: Web 2.0" given at CILIP CDG conference on 30 April 2007.
See http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/conferences/cilip-cdg-2007-04/
From Web Accessibility 2.0 to Web Adaptability (1.0)lisbk
Slides for the opening plenary talk on "From Web Accessibility 2.0 to Web Adaptability (1.0)" given by Brian Kelly, UKOLN at the OzeWAI 2009 conference held in Melbourne, Australia on 21-23 January 2009.
See http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/conferences/ozewai-2009/
Using social media to build your academic careerlisbk
Sides for talk on "Using social media to build your academic career" given by Brian Kelly, Innovation Advocate at Cetis, University of Bolton on 11 September 2014 at a symposium on “How to Build an Academic Career” in the Maria Baers Auditorium, Brussels, Belgium.
See http://ukwebfocus.wordpress.com/events/using-social-media-to-build-your-academic-career/
and
http://ukwebfocus.wordpress.com/2014/09/10/using-social-media-to-build-your-academic-career/
Slides from presentation on how career centers use technology to connect students with employers delivered at the 2013 CareerCon conference of European Union University Career Centers in Las Palmas, Gran Canaria, Spain
Benefits of the Social Web: How Can It Help My Museum?lisbk
Slides for a talk on "Benefits of the Social Web: How Can It Help My Museum?" given by Brian Kelly, UKOLN at the AIM 2009 conference held in Ellesmere Port on 5 June 2009.
See http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/cultural-heritage/events/aim-2009/
Accessibility 2.0: People, Policies and Processeslisbk
Slides for a paper by Brian Kelly, UKOLN presented at the W4A 2007 conference in Banff, Canada in May 2007.
See http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/conferences/w4a-2007/
Slides for a talk on "What Can We Learn From Amplified Events?" given by Brian Kelly, UKOLN at the University of Girona on 2 September 2010.
See http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/seminars/girona-2010/
WOW Presentation-K12 Online ConferencePeggy George
Presentation for WOW AzTEA Conference by Peggy George and Ann Lumm. Slideshow created originally by April Chamberlain, Darren Kuropatwa, Shawn Nutting, Sheryl Nussbuam-Beach, and Wesley Fryer--"Lessons Learned from K-12 Online 2006" and modified slightly for our hands-on workshop. April 28, 2007.
Slides from a talk by
Michael Webb on "Developing a Web 2.0 Strategy" given at the Institutional Web Management Workshop (IWMW) 2006 on 14 June 2006.
See http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/workshops/webmaster-2006/talks/webb/
Beyond Compliance - A Holistic Approach to Web Accessibilitylisbk
A talk on "Beyond Compliance - A Holistic Approach to Web Accessibility" given at the Techshare 2007 conference.
See http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/conferences/techshare-2007/
Slides from a talk by Brian Kelly, UKOLN on "What Does Openness Mean to the Web Manager?" given at the Institutional Web Management Workshop 2006 (IWMW 2006) on 15 June 2006.
See http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/workshops/webmaster-2006/talks/metcalfe/
Slides for the plenary talk on "IWMW 2000: A Controversial Proposal" presented at the IWMW 2000 event held at the University of Bath on 6-8 September 2000.
See http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/workshops/webmaster-2000/sessions .html#kelly-1
Slides from talk on "Engaging Virtual Communities: Web 2.0" given at CILIP CDG conference on 30 April 2007.
See http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/conferences/cilip-cdg-2007-04/
From Web Accessibility 2.0 to Web Adaptability (1.0)lisbk
Slides for the opening plenary talk on "From Web Accessibility 2.0 to Web Adaptability (1.0)" given by Brian Kelly, UKOLN at the OzeWAI 2009 conference held in Melbourne, Australia on 21-23 January 2009.
See http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/conferences/ozewai-2009/
Using social media to build your academic careerlisbk
Sides for talk on "Using social media to build your academic career" given by Brian Kelly, Innovation Advocate at Cetis, University of Bolton on 11 September 2014 at a symposium on “How to Build an Academic Career” in the Maria Baers Auditorium, Brussels, Belgium.
See http://ukwebfocus.wordpress.com/events/using-social-media-to-build-your-academic-career/
and
http://ukwebfocus.wordpress.com/2014/09/10/using-social-media-to-build-your-academic-career/
Slides from presentation on how career centers use technology to connect students with employers delivered at the 2013 CareerCon conference of European Union University Career Centers in Las Palmas, Gran Canaria, Spain
Function follows form: the paradigmatic potentialities of recommender systems and the role of paradata in effective user engagement with open education
Presentation by Helen Milner OBE - Chief Executive of the Tinder Foundation. http://www.tinderfoundation.org/ given as part of the MmIT AGM 2015 at Cilip
Preparing Our Users For Digital Life Beyond the Institutionlisbk
Sides for a talk on "Digital Life Beyond the Institution" given by Brian Kelly, Innovation Advocate at Cetis, University of Bolton at a seminar for the iSchool, University of Northumbria on 11 February 2015.
See https://ukwebfocus.wordpress.com/events/digital-life-beyond-the-institution/
Slides for a talk on "Digital Life Beyond The Institution" given by Brian Kelly, UK Web Focus at the ILI 2013 conference in London on Tuesday 15 October 2013.
See http://ukwebfocus.wordpress.com/events/ili-2013-plenary-talk/
MOOCs for Professional Development: Transformative Learning Environments and ...SJSU School of Information
Dr. Michael Stephens participated on a panel discussing the use of Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) for professional development at the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) 80th General Conference and Assembly, held in Lyon, France from Aug. 16, 2014 to Aug. 22, 2014. Stephens presented some of his findings from his ongoing research with The Hyperlinked Library MOOC. “The panel in France was also about the broader idea that large scale learning is something that information professionals should be using, and about how it supports professional development,” said Stephens. An assistant professor at the San Jose State University School of Information, Stephens teaches courses in the iSchool's exclusively online Master of Library and Information Science degree program.
Managing New Technologies: The Challenge Of Web 2.0lisbk
Slides for a workshop session on \"Managing New Technologies: The Challenge Of Web 2.0\" given at the Umbrella 2007 conference.
See http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/conferences/umbrella-2007/
What if Web 2.0 Really Does Change Everything?lisbk
Slides for a talk on "What if Web 2.0 Really Does Change Everything?" given by Brian Kelly, UKOLN at the UCISA CISG 2009 conference on 18-20 November 2009.
See http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/conferences/ucisa-cisg-2009/
A presentation to CILIP Multimedia and Information Technology Scotland group in Edinburgh, April 30th 2009. Talked about Spoken Word and our model for supporting Scholarly Communication.
Inaugural Lecture: It’s Third Space, Jim, but not as we know it: universities...Alex Dunedin
This is a podcast of the Inaugural Lecture of Professor Keith Smyth at the University of the Highlands and Islands: "It’s Third Space, Jim, but not as we know it: universities, community and digital practice"
Keith Smyth talks about the new and innovative ways that the digital can be used to support learning, and how the idea of empowering the learners can be an important space to set up for inventive learning and education. Getting the tools to create and the latitude to be creative can often be a missing element from education.
The lecture covers a great deal of ground which you can listen to and see the slides which accompany his talk when he officially accepted the Professorial role in the UHI.
http://wp.me/p4EpjT-3RU
#thirdspacejim @smythkrs
Slide deck to support a keynote at Libraries Developing Digital Literacies in Cardiff, Wales, UK on 17 July 2015. The keynote offers some personal reflections as well as some pointers to current Jisc work in the area of digital capability and related themes. This pdf version includes speaker notes.
Watch out, it's behind you: publishers' tactics and the challenge they pose f...Danny Kingsley
This presentation to the libraries@cambridge conference held on the 7th January 2016 describes some of the more surprising activities academic publishers are engaged in and discusses the opportunities and threats these pose for the library community. Prepared and presented by Sally Rumsey Head of Scholarly Communications & RDM, Bodleian Libraries, Oxford University and Dr Danny Kingsley Head of Scholarly Communication, Cambridge University Libraries.
SCUP 2016 Mid-Atlantic Symposium: Big Data: Academy Research, Facilities, and Infrastructure Implications and Opportunities. John Hopkins, May 13, 2016
Morning talks: teaching and learning excellence in a digital ageJisc
Rearticulating what we value: a new vision for learning technology professionals
Speakers:
Maren Deepwell, chief executive, Association for Learning Technology (ALT)
Susan Greig, learning technology adviser, University of Edinburgh
Sarah Davies, head of higher education and student experience, Jisc
This session will bring together new survey data, case studies and the CMALT professional development framework to explore how learning technology professionals develop. Join us in formulating a new vision for cpd and professional practice in edtech!
Learning to tutor online and digital transformations: supporting, awarding and accrediting colleagues' development in the digital age
Speakers:
Jonathan Rhodes, educational developer, University of Wolverhampton
Gemma Witton and Elora Marston, advisers/educational developers, University of Wolverhampton
In this session we will share our journey: designing, developing and delivering two courses that support, award and accredit colleagues' development, pursuing learning and teaching excellence in the digital age.
Much of being mindful with technology involves us reflecting on our motivations to engage - are we making a positive choice or simply being pushed around by addictive platforms? Are we in control or simply feeding the data machine? A useful way to consider this is through the notion of personal agency. In this talk I will discuss how we can define clear modes of engagement when using digital technology and how we can retain our agency in an environment which has atomised knowledge and communication.
Delivered as part of our Mindful Tech afternoon and AGM
Encounters with nature have measurable positive effects - heart rate slows, blood pressure goes down, stress melts away and the brain is more able to concentrate. This talk looks at how the same benefits can be gained by accessing nature in VR and online, and explains why we need more nature, not less technology. This is a chance to be mindful of the ways we connect to the natural world both on and offline. Delievered as part of the MmIT Mindful Tech event
Alison McNab, Academic Librarian. University of Huddersfield.
The wisdom of the crowd? Crowdsourcing for information professionals Heritage Quay, University of Huddersfield, March 2018
Laura Woods, Subject Librarian, and Lindsay Ince, Archivist and Records Manager, both from the University of Huddersfield.
Talk at CILIP MmIT event, "The wisdom of the crowd? Crowdsourcing for information professionals", on 19/3/18 at the University of Huddersfield.
Nick Sheppard, Research Data Management Advisor, University of Leeds.
Talk at CILIP MmIT event, "The wisdom of the crowd? Crowdsourcing for information professionals", on 19/3/18 at the University of Huddersfield.
Dr Mia Ridge, Digital Curator, the British Library.
Talk at CILIP MmIT event, "The wisdom of the crowd? Crowdsourcing for information professionals", on 19/3/18 at the University of Huddersfield.
We are becoming used to living in an interconnected world, with vast amounts of data at our fingertips, but what happens when our preconceptions are challenged?
What happens when the things that we take for granted simply don't work any more? How can librarians rise to the challenge? In this talk, Martin will reflect on the impact for libraries and librarians of some of the defining narratives of the late Anthropocene era: from climate change and failed states to cheap space travel and artificial intelligence
The search for early signs of important changes and themes in education, technology and society occupy a number of people scattered over the globe every year when producing the NMC Horizon Report (http://www.nmc.org). A scan of the horizon reveals signals and can provide foresight to support current challenges in research, innovation, policy and practice. Some of the challenges are more or less well-understood but where solutions remain elusive; others are wicked challenges - complex to even define. David will discuss techniques, outcomes and tactical insight in the field of near future work.
How can library and information professionals future proof their career by staying up to date with innovations in their sector? Let’s consider tools and technologies that can help avoid information overload, as we look at aspects of seeking information; sifting and storing the resulting information; and sharing the results of this effectively and appropriately.
Delivered by Dr. Jon Knight at the University of Sussex Library on Friday 17th November 2017. Part of the 'Affordable Futures' event: https://mmitblog.wordpress.com/2017/10/09/affordable-futures-high-tech-low-cost-library-innovations-17th-nov-13-00-16-30/
What tools and technologies should you be using as a librarian or information professional in 2017? The CILIP special interest group MmIT hosted our first webinar to discuss and shortlist the most relevant tools you can employ as part of your work right now. We are joined by four members of the Multimedia and Information Technology Committee to look at tools and technologies for 2017
Dave Parkes - Digital Horizons - the NMC method guest presentation he delivered at our event on Digital Transformation of Leicester De Montfort University
Slides from an afternoon of talks on the theme of Digital Transformation https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/delivering-on-digital-digital-transformation-the-information-professional-tickets-35004474325
A workshop from the MmIT 2016 conference "Digital Citizenship - What is the library's role?" held in Sheffield from 12-13 September 2016.
Changes in scholarly publishing have created a requirement for authors to leverage multiple digital tools in order to build their profile, identity, scholarship and impact within and beyond their institutions. This workshop provided an opportunity for delegates to discuss and reflect on tools which can be used to build an online scholarly presence.
Presentation from our AGM and afternoon of talks on the theme of Open.
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/mmit-2016-agm-and-free-talks-on-open-libraries-research-and-education-tickets-28552110130#
Stephen Pinfield - Professor of Information Services Management at University of Sheffield - @StephenPinfield
More from MmIT - Multimedia Information Technology Group for CILIP (20)
Macroeconomics- Movie Location
This will be used as part of your Personal Professional Portfolio once graded.
Objective:
Prepare a presentation or a paper using research, basic comparative analysis, data organization and application of economic information. You will make an informed assessment of an economic climate outside of the United States to accomplish an entertainment industry objective.
2024.06.01 Introducing a competency framework for languag learning materials ...Sandy Millin
http://sandymillin.wordpress.com/iateflwebinar2024
Published classroom materials form the basis of syllabuses, drive teacher professional development, and have a potentially huge influence on learners, teachers and education systems. All teachers also create their own materials, whether a few sentences on a blackboard, a highly-structured fully-realised online course, or anything in between. Despite this, the knowledge and skills needed to create effective language learning materials are rarely part of teacher training, and are mostly learnt by trial and error.
Knowledge and skills frameworks, generally called competency frameworks, for ELT teachers, trainers and managers have existed for a few years now. However, until I created one for my MA dissertation, there wasn’t one drawing together what we need to know and do to be able to effectively produce language learning materials.
This webinar will introduce you to my framework, highlighting the key competencies I identified from my research. It will also show how anybody involved in language teaching (any language, not just English!), teacher training, managing schools or developing language learning materials can benefit from using the framework.
Read| The latest issue of The Challenger is here! We are thrilled to announce that our school paper has qualified for the NATIONAL SCHOOLS PRESS CONFERENCE (NSPC) 2024. Thank you for your unwavering support and trust. Dive into the stories that made us stand out!
Unit 8 - Information and Communication Technology (Paper I).pdfThiyagu K
This slides describes the basic concepts of ICT, basics of Email, Emerging Technology and Digital Initiatives in Education. This presentations aligns with the UGC Paper I syllabus.
Operation “Blue Star” is the only event in the history of Independent India where the state went into war with its own people. Even after about 40 years it is not clear if it was culmination of states anger over people of the region, a political game of power or start of dictatorial chapter in the democratic setup.
The people of Punjab felt alienated from main stream due to denial of their just demands during a long democratic struggle since independence. As it happen all over the word, it led to militant struggle with great loss of lives of military, police and civilian personnel. Killing of Indira Gandhi and massacre of innocent Sikhs in Delhi and other India cities was also associated with this movement.
Safalta Digital marketing institute in Noida, provide complete applications that encompass a huge range of virtual advertising and marketing additives, which includes search engine optimization, virtual communication advertising, pay-per-click on marketing, content material advertising, internet analytics, and greater. These university courses are designed for students who possess a comprehensive understanding of virtual marketing strategies and attributes.Safalta Digital Marketing Institute in Noida is a first choice for young individuals or students who are looking to start their careers in the field of digital advertising. The institute gives specialized courses designed and certification.
for beginners, providing thorough training in areas such as SEO, digital communication marketing, and PPC training in Noida. After finishing the program, students receive the certifications recognised by top different universitie, setting a strong foundation for a successful career in digital marketing.
Francesca Gottschalk - How can education support child empowerment.pptxEduSkills OECD
Francesca Gottschalk from the OECD’s Centre for Educational Research and Innovation presents at the Ask an Expert Webinar: How can education support child empowerment?
Francesca Gottschalk - How can education support child empowerment.pptx
Digital life-beyond-the-institution - Brian Kelly - MmIT 2015 Keynote
1. Digital Life Beyond The Institution
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Digital Life Beyond The Institution
Brian Kelly, UK Web Focus
2. Digital Life Beyond The Institution
Talk at the MmIT 2015 conference on “With Power Comes Great
Responsibility – How Librarians can Harness the Power of Social
Media for the Benefit of its Users”
Brian Kelly
Independent researcher/consultant at UK Web Focus Ltd.
Formerly at Cetis (Bolton University, 2013-2015), UKOLN (Bath University, 1996-
2013) and universities of Newcastle (1995-96), Leeds (1991-95), Liverpool
(1990-91) and Loughborough (1984-90)
Contact Details
Email: ukwebfocus@gmail.com
Twitter: @briankelly
Blog: http://ukwebfocus.com/
Slides and further information available at
http://ukwebfocus.com/events/mmit-2015-digital-life-beyond-the-institution/
UK Web Focus
30+ years working in university sector!
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Social Media Icons adapted with permission from originals by Christopher Ross. Original images are available under GPL at:
http://www.thisismyurl.com/free-downloads/15-free-speech-bubble-icons-for-popular-websites
4. About This Talk
Social media is widely acknowledged as having a valuable role to play across a range of
institutional activities, including marketing, learning and research.
However use of social media challenges certain beliefs and practices such as ‘software must be
open source’, ‘the institution must manage its IT infrastructure’ and ‘users’ privacy is paramount’.
It appears that there are inconsistencies across the institution in how social media can or should
be used, with, perhaps, IT service departments stating use of services such as Dropbox
contravene institutional policies whilst academics & researchers may encourage their use.
However the importance of Cloud services should become self-evident when we consider the
continued use of online services when members of an institution leave their host institution and
wish to continue using services they are familiar with and continue to engage with their peers.
Ironically it appears that many in-house services will act as an ‘institutional silo’, with staff and
students having little time to migrate content and communities when they leave their institution.
The importance of making effective use of an IT environment after leaving one’s host institution
should be regarded as an aspect of an institution’s digital literacy policy, since digital literacy
covers the ability to be able to evaluate and use digital resources as part of life-long learning. Yet
the institution’s VLE, VRE, etc. are likely to be inaccessible once the user has left their institution.
This talk explores such tensions, describe a risks and opportunities framework for assessing and
addressing the risks in using Cloud services and explore the role of librarians in supporting a
digital life beyond the host institution.
The session will be informed by the presenter’s personal experiences in leaving two institutions
recently and facing the challenges in continuing to be able to exploit his areas of expertise,
content and professional networks in order to continue to be a productive member of society! 4
5. About This Talk
Social media is widely acknowledged as having a valuable role to play across a range of
institutional activities, including marketing, learning and research.
However social media challenges certain beliefs and practices such as ‘software must be open
source’, ‘the institution must manage its IT infrastructure’ and ‘users’ privacy is paramount’.
It appears that there are inconsistencies across the institution in how social media can or
should be used, with, perhaps, IT service departments stating use of services such as Dropbox
contravene institutional policies whilst academics & researchers may encourage their use.
However the importance of Cloud services should become self-evident when we consider the
continued use of online services when members of an institution leave their host institution
and wish to continue using services they are familiar with and continue to engage with their peers.
Ironically it appears that many in-house services will act as an ‘institutional silo’, with staff and
students having little time to migrate content and communities when they leave their institution.
The importance of making effective use of an IT environment after leaving one’s host institution
should be regarded as an aspect of an institution’s digital literacy policy, since digital literacy
covers the ability to be able to evaluate and use digital resources as part of life-long learning. Yet
the institution’s VLE, VRE, etc. are likely to be inaccessible once the user has left their institution.
This talk explores such tensions, describe a risks and opportunities framework for assessing
and addressing the risks in using Cloud services and explore the role of librarians in supporting a
digital life beyond the host institution.
The session will be informed by the presenter’s personal experiences in leaving two institutions
recently and facing the challenges in continuing to be able to exploit his areas of expertise, content
and professional networks in order to continue to be a productive member of society!
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6. About Me
Brian Kelly
Formerly:
• Innovation Advocate at Cetis, Bolton University from Oct 2013 –
May 2015
• UK Web Focus at UKOLN, University of Bath from 1996-2013
Now an independent consultant and researcher
Interests in
• Encouraging use of innovative technologies and practices to
support institutional activities
• Areas of work have included:
Web standards ■ Web accessibility
Social web ■ Digital preservation
A change of direction
• Redundancy in July 2013 / May 2015 for most UKOLN/Cetis staff
• Desire to continue professional work
Introduction
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7. The Challenge – for Many of Us!
What happens when:
• “The axeman cometh” and staff are made redundant or
take early retirement?
• They wish to continue to exploit their professional
interests as:
In a new organisation
A consultant
An itinerant researcher
A means of developing their CV
• The researcher’s contract expires and they wish to
further their research elsewhere?
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Who has responsibilities for ensuring staff and researchers
are able to respond appropriately to such ‘life events’?
8. Changing Work Environment
“By 2015, there will be more Britons over 65 than under
15. We cannot afford to discard their expertise.”
“Studies show that on average each of us will have
seven careers, two of which are yet to exist.”
Stella Creasy, Labour MP for Walthamstow
In New Statesman, 20th Sept 2013
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9. VIEW OF A RETIRED
ACADEMIC
“Last night, I wrote reference for an ex-colleague, and
noticed that the form expected me to belong to an
institution. I guess that identity formation is ongoing
work. Am I retired just because I have a pension?
Retired is a deadly label I think.”
Recently retired academic from a northern university
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10. About You
What is the role of librarians in
supporting users who may find
themselves in this predicament?
Can you identify:
• Concrete institutional
strategies
• Training and support
services
which prepare staff and
researchers for digital life after
they leave the institution?
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11. Information Literacy
• Defined as “the ability to find, use, evaluate and
communicate information”
• Felt to be “an essential skill in this digital age and era
of life-long learning”
LILAC Conference home page
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Should we say:
• “the ability to find, use and reuse, evaluate and
communicate information”
where reuse includes future use in a different work
context
12. Assumptions
The University environment typically assumes:
• You can trust the institution
• We will provide the appropriate IT infrastructure
• We are here to help you
But:
• When you leave we don’t care (unless you donate
money!)
• Our auditors tell us we must delete accounts when
people leave
• We run courses for new staff & students (our assets)
but not when they are about to leave (our liabilities)
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Will the institution’s IT environment be regarded as a
silo (a ‘walled garden’) afer you leave the institution?
13. Policy at Bath University
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See http://www.bath.ac.uk/bucs/news/news_0013.html ×
14. University gives very brief details when:
Policy at Bath University
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Detailed policies• Detailed policies
• Staff leave
• Staff have a new job in the Uni
• Staff are dismissed
• Staff die
But is leaving the institution really an unusual event?
15. The Open Agenda
We are seeing how moves to openness can provide
benefits for life-long learners:
• Open source software: avoids licence costs which
enable software to be used outside the institution
• Open content: avoids licensing restrictions so
content can be used and modified
• Open access: avoids licensing restrictions so
research papers can continue to be accessed
• Open educational practices: working in an open
and transparent way
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Education and user support and – the missing
component? An opportunity for librarians?!
16. My Move to The Cloud:
A Case Study
Following announcement of cessation of funding for
UKOLN I identified that need to ensure:
• Minimal loss of digital content
• Minimal loss of professional networks
• Continued access to use and modify social
media services
• Identify and implement strategies for ongoing
digital presence
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Note that since I didn’t intent to die in my job,
such plans should have been in place in any
case!
17. The Institutional Repository
Opus, the University
of Bath institutional
repository, provides
a secure, reliable &
maintained
repository for my
research papers,
project reports, etc. 17
My Opus entry, which provides a record of my
publications from 1997-2013. See
http://opus.bath.ac.uk/view/person_id/588.html
18. Persistency of Records
Opus policy seeks to ensure
long-term persistency of content.
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When people leave will they still
have their contributions listed?
Opus repository continues to provide content,
ownership details (in part) and usage statistics
Or their usage statistics?
19. Persistency of Records
Informal feedback:
• "Records disappear when someone leaves
because that's entirely appropriate."
• "Staff leaving the university have a different
relationship to the organisation. By rights we should
shut off ALL accounts the day the relationship with
the organisation ends."
Institutional context:
• “this is obviously down to institutional management
of people records”
Where does your policy fit in the spectrum?
• We’re focussing on the REF and our CRIS
(Current Research Information System)
• We are loyal to former employees
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20. The Institutional Silo
Opus, the University
of Bath institutional
repository, provides
a secure, reliable &
maintained
repository for my
research papers,
project reports, etc. 20
An out-of-date view of research
activities (and typically only PDFs
available, not the original master copy).
21. Manage Your Own Records
Ensure that:
• A record of your work
(e.g. your
publications) is
available beyond the
institution (e.g. on
LinkedIn)
• You maintain the
information
(publications; current
position; etc.)
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22. Manage Your Own Content
Ensure that your (open
access) publications are
hosted in an environment
you can maintain when
you leave the institution.
For example:
• ResearchGate
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Papers hosted initially in local open
access repository
23. Manage Your Own Content
Ensure that your (open
access) publications are
hosted in an environment
you can maintain when
you leave the institution.
For example:
• ResearchGate
• Academia.edu
• …
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No permission to upload book
chapter, so metadata-only records
Full-text of open access paper available
24. Manage Your Own Ideas
Ensure that if you
have a blog it isn’t
trapped in the
institution (and
potentially deleted
when you leave).
Some options:
• Create a blog in
the Cloud initially
• Migrate your blog
to the Cloud
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Blog at ukwebfocus.wordpress.com continued with
no need to migrate content (now at ukwebfocus.com)
25. Use Cloud Sharing Services
Have you got your OneDrive,
Google Drive or Dropbox
accounts?
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Case study
Since 2012 I’ve used OneDrive for collaborative
peer-reviewed papers:
• Can use MS Word in the Cloud
• File in one place (avoids multiple master
copies problem).
• Can be viewed (and updated) on mobile
devices
• Not part of an ‘institutional silo’
26. Manage Your Research Identifier
Take control of your
research identity!
ORCID:
• Open Researcher and
Contributor ID
• Non-proprietary
alphanumeric code to
uniquely identify
scientific / academic
authors
• Managed by ORCID
Inc. an open &
independent registry
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My ORCID: 0000-0001-5875-8744
Not coupled to
institutional ID
27. Know How To Migrate Your Email
After 17 years of email
use I had:
• Large number of
messages
• Large number of
contacts
• Personal &
professional uses
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Need to know how to:
• Set up new email accounts (Gmail) & re-subscribe to lists of interest
• Migrate old email messages, sender details, etc.
• Associate social media services with new email accounts
• Rationalise use of email
• Understand risks of loss of email account
28. Email For Authentication
Change your email address to
ensure you aren’t locked out
of Cloud services!
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Claim your papers in Google
Scholar while your
institutional email is valid –
otherwise you might not be
able to claim them!
29. Manage Your Own Domain
A spectrum of ownership:
• Your CV and list of
publications
• Your publications
themselves
• Your blog content
• Your digital identity
• Your email (content,
connections,
authentication)
• Your domain name
• Your own server
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30. Risks & Opportunities Framework
Intended use: Rather than talking about social web services in an
abstract context (“shall we have a Facebook page” for example) specific
details of intended use should be provided.
Perceived benefits: A summary of the perceived benefits which use of
the social web service are expected to provide should be documented.
Perceived risks: A summary of the perceived risks which use of the
social web service may entail should be documented.
Missed opportunities: A summary of the missed opportunities and
benefits which a failure to make use of the social web service should be
documented.
Costs: A summary of the costs and other resource implications of use of
the service should be documented.
Risk minimisation: Once risks have been identified the approaches to
risk minimisation should be documented.
Evidence base: Evidence which back up the assertions made in use of
the framework.
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“Empowering users and their institutions : A risks and opportunities framework
for exploiting the potential of the social web” Kelly, B & Oppenheim, C
31. The Role of Librarians
What is the role of librarians in ensuring staff and
researchers and other members of staff can exploit their
potential when they leave their host institution?
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Traditionally:
• Many IT services provided by the institution
• Librarians (and IT staff) provided advice &
support on use of such services
• External services banned (access to Second
Life) or deprecated (“the content isn’t secure”,
“the service isn’t reliable”, “they’ll claim
ownership of your content”, “it’s a ‘creepy
treehouse’ - students won’t want us in their
space”, … )
32. A New Role for Librarians
In the past:
• The IT infrastructure was
mainly hosted in the
institution
• The IT support infrastructure
focussed primarily on
institutional services, with
some appreciation of (and
warnings about) Cloud
services
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My
University
Slideshare
Google
33. A New Role for Librarians
In the future:
• The IT infrastructure no
longer revolves around the
institution
• The IT infrastructure will
focus on the services
chosen by the individual
(with warning about the
transient nature of
institutional services)
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My
PLE/PRE
My current place of work
My first university
34. Stimulating The Economy
New approaches can help librarians to ensure that the
departure of researchers can stimulate the economy:
• Support the migration of intellectual assets so that they
can continue to be used
• Ensure that training to do so is embedded in institution34
37. JISC Co-design group
JISC Co-design
group
Focus on:
• Authenticating
access to
library
resources
• Institutional
perspective
Relevance to
former staff
deemed out-of-
scope
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38. 38
The Research
Concordat:
“an agreement between
funders and employers of
research staff to improve
the employment and
support for researchers
and research careers in
UK higher education.”
Research
Concordat
40. Survey Across The
Community
Survey of institutional
approaches to information
literacy & Cloud services
carried out in March 2014:
• 89 responses received
• Only 15% of IL policies
cover Cloud services
• Only 2 institutions
addressed needs of
staff leaving institution
• “It’s not our
responsibility!”
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Poster presented at LILAC 2014
41. Using Google
Surrey:
Leavers Procedures states:
• “it might be possible to get a small
extension to the [email] account, if
there are University-related work issues
that will need finalising”
• “any files or documents saved under
‘my documents’ will be deleted when
the email account is closed”
Email Policy states:
• “Entitlement to access e-mail systems
will normally automatically cease on the
date on which employment relationship
[ceases]”
Edinburgh
Policy on email addresses for ex-staff:
• “Many academics who have used their
Edinburgh email address on papers …
believe that they personally should be
able to be communicated with through
this address into the future, whether
they work at this institution or not. …
There is also a desire to be friendly to
all staff by retaining their e-mail
address for a while until they re-
establish themselves.” 41
Not accessible
42. What Happens To Your Cloud Account
When You Die?
Apple:
“You agree that your Account is non-transferable and that any rights to
your Apple ID or Content within your Account terminate upon your
death. Upon receipt of a copy of a death certificate your Account may
be terminated and all Content within your Account deleted.”
Google:
“today [Apr 2013], we’re launching a new feature that makes it easy to
tell Google what you want done with your digital assets when you die
or can no longer use your account.”
Facebook:
“Facebook has an FAQ section dedicated to the three options people
have with a deceased individual’s account: memorializing the account,
requesting to delete the account, or downloading the contents of the
account, and then having it deleted.”
Microsoft:
“Microsoft Next of Kin process allows for the release of Outlook.com
contents, including all emails and their attachments, address book, and
Messenger contact list, to the next of kin of a deceased or
incapacitated account holder and/or closure of the Microsoft account,
following a short authentication process.”
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Which is , or
43. Reflections
Digital life is now primarily in the Cloud, so why are we ignoring this?
We seek to prepare our students with life-long learning skills for working in a digital
environment after they graduate.
But members of staff and researchers are only given training in institutionally-
approved & support technologies. We fail to provide training and support for staff
for their digital life beyond the institution.
And yet everyone will leave the institution (unless they die in the job!)
Professional practices and institutions are in conflict here: on the one hand, we
have a duty to our employer to support the needs of the institution; on the other
hand, our profession, and the higher education sector, believes in the value of life-
long learning.
How can this be resolved? The digital literacies summary espoused SCONUL and
promoted by Jisc, seem insufficient, as it focusses on teaching of digital literacies.
Do we need a new, more agile approach that can deal with contemporary need for
digital life beyond the institution? And if so, can we find this within existing
professional frameworks or do we need to do this for ourselves?
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45. … To “Beyond Institution Benchmarking
Tool”
http://repository.jisc.ac.uk/6140/1/Jisc_NUS_student_ex
perience_benchmarking_tool.pdf
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PDF
Prepare
staff to use
services
hosted
beyond the
institution
Support
and
progress
staff digital
capabilities
throughout
their career
After they start work they
are made aware of the
importance of services
beyond the institution.
From the start staff know
they have to take
responsibilities for
migrating their content
and access to
communities and
services.
Staff are confident in
managing their own IT
infrastructure, migrating
content between services
and ensuring best
practices for digital
preservation are carried
out.
… … … … …
University commitment
to supporting staff
throughout their career
recognised as an
‘exemplar’ and used as
model by others.
46. Will This Work?
Proposed policy:
The University seeks to ensure that staff and students
are able to be productive and effective in their work
and study at the university and are able to continue to
exploit their skills, knowledge and content when they
leave provide this does not conflict with licence
conditions, etc.
How?
During induction staff and students are advised on how
to maximise long-term access to content and services.
Prior to leaving staff and students will be able to
access support on how to migrate their content,
communities and access from institutional services.
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47. Who’ll Run This Course?
Title: Preparation for Digital Life When You Leave
Audience: Staff and researchers who are making plans to
leave the university and wish to continue to exploit their digital
resources, networks and services.
Abstract:
In this course you will:
• Learn about the limitations of in-house IT services
• Hear about relevant Cloud service which you can use
when you leave
• Have an opportunity to migrate your content to Cloud
services.
This course is provided to support our “Preparing for life outside
the institution” policy as part of our institutional commitment to
life-long learning
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Note slides on “Managing Your Digital Profile” used for UKOLN staff prior
to redundancy may provide starting point (available with CC-BY licence)
50. Conclusions
To conclude:
• There will be an increase in the numbers of staff and
researchers who will need to manage digital content
and services when they leave their host institution.
• Current institutional and national plans do not seem
to address such needs.
• An opportunity to take a lead in developing an
institutional (national) strategy?
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52. This presentation, “Digital Life Beyond The Institution” by Brian Kelly,
UK Web Focus is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0
Licence
Note the licence covers most of the text in this presentation. Quotations
may have other licence conditions.
Images may have other licence conditions. Where possible links are
provided to the source of images so that licence conditions can be found.
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Slides and further information available at
https://ukwebfocus.wordpress.com/events/digital-life-beyond-the-institution/
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