Slides IET Technology Coffee Morning - 5th October, 2011.
Meeting the needs of Library users on mobile web - by Hassan Sheikh and Owen Smith (The Open University Library, UK.)
Jisc Collections workshop - Accessing library resources via mobileJo Alcock
Presentation given on 16th July at Jisc Collections mobile workshop. Provides an overview of some of the work researching ways to share information about accessing library resources via mobile, and some examples of different approaches from library content providers.
iPads in the Classroom: Implementation Stepsjrothenberger
Learn how Alsace Learning Academy, an alt. ed. of BCIU (#14), successfully implemented an iPad program and changed classroom instruction. Your iPad implementation will require careful thought and preparation. Topics covered: pedagogical considerations, infrastructure, ed. apps. (purchase, distribution), device and acct. mgmt., PD, and policy management.
IET Coffee Morning - 5th October, 2011.
Meeting the needs of Library users on the mobile web
By Hassan Sheikh and Owen Smith
The Open Unviersity Library, UK.
Jisc Collections workshop - Accessing library resources via mobileJo Alcock
Presentation given on 16th July at Jisc Collections mobile workshop. Provides an overview of some of the work researching ways to share information about accessing library resources via mobile, and some examples of different approaches from library content providers.
iPads in the Classroom: Implementation Stepsjrothenberger
Learn how Alsace Learning Academy, an alt. ed. of BCIU (#14), successfully implemented an iPad program and changed classroom instruction. Your iPad implementation will require careful thought and preparation. Topics covered: pedagogical considerations, infrastructure, ed. apps. (purchase, distribution), device and acct. mgmt., PD, and policy management.
IET Coffee Morning - 5th October, 2011.
Meeting the needs of Library users on the mobile web
By Hassan Sheikh and Owen Smith
The Open Unviersity Library, UK.
Presentation given at a workshop organized by Recreation Resources Services on Oct. 5, 2011. Discusses examples of mobile applications for cultural organizations, mobile initiative planning, and future directions. Presentation is adapted from prior presentation by my colleagues Tito Sierra and Jason Casden.
This is the story of how a small college with a department of 4 and a zero-based budget, developed a mobile solution that is affordable and provides vital information to future and current students, faculty, and staff.
A Mobile Web Framework for the UC SystemBrett Pollak
Describes UC San Diego's decision making process to use the Mobile Web framework. Outlines how all University of California schools are also leveraging the framework and contributing to it's development.
Lecture presented at PAARL's Conference on the theme "The Power of Convergence: Technology and Connectivity in the 21st Century Library and Information Services" held on Nov. 11-13, 2009 at St Paul College, Pasig City
This is a presentation given at Online Northwest 2010 by Kim Griggs and Hannah Gascho Rempel about how we designed our mobile library site and recommendations for how libraries can design their own mobile library site.
Presentation given at a workshop organized by Recreation Resources Services on Oct. 5, 2011. Discusses examples of mobile applications for cultural organizations, mobile initiative planning, and future directions. Presentation is adapted from prior presentation by my colleagues Tito Sierra and Jason Casden.
This is the story of how a small college with a department of 4 and a zero-based budget, developed a mobile solution that is affordable and provides vital information to future and current students, faculty, and staff.
A Mobile Web Framework for the UC SystemBrett Pollak
Describes UC San Diego's decision making process to use the Mobile Web framework. Outlines how all University of California schools are also leveraging the framework and contributing to it's development.
Lecture presented at PAARL's Conference on the theme "The Power of Convergence: Technology and Connectivity in the 21st Century Library and Information Services" held on Nov. 11-13, 2009 at St Paul College, Pasig City
This is a presentation given at Online Northwest 2010 by Kim Griggs and Hannah Gascho Rempel about how we designed our mobile library site and recommendations for how libraries can design their own mobile library site.
How to Make a Field invisible in Odoo 17Celine George
It is possible to hide or invisible some fields in odoo. Commonly using “invisible” attribute in the field definition to invisible the fields. This slide will show how to make a field invisible in odoo 17.
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.
Model Attribute Check Company Auto PropertyCeline George
In Odoo, the multi-company feature allows you to manage multiple companies within a single Odoo database instance. Each company can have its own configurations while still sharing common resources such as products, customers, and suppliers.
A workshop hosted by the South African Journal of Science aimed at postgraduate students and early career researchers with little or no experience in writing and publishing journal articles.
June 3, 2024 Anti-Semitism Letter Sent to MIT President Kornbluth and MIT Cor...Levi Shapiro
Letter from the Congress of the United States regarding Anti-Semitism sent June 3rd to MIT President Sally Kornbluth, MIT Corp Chair, Mark Gorenberg
Dear Dr. Kornbluth and Mr. Gorenberg,
The US House of Representatives is deeply concerned by ongoing and pervasive acts of antisemitic
harassment and intimidation at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Failing to act decisively to ensure a safe learning environment for all students would be a grave dereliction of your responsibilities as President of MIT and Chair of the MIT Corporation.
This Congress will not stand idly by and allow an environment hostile to Jewish students to persist. The House believes that your institution is in violation of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, and the inability or
unwillingness to rectify this violation through action requires accountability.
Postsecondary education is a unique opportunity for students to learn and have their ideas and beliefs challenged. However, universities receiving hundreds of millions of federal funds annually have denied
students that opportunity and have been hijacked to become venues for the promotion of terrorism, antisemitic harassment and intimidation, unlawful encampments, and in some cases, assaults and riots.
The House of Representatives will not countenance the use of federal funds to indoctrinate students into hateful, antisemitic, anti-American supporters of terrorism. Investigations into campus antisemitism by the Committee on Education and the Workforce and the Committee on Ways and Means have been expanded into a Congress-wide probe across all relevant jurisdictions to address this national crisis. The undersigned Committees will conduct oversight into the use of federal funds at MIT and its learning environment under authorities granted to each Committee.
• The Committee on Education and the Workforce has been investigating your institution since December 7, 2023. The Committee has broad jurisdiction over postsecondary education, including its compliance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, campus safety concerns over disruptions to the learning environment, and the awarding of federal student aid under the Higher Education Act.
• The Committee on Oversight and Accountability is investigating the sources of funding and other support flowing to groups espousing pro-Hamas propaganda and engaged in antisemitic harassment and intimidation of students. The Committee on Oversight and Accountability is the principal oversight committee of the US House of Representatives and has broad authority to investigate “any matter” at “any time” under House Rule X.
• The Committee on Ways and Means has been investigating several universities since November 15, 2023, when the Committee held a hearing entitled From Ivory Towers to Dark Corners: Investigating the Nexus Between Antisemitism, Tax-Exempt Universities, and Terror Financing. The Committee followed the hearing with letters to those institutions on January 10, 202
Exploiting Artificial Intelligence for Empowering Researchers and Faculty, In...Dr. Vinod Kumar Kanvaria
Exploiting Artificial Intelligence for Empowering Researchers and Faculty,
International FDP on Fundamentals of Research in Social Sciences
at Integral University, Lucknow, 06.06.2024
By Dr. Vinod Kumar Kanvaria
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.
2024.06.01 Introducing a competency framework for languag learning materials ...
IET Technology Coffee Morning - 5th October, 2011.
1. Meeting the needs of Library users on the mobile web Hassan Sheikh and Owen Smith – The Open University Library. IET Technology Coffee Morning, 5 th October, 2011. http://www.flickr.com/photos/maskofchina/133304444/
6. Mobile OU Library website: v1 – top mobile devices accessing the website
7. The Arcadia Programme arcadia@cambridge: rethinking the role of the research library in a digital age http://arcadiaproject.lib.cam.ac.uk http://www.flickr.com/photos/notix http://arcadiaproject.lib.cam.ac.uk/docs/M-Libraries_report.pdf Full report available Cambridge University Library
10. Revamping the current Mobile OU Library website Current mobile OU Website – single version New (under development) version – three devices model
11. Mobile OU Library development - timeline 2007 2008/09 2010/11 Oct 2011 Launch of new OU Library website (Desktop and mobile versions) Development of current OU Library website (Desktop and mobile versions) Further requirements gathering through Arcadia fellowship, by tracking users via GA and capturing user feedback through focus groups & surveys (Desktop and mobile versions) Re-development of OU Library website (Desktop and mobile versions)
12. Mobile OU Library website – v2 (In development) Three devices model (Inspired by MIT and NCSU mobile web) Low end (basic web enabled phones) High end (touch screen) Middle end (smart phones)
13. Mobile OU Library website development Three devices model categories Source: NCSU presentation at EduCause seminar in 2010 High end iPhones, Android phones, Palm Pre Large touch screens, sophisticated web capabilities Smart phones Blackberry, Nokia smartphones, Windows mobile, etc. May lack touch screen and some CSS and JavaScript capabilities. Feature and basic web phones Web-enabled flip phones Small screens, low web functionality
20. Mobile OU Library website: v2 (In development) Recommendations Course(s) based recommendations Similar articles based recommendations Similar search terms based recommendations
21. Mobile OU Library website: v2 (In development) List of mobiles friendly databases
48. Thank you! Hassan Sheikh ( [email_address] ) Head of Systems Development The Open University Library, United Kingdom Owen Smith ( [email_address] ) Programmer/Web developer The Open University Library, United Kingdom
Editor's Notes
Library has a physical building but it is mainly used by the staff and research students on campus plus by a small number of walk in users. Our main customers are students who access e-resources and other services offered to them via Library website and other systems. We get nearly 1 million hits per year on Library website and around 100,000 unique visitors accessing e-resources. Our main focus in recent years has been towards e-content as there is a decrease in the usage physical content (e.g. books and print journals).
Digital natives - This is an interesting picture shown by Stephen Abram at M-Libraries 3 conference. Younger generation students are becoming more and more familiar with the mobile technologies Changing user expectations – more familiar with mobiles Increased number of users accessing Library/OU websites via mobile phones and small screen mobile devices
We developed the first version of the library website in collaboration with AU. It was a single version and basically reformatting the look and feel based on the same content. Auto-detection using Athabasca’s ADR Developed in Cold Fusion + PHP mixture About 1% of our traffic is via mobiles (without active promotion)
This is a more recent graph where majority of our users are accessing the website via latest touch screen phones such as iPhone, HTC and Blackberries.
Here is the homepage of OU Library’s new website which is due to be launched later this month and has been developed using the combination of central IT supported Drupal and PHP (with mySQL backend).
Same content but different layout and stylesheet …
Too many links + some pages will have too much content But give the option to switch between full website and mobile version
Mobilising is not about shrinking the page. In this example, there are too many links on the page.
Use only essential and relevant content Restyle Reduce options and simplify
RISE – Recommendations Improve Search Experience
MIT’s mobile web software – reusing (and customizing) their style sheets and templates Some ideas from NCSU mobile site Combination of Drupal and PHP – top develop front end WURFL for device capabilities detection mySQL – for back-end database
How does the student know that? And why can’t they use their institutional login to access the content?
Getting user feedback/requirements is important. There is no point in investing time and money in developing something they wont benefit from
According to ComScores 2010 report mobile internet browsing is far more popular than app use. However, the Neilsen Norman Group suggest that apps are better for regular or loyal users.
Other work… LOG – Learning Objects Generator tool – to facilitate users to author LO based IL activities both for desktop and in mobiles friendly manner, and deploy across multiple platform including VLE Mobile Safari - Offshoot of OU information literacy courses Safari. The mobile interface is developed using mobile ESL at AU iKnow - Information skills for the workplace
MIT’s Mobile web – place, events, course information, shuttle schedule etc. Molly – open source framework. Services include library search, transport timetables, podcasts, web cams, weather information, VLE link etc. MyBristol – Funded by JISC and developed by University of Bristol
MACON will address challenges involved in delivering quality academic content to mobile devices in a seamless and user-friendly manner. Mainly around authentication and user interface.