The Good, the Bad and the Ugly. Open Access in the UKTorsten Reimer
This document summarizes the open access policies and initiatives at Imperial College London. It discusses the UK's transition to open access as recommended by the Finch Report, including policies from major funders like RCUK and Wellcome Trust. Imperial College London has established funds and processes to support authors in making their work openly accessible in compliance with these policies. However, challenges remain around transparency of publishing costs and the sustainability of "hybrid" open access models where publishers charge for open access publication as well as subscriptions.
Opening remarks: Open access and the developing world BioMedCentral
This document discusses how open access to research can help expand knowledge access in developing regions like Africa. It notes that while internet connectivity in Africa is improving, access barriers still exist. Open access publishing removes barriers by making research freely available online. The document outlines how BioMed Central, the largest open access publisher, works to increase access in Africa through fee waivers, conferences, and collaborating with institutions and repositories to automate open access sharing. Open access is positioned to help achieve UN development goals by more broadly disseminating research on issues like health that are most relevant to developing areas.
Slides from a talk at the annual conference of the Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft e. V. (DPG) in Berlin (18/03/2015). I summarise the current OA policy landscape in the UK, use Imperial College London as an example of how a research-intensive university approaches these issues and then take a look at the (UK) data on the cost of open access and total cost of ownership.
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TeachMeAnatomy: How a medical student built a sustainable, crowd-sourced, pee...tbirdcymru
A medical student created an open online anatomy textbook called TeachMeAnatomy in his spare time using a crowd-sourced and peer-reviewed model. Over time, the site grew significantly in popularity and views. It became financially sustainable through advertisements. The student was able to ensure quality by starting with content from friends and moving to an open crowd-sourcing model with comments and ratings. The site had a major impact with views increasing over 30 times from 2013 to 2016. It provides a profitable and reproducible model for other open educational initiatives.
The document summarizes the success of the eWIN membership portal and stakeholder engagement in the Yorkshire and Humber region in 2015. eWIN is an established workforce and education information portal that has seen developments over the years to adapt to changes in the NHS, social care, and health education. It serves as a central repository for resources, events, news, and allows for online support networks and sharing of information and best practices. Groups on eWIN provide forums, member lists, activity feeds, and tools/resources and can be public or private. The main benefits of groups are asking questions, accessing news and resources, and sharing best practices. Yorkshire and Humber region led the use of online groups on eWIN in 2015 as a
Libraries are increasingly being called upon to extend
access to their online resources to users beyond their
core constituencies. Every institution has its own unique
arrangements, but they all raise similar questions for the
library: are these users included under our existing licences
or are separate ones needed? Will we have to pay more, and
if so, how much? Where can I go for advice? Learn about the
guidelines Jisc Collections has developed, and hear from
two librarians who have successfully implemented their own
solutions: Anna Franca on KCL’s work with an NHS Trust
and Ruth Dale on Nottingham’s overseas campuses.
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly. Open Access in the UKTorsten Reimer
This document summarizes the open access policies and initiatives at Imperial College London. It discusses the UK's transition to open access as recommended by the Finch Report, including policies from major funders like RCUK and Wellcome Trust. Imperial College London has established funds and processes to support authors in making their work openly accessible in compliance with these policies. However, challenges remain around transparency of publishing costs and the sustainability of "hybrid" open access models where publishers charge for open access publication as well as subscriptions.
Opening remarks: Open access and the developing world BioMedCentral
This document discusses how open access to research can help expand knowledge access in developing regions like Africa. It notes that while internet connectivity in Africa is improving, access barriers still exist. Open access publishing removes barriers by making research freely available online. The document outlines how BioMed Central, the largest open access publisher, works to increase access in Africa through fee waivers, conferences, and collaborating with institutions and repositories to automate open access sharing. Open access is positioned to help achieve UN development goals by more broadly disseminating research on issues like health that are most relevant to developing areas.
Slides from a talk at the annual conference of the Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft e. V. (DPG) in Berlin (18/03/2015). I summarise the current OA policy landscape in the UK, use Imperial College London as an example of how a research-intensive university approaches these issues and then take a look at the (UK) data on the cost of open access and total cost of ownership.
SchoolCal Product Overview
Raise engagement, communication and collaboration across the whole school via a safe, accessible and personal platform.
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TeachMeAnatomy: How a medical student built a sustainable, crowd-sourced, pee...tbirdcymru
A medical student created an open online anatomy textbook called TeachMeAnatomy in his spare time using a crowd-sourced and peer-reviewed model. Over time, the site grew significantly in popularity and views. It became financially sustainable through advertisements. The student was able to ensure quality by starting with content from friends and moving to an open crowd-sourcing model with comments and ratings. The site had a major impact with views increasing over 30 times from 2013 to 2016. It provides a profitable and reproducible model for other open educational initiatives.
The document summarizes the success of the eWIN membership portal and stakeholder engagement in the Yorkshire and Humber region in 2015. eWIN is an established workforce and education information portal that has seen developments over the years to adapt to changes in the NHS, social care, and health education. It serves as a central repository for resources, events, news, and allows for online support networks and sharing of information and best practices. Groups on eWIN provide forums, member lists, activity feeds, and tools/resources and can be public or private. The main benefits of groups are asking questions, accessing news and resources, and sharing best practices. Yorkshire and Humber region led the use of online groups on eWIN in 2015 as a
Libraries are increasingly being called upon to extend
access to their online resources to users beyond their
core constituencies. Every institution has its own unique
arrangements, but they all raise similar questions for the
library: are these users included under our existing licences
or are separate ones needed? Will we have to pay more, and
if so, how much? Where can I go for advice? Learn about the
guidelines Jisc Collections has developed, and hear from
two librarians who have successfully implemented their own
solutions: Anna Franca on KCL’s work with an NHS Trust
and Ruth Dale on Nottingham’s overseas campuses.
Libraries are increasingly being called upon to extend
access to their online resources to users beyond their
core constituencies. Every institution has its own unique
arrangements, but they all raise similar questions for the
library: are these users included under our existing licences
or are separate ones needed? Will we have to pay more, and
if so, how much? Where can I go for advice? Learn about the
guidelines Jisc Collections has developed, and hear from
two librarians who have successfully implemented their own
solutions: Anna Franca on KCL’s work with an NHS Trust
and Ruth Dale on Nottingham’s overseas campuses.
The document discusses opportunities for collaboration in electronic resource management (ERM) using emerging web technologies. It notes that e-resources now impact all areas of library operations and the marketplace is constantly changing, requiring new management approaches. Collaboration could help address issues like a lack of comprehensive, structured, and accurate data across institutions by creating data once and sharing usage statistics, qualitative evaluations, and advisory notices. Web 2.0 principles like being participative, user-centered, sharing information, and building trust could support collaborative knowledgebases, licensing repositories, and usage statistics to improve decision making in ERM.
Presentation to Quebec VPAs at BCI (Montreal) May 4 2018eCampusOntario
Presentation about the eCampusOntario structure and activities for Vice-Presidents Academic from Quebec universities, at BCI in Montreal on May 4, 2018.
QAA at the Digital Apprenticeship Community EventJames Clay
1. The Quality Assurance Agency (QAA) oversees quality assurance for higher education in the UK, including degree apprenticeships. The QAA has developed the UK Quality Code, which outlines 19 high-level expectations that all higher education providers must meet.
2. The UK Quality Code covers academic standards, quality of learning opportunities, and information about higher education provision. It applies to all modes of study, locations, and students in UK higher education. Degree apprenticeships must also meet the expectations of the Quality Code.
3. In July 2018, the QAA published new guidance on assuring quality in higher education apprenticeships. It highlights key considerations around academic standards, learning and teaching, assessment
Free and Open Educational Resources for Online EducationRob Reynolds
This document discusses free and open educational resources (OERs) in online learning. It defines OERs, open courseware, and open textbooks, and notes that they are free online resources that can be used, reused, and adapted with attribution. The document outlines where to find these resources, such as in aggregation sites and repositories. It discusses the benefits of OERs, including cost savings, abundance and diversity of content, and flexibility of use. However, it also notes issues with finding, aggregating, and distributing these resources consistently.
The document discusses the Open Policy Network (OPN), which aims to foster the creation and adoption of open policies that advance the public good. The OPN does this by supporting advocates, organizations, and policymakers. It connects policy opportunities with those who can provide assistance. The OPN has 49 institutional members and is funded in part by the Hewlett Foundation. It operates based on four key tenets: that publicly funded resources should be openly licensed, resources funded by foundations should be openly licensed, the default should be open policies via funding requirements, and content should use CC BY licensing while data uses CC0.
Developing and extending approaches to embedding digital capabilities into in...Jisc
Speakers: Sheila MacNeill, senior lecturer, and Linda Creanor, professor of learning technology, both Glasgow Caledonian University.
This session will provide an overview of the approach Glasgow Caledonian University is taking to developing digital capabilities, including summary findings from a recent staff survey, new resources and an overview of some of the tools and techniques being used to create greater engagement with digital technologies for learning and teaching.
Dialogue and discussion will be augmented by interactive feedback/feed forward from delegates.
Open Educational Resources: Benefits & Challenges - SBCTC Canvas Coursemvelastegui
This document discusses the benefits and challenges of open educational resources (OERs). The benefits include providing the most up-to-date information, allowing for easy adaptation and reuse of materials without copyright issues, and cost savings for students and instructors. However, challenges include not being able to guarantee the quality or reliability of resources, potential conflicts between documents, issues of censorship, a lack of access for those without internet, and a dominance of English materials over other languages. The document was from an SBCTC Canvas course on using educational resources taught by Boyoung Chae in winter 2014.
University of Leeds at the Digital Apprenticeship Community EventJames Clay
Blacquiere-Clarkson from the University of Leeds talk about how they have adapted the Jisc Digital Capability framework for the apprentices at their university.
Manchester Metropolitan University at the Digital Apprenticeship Community EventJames Clay
Manchester Metropolitan University uses various digital tools to deliver its degree apprenticeship programs:
1. It uses a virtual learning environment, ePortfolio, and apprenticeship learner management system to deliver educational content and manage students.
2. It collects data from these systems and others like Moodle and attendance records to create dashboards that provide oversight of key metrics to staff like progression, satisfaction, and attendance.
3. Its Onefile system maps apprenticeship standards and skills assessments and is used to track attendance, off-the-job training, and initial skills scans.
A presentation given at the first ever Open Research London on what students around the world are doing, the Open Access Button and how to get involved.
The document discusses the aims and current state of news services provided by the British Medical Association (BMA) to medical students. It aims to be a comprehensive and authoritative source of timely information for students and start conversations about important issues. The BMA currently provides a monthly printed student newsletter sent to 26,000 students, daily news stories on its website, and a fortnightly e-newsletter to all members. However, it faces challenges of declining readership and difficulty finding student content online. It seeks ways to improve engagement through more interactive features, multimedia content, and determining whether a printed publication is still needed.
From Theory to Practice: can openness improve the quality of OER research? Beck Pitt
"From Theory to Practice..." was presented by Beck Pitt at OER15, Cardiff, Wales during April 2015.
This presentation was developed from the slide deck presented at CALRG 2014 at The Open University (UK) during Summer 2014 and the slide deck presented at OpenEd 2014 in Washington DC during November 2014.
From Jisc's student experience experts group meeting in Birmingham on 21 April 2016.
https://www.jisc.ac.uk/events/student-experience-experts-group-meeting-20-apr-2016
Library 2.0: Implications for Access Services in the Academic LibraryKathryn Munson
Library 2.0 aims to put users at the center by breaking down barriers and encouraging collaboration and new content creation. It emphasizes constant evaluation and purposeful change driven by user feedback, practicing constant learning, and blending social and academic functions. Access services staff have an essential role to play in evaluating services, implementing changes, and helping the library adopt a Library 2.0 model.
The document discusses how universities can consume linked data from various sources including data from their own institutions and others. It notes that most university data shares common objects like courses, degrees, people, and publications. While the "killer app" is sought to provide benefits like more funding or students, the real advantages of linked data are reducing development costs and enabling information sharing across the organization. Several examples are provided of early applications using linked data within universities including location browsers, podcast browsers, research collaboration tools, and annotation systems. The conclusion states that these examples represent initial steps and that linked data can more easily integrate profiles, courses and other data into existing university systems.
Directors Josie and Rob Collyer created StudentMidwife.NET (SMNET), the world's largest online midwifery community with members including current and prospective student midwives as well as practicing midwives and mothers. SMNET provides educational resources, clinical placement support, and professional development opportunities to support students and advocate for the midwifery profession. SMNET has partnered with Elsevier for 3 years, with Elsevier providing benefits like free textbooks and discounts to SMNET members, while SMNET provides Elsevier access to their niche market and reduced advertising costs.
MEDtube is a globally recognized online education and communication platform for health professionals that produces professional medical videos and eLearning courses, and provides opportunities for companies to place products, host live events, advertise, and promote medical events and partner associations to MEDtube's large international audience of over 155,000 registered users. MEDtube works with key opinion leaders and medical societies to develop high-quality educational content across various medical specialties in multiple languages and provides comprehensive solutions tailored to clients' needs and business goals.
Business intelligence: making more informed decisions - Jisc Digifest 2016Jisc
We’re developing a lab environment for you to experiment with data sources to create dashboards and analyses to help a wide range of staff in your organisation make better informed, strategic decisions.
Learn about our agile approach and some of the legal and practical issues we’ve come across around data re-use. Hear how university data experts have benefitted from taking part and see some of the new dashboards and analyses the teams have created.
This session will explore the scope for transforming collaboration and knowledge-sharing between public sector workers in different organizations. It will take as its starting point the lesson's learnt from the UK's local government community of practice platform, currently the world's largest network for public sector professionals. Moving on to describe the Knowledge Hub, the "next generation" Enterprise Social Software platform, providing many new features, and enabling far better permeability between government communities and external (Web 2.0) social networks and web services. Delegates will gain insights into the contribution that online communities can make in the public sector, and will discuss the barriers to effective collaboration and the best ways to overcome them
Libraries are increasingly being called upon to extend
access to their online resources to users beyond their
core constituencies. Every institution has its own unique
arrangements, but they all raise similar questions for the
library: are these users included under our existing licences
or are separate ones needed? Will we have to pay more, and
if so, how much? Where can I go for advice? Learn about the
guidelines Jisc Collections has developed, and hear from
two librarians who have successfully implemented their own
solutions: Anna Franca on KCL’s work with an NHS Trust
and Ruth Dale on Nottingham’s overseas campuses.
The document discusses opportunities for collaboration in electronic resource management (ERM) using emerging web technologies. It notes that e-resources now impact all areas of library operations and the marketplace is constantly changing, requiring new management approaches. Collaboration could help address issues like a lack of comprehensive, structured, and accurate data across institutions by creating data once and sharing usage statistics, qualitative evaluations, and advisory notices. Web 2.0 principles like being participative, user-centered, sharing information, and building trust could support collaborative knowledgebases, licensing repositories, and usage statistics to improve decision making in ERM.
Presentation to Quebec VPAs at BCI (Montreal) May 4 2018eCampusOntario
Presentation about the eCampusOntario structure and activities for Vice-Presidents Academic from Quebec universities, at BCI in Montreal on May 4, 2018.
QAA at the Digital Apprenticeship Community EventJames Clay
1. The Quality Assurance Agency (QAA) oversees quality assurance for higher education in the UK, including degree apprenticeships. The QAA has developed the UK Quality Code, which outlines 19 high-level expectations that all higher education providers must meet.
2. The UK Quality Code covers academic standards, quality of learning opportunities, and information about higher education provision. It applies to all modes of study, locations, and students in UK higher education. Degree apprenticeships must also meet the expectations of the Quality Code.
3. In July 2018, the QAA published new guidance on assuring quality in higher education apprenticeships. It highlights key considerations around academic standards, learning and teaching, assessment
Free and Open Educational Resources for Online EducationRob Reynolds
This document discusses free and open educational resources (OERs) in online learning. It defines OERs, open courseware, and open textbooks, and notes that they are free online resources that can be used, reused, and adapted with attribution. The document outlines where to find these resources, such as in aggregation sites and repositories. It discusses the benefits of OERs, including cost savings, abundance and diversity of content, and flexibility of use. However, it also notes issues with finding, aggregating, and distributing these resources consistently.
The document discusses the Open Policy Network (OPN), which aims to foster the creation and adoption of open policies that advance the public good. The OPN does this by supporting advocates, organizations, and policymakers. It connects policy opportunities with those who can provide assistance. The OPN has 49 institutional members and is funded in part by the Hewlett Foundation. It operates based on four key tenets: that publicly funded resources should be openly licensed, resources funded by foundations should be openly licensed, the default should be open policies via funding requirements, and content should use CC BY licensing while data uses CC0.
Developing and extending approaches to embedding digital capabilities into in...Jisc
Speakers: Sheila MacNeill, senior lecturer, and Linda Creanor, professor of learning technology, both Glasgow Caledonian University.
This session will provide an overview of the approach Glasgow Caledonian University is taking to developing digital capabilities, including summary findings from a recent staff survey, new resources and an overview of some of the tools and techniques being used to create greater engagement with digital technologies for learning and teaching.
Dialogue and discussion will be augmented by interactive feedback/feed forward from delegates.
Open Educational Resources: Benefits & Challenges - SBCTC Canvas Coursemvelastegui
This document discusses the benefits and challenges of open educational resources (OERs). The benefits include providing the most up-to-date information, allowing for easy adaptation and reuse of materials without copyright issues, and cost savings for students and instructors. However, challenges include not being able to guarantee the quality or reliability of resources, potential conflicts between documents, issues of censorship, a lack of access for those without internet, and a dominance of English materials over other languages. The document was from an SBCTC Canvas course on using educational resources taught by Boyoung Chae in winter 2014.
University of Leeds at the Digital Apprenticeship Community EventJames Clay
Blacquiere-Clarkson from the University of Leeds talk about how they have adapted the Jisc Digital Capability framework for the apprentices at their university.
Manchester Metropolitan University at the Digital Apprenticeship Community EventJames Clay
Manchester Metropolitan University uses various digital tools to deliver its degree apprenticeship programs:
1. It uses a virtual learning environment, ePortfolio, and apprenticeship learner management system to deliver educational content and manage students.
2. It collects data from these systems and others like Moodle and attendance records to create dashboards that provide oversight of key metrics to staff like progression, satisfaction, and attendance.
3. Its Onefile system maps apprenticeship standards and skills assessments and is used to track attendance, off-the-job training, and initial skills scans.
A presentation given at the first ever Open Research London on what students around the world are doing, the Open Access Button and how to get involved.
The document discusses the aims and current state of news services provided by the British Medical Association (BMA) to medical students. It aims to be a comprehensive and authoritative source of timely information for students and start conversations about important issues. The BMA currently provides a monthly printed student newsletter sent to 26,000 students, daily news stories on its website, and a fortnightly e-newsletter to all members. However, it faces challenges of declining readership and difficulty finding student content online. It seeks ways to improve engagement through more interactive features, multimedia content, and determining whether a printed publication is still needed.
From Theory to Practice: can openness improve the quality of OER research? Beck Pitt
"From Theory to Practice..." was presented by Beck Pitt at OER15, Cardiff, Wales during April 2015.
This presentation was developed from the slide deck presented at CALRG 2014 at The Open University (UK) during Summer 2014 and the slide deck presented at OpenEd 2014 in Washington DC during November 2014.
From Jisc's student experience experts group meeting in Birmingham on 21 April 2016.
https://www.jisc.ac.uk/events/student-experience-experts-group-meeting-20-apr-2016
Library 2.0: Implications for Access Services in the Academic LibraryKathryn Munson
Library 2.0 aims to put users at the center by breaking down barriers and encouraging collaboration and new content creation. It emphasizes constant evaluation and purposeful change driven by user feedback, practicing constant learning, and blending social and academic functions. Access services staff have an essential role to play in evaluating services, implementing changes, and helping the library adopt a Library 2.0 model.
The document discusses how universities can consume linked data from various sources including data from their own institutions and others. It notes that most university data shares common objects like courses, degrees, people, and publications. While the "killer app" is sought to provide benefits like more funding or students, the real advantages of linked data are reducing development costs and enabling information sharing across the organization. Several examples are provided of early applications using linked data within universities including location browsers, podcast browsers, research collaboration tools, and annotation systems. The conclusion states that these examples represent initial steps and that linked data can more easily integrate profiles, courses and other data into existing university systems.
Directors Josie and Rob Collyer created StudentMidwife.NET (SMNET), the world's largest online midwifery community with members including current and prospective student midwives as well as practicing midwives and mothers. SMNET provides educational resources, clinical placement support, and professional development opportunities to support students and advocate for the midwifery profession. SMNET has partnered with Elsevier for 3 years, with Elsevier providing benefits like free textbooks and discounts to SMNET members, while SMNET provides Elsevier access to their niche market and reduced advertising costs.
MEDtube is a globally recognized online education and communication platform for health professionals that produces professional medical videos and eLearning courses, and provides opportunities for companies to place products, host live events, advertise, and promote medical events and partner associations to MEDtube's large international audience of over 155,000 registered users. MEDtube works with key opinion leaders and medical societies to develop high-quality educational content across various medical specialties in multiple languages and provides comprehensive solutions tailored to clients' needs and business goals.
Business intelligence: making more informed decisions - Jisc Digifest 2016Jisc
We’re developing a lab environment for you to experiment with data sources to create dashboards and analyses to help a wide range of staff in your organisation make better informed, strategic decisions.
Learn about our agile approach and some of the legal and practical issues we’ve come across around data re-use. Hear how university data experts have benefitted from taking part and see some of the new dashboards and analyses the teams have created.
This session will explore the scope for transforming collaboration and knowledge-sharing between public sector workers in different organizations. It will take as its starting point the lesson's learnt from the UK's local government community of practice platform, currently the world's largest network for public sector professionals. Moving on to describe the Knowledge Hub, the "next generation" Enterprise Social Software platform, providing many new features, and enabling far better permeability between government communities and external (Web 2.0) social networks and web services. Delegates will gain insights into the contribution that online communities can make in the public sector, and will discuss the barriers to effective collaboration and the best ways to overcome them
Can we make higher education relevant to Search & Social Media Marketing indu...KEDGE Business School
Can we make higher education relevant to Search & Social Media Marketing industry needs?
Abstract
Higher education institutions are often criticised for the lack of relevant educational courses that equip students with the skills to meet specific industry needs. The issue of relevant education has been particular significance in the highly dynamic business information technology related subjects. This paper presents a discussion that outlines the benefits and advantages of including Search & Social Media Marketing as a taught subject within higher education.
The key argument presented here is that search and social media marketing not only provides relevance to an emerging commercial industry, but also represents an opportunity for delivering cutting-edge education that crosses a range of disciplinary boundaries by having the topic itself provide context and content. Search and social media marketing is a topic largely defined by the emerging need of marketing professionals to engage and apply their pre-existing knowledge and strategies to the context of search engines and social media.
The data gathered in this case study is based on four action research cycles conducted during the academic years 2008/09 and 2010/11. Additionally, data was collected using an industry survey of 112 respondents who attended the Search Analytics and Social Conference (SASCon 2010), short course participants and UK-based marketing agencies.
The key findings of this study are that a) the Search & Social Media Marketing industry is growing, but is still in its infancy and offers a great opportunity for collaboration between the industry and higher education but b) despite the healthy and growing career opportunities within the discipline, there is a lack of higher education provision, demonstrating the need for academics to engage in this subject area.
http://www.searchmarketing.salford.ac.uk/
This document provides an overview of digital strategy and social media. It discusses the growing importance of social media, top social media channels and how to integrate social media into an organization's communications strategy. It also provides guidance on developing social media policies and principles for employee engagement on social media. Best practices from other organizations using social media effectively are also highlighted.
A presentation given by Mark Williams of the JISC Access management Outrach Team at an RSC South east event at West Kent College on 16th May 2007. It looks at the key concepts of identity management as well as the technical benefits, issues of technical readiness and the choices available to learning providers.
Want to make your health content smarter than Google?Ahava Leibtag
This document summarizes a presentation given by Mike Maloney from the University of Vermont Medical Center and Ahava Leibtag from Aha Media Group about how to create smarter health content. It discusses how people search for healthcare information online, focusing on symptoms and doctors. It also provides tips for developing high-value content on conditions, experts, and services. The document outlines UVM Medical Center's content strategy of developing original content on departments and conditions, featuring experts, and implementing SEO best practices. As a result, UVM saw increases in organic traffic to these pages as well as paid traffic, content engagement, and online appointment requests. The presentation concludes with lessons on prioritizing content needs, planning, execution, monitoring,
Lessons from the UK Access Management FederationJisc
The document summarizes the development of the UK Access Management Federation over the past decade. It provides background on how the federation was established to provide single sign-on access to online resources across higher education. It now includes further education and aims to include schools. The document discusses challenges faced in expanding the federation and securing adoption. It raises questions about the future direction of the federation in terms of sustainability, interoperability, user experience and the role of the national research and education network.
Open Learning Analytics and xAPI | HT2 LearningHT2 Labs
An overview of the xAPI and open learning analytics and look at how Jisc are using Learning Locker as part of their solution aimed at "making the UK the most digitally advanced education and research nation in the world"; first delivered as a break-out session during the xAPI Camp at DevLearn15 by HT2's CEO, Ben Betts. For further information, visit www.ht2.co.uk
Ben Betts Open Learning Analytics and xAPIAaron Silvers
The document discusses open learning analytics and xAPI. It explains that learning analytics applies big data techniques like machine learning and data mining to help learners and institutions meet goals like improved retention, achievement, and employability. It notes that Europe's largest store of education data will be collected via xAPI, containing billions of data points. Finally, it advertises an upcoming xAPI Camp in London the week before the Learning Analytics & Knowledge conference, where there will be tea.
Extreme Makeover – How One Hospital Turned its Website into a Consumer Magnet...ddbennett
Society for Healthcare Strategy & Market Development Annual Meeting
Orlando, FL
October 1, 2009
David D. Bennett- StayWell Custom Communications
Amy McLarty
Marketing Communications Manager,
Public Relations and Marketing
Children’s Medical Center Dallas
This document discusses the history and development of e-learning and online professional development (e-PD) for educators. It traces the origins of distance education back to the 18th century and highlights universities like the University of London that began offering distance learning degrees in the 1800s. The development of the internet allowed for the rise of the first fully online university in 1996. The document then discusses research that has found e-PD can improve targeted student outcomes when teachers participate in a coordinated series of online courses. It also outlines strategies for achieving critical mass adoption of e-PD innovations.
Participating in eXtension Communities of PracticeJohn Dorner
This document discusses communities of practice (CoPs) on eXtension, an online learning platform for extension professionals. It defines CoPs as collaborative groups that share knowledge over time. The document lists current and proposed eXtension CoPs focused on various agricultural and family topics. It describes the roles of CoP members and leaders and how to get involved, including choosing a CoP, participating, and meeting responsibilities. Benefits are outlined for county staff and faculty in gaining access to experts, research, and new audiences through eXtension CoPs.
Jeremy Speller discusses UCL's experience with providing lecture content on iTunes U. UCL launched on iTunes U in 2008 after being approached by Apple. They initially captured 150 events totaling 200 hours of content. Usage has grown significantly, with over 1,500 items and 300,000 downloads to date. UCL also provides private streaming of this content integrated into their learning management system to benefit students. Future plans include further developing the private site and an online media application to streamline the ingest and distribution of content.
As more institutions are allowing social media application use, medical libraries should investigate whether they should use Facebook and Twitter in the outreach efforts.
Presented at the October 2009 Midwest MLA Conference In Columbus, OH.
Facilitating Online Collaboration and Communication: A Groups Approach [5 Cr3...Gunther Eysenbach
This document summarizes Ken Seto's presentation on facilitating online collaboration and communication through OntarioMD Groups. It discusses how OntarioMD consulted physicians to develop an online groups platform to connect geographically dispersed health professionals. An initial pilot program involved various medical groups. Lessons learned include that most users prefer a top-down approach to content creation and usage has been higher than other OntarioMD tools. Future plans include improving support and exploring new social features while focusing on physician needs.
LMM Office of Advocacy Social Media Toolsbakerrachel
The document outlines the Lutheran Metropolitan Ministry's social media and advocacy tools, including an e-newsletter using Constant Contact, advocacy alerts through personalized email templates, a blog on advocacy issues, an online training manual for volunteers, use of videos on different platforms, a Twitter account, and the Change.org platform to empower social change movements. It discusses goals for each tool and plans to align branding, incorporate new features like videos and calls-to-action, expand advocacy lists and regular posting schedules, and launch the online training.
The document summarizes an E-workshop held from March 24-26, 2020. It provides an agenda for the Authoring Working Group meeting on March 25, which included discussions on the BPM+ Health charter, accomplishments in 2019, plans for 2020, and next steps. Key takeaways from the kickoff meeting were to document lessons learned from past authoring efforts, capture all planned 2020 initiatives, and develop a use case requirements checklist. The workgroup tasks for March 25 focused on gathering information from past projects and identifying potential clinical pathways to develop that address multiple areas of need.
Communicating STEM 2010 Fiachra O Marcaigh-amasAMAS
New media, new challenges. Fiachra Ó Marcaigh of AMAS describes trends driving internet communications, the mega-trend of social networking, what these mean for for communicating science, technology engineering and maths (STEM) and what STEM communicators need to do - and watch out for - in using these new media channels.
Phase two of OpenAthens SP evolution including OpenID connect optionEduserv
David Orrell, System Architect and Phil Leahy, Service Relationship Manager, talk about Phase II of the OpenAthens Cloud Service Provider project, and also about how OpenAthens is being used as an identity provider service in the corporate sector.
Partnership Licensing - allowing access to licensed resources Eduserv
1. Allowing students from partner institutions access to licensed resources requires determining if the partnership arrangement allows it according to the licence terms.
2. Publishers may restrict providing access to students in certain territories due to their sales organizations, licensing rights, or desire to avoid reputational damage.
3. Chest licenses are granted specifically to an institution and do not automatically extend to partners as licensing is a private agreement between the publisher and licensee.
Tim Lull, Vice President of Sales and Gar Sydnor, Vice President of Discovery Innovation, showcases EBSCO and how this product benefits the identity and access management community.
This document discusses a website called www.eduserv.org.uk that was created in 1988 and now has over 80 agreements. It provides a link to www.eduserv.org.uk/chest and lists an email contact of jenny.carroll@eduserv.org.uk.
Phil Leahy, Service Relationship Manager covers our commitment to the publishing community as part of our Publisher Manifesto. David Orrell, System Architect, runs through phase one of our new service provider product.
Key considerations when mapping your end user experienceEduserv
This document discusses how OpenAthens is working to improve access to online resources for organizations through a single redirector link structure. It notes that individual users need to authenticate themselves as subscribers to access publisher websites. OpenAthens' redirector checks a user's IP address and either directly sends them to the resource URL if on the organization's network, or constructs an OpenAthens authentication URL to log the user in if off the network. This provides a consistent linking method for libraries to use in their portals to seamlessly direct both on and off-site users to subscribed resources through a single URL format.
Neil Scully, Head of Development and Service Delivery, shares the AGILE SCRUM and SPRINT process used in our product development methodology and the benefits this brings.
Tracy Gardner from Simon Inger Consulting presents the results of their 12 month research project, which included a survey of how over 40,000 readers discover scholarly content. The findings are pertinent to publishers and information professionals alike across sectors.
Jon Bentley, Commercial Director, shares the vision for our products, explains our brand evolution and presents key milestones in the development of our identity and access management (IAM) solutions. He also highlights the range of applications that work with OpenAthens.
Mike Brooksbank, Executive Director of OpenAthens, runs through the schedule of the day, plus an overview of OpenAthens and Eduserv, our last FY year and the year ahead.
Eduserv's Marketing Manager, Alex Bacon, presented at the B2B Network about his experience of content marketing and how to deliver valuable and engaging content to your audiences whilst generating leads at the same time.
This presentation by Jonathan Watkins of Maplesoft and the University of Birmingham was given to the Eduserv Maths and Stats Software Focus Group in June 2016. Möbius is a comprehensive online courseware environment that focuses on science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). students can explore important concepts using engaging, interactive applications, visualize problems and solutions, and test their understanding by answering questions that are graded instantly.
This presentation was given to the Eduserv Maths and Stats Software Focus Group in June 2016. It focuses on updates to NVivo 11 for Windows and Mac, the new QSR Certification Programme and how QSR and the academic community might work more closely together.
How Eduserv are helping local government organisationsEduserv
- Eduserv is a not-for-profit organization focused on providing IT and digital services to public sector clients including local governments.
- They help clients change their approach to engagement and service delivery through digital services, cloud migration, technical and business consultancy with a focus on local government.
- Eduserv assists local governments with digital transformation including moving to cloud models, optimizing business processes, improving citizen engagement, and reinventing to be more digital and customer-centered in their services.
Nick Wallace, Government Analyst, Public Sector Ovum
Momentum for the adoption of cloud services continues to grow in the public sector as services mature and agencies experience in buying and using cloud services grows. As agencies steadily incorporate various cloud components into their environment, it is clear that public sector organisations are starting to realise the benefits of cloud. In fact if one where creating a “greenfield” service, “in the cloud” would be the default approach. However the reality is that most institutions are not in this position. Most have to manage a legacy environment that comprises aging technology, duplicate, inefficient and inconsistent business processes. Developing and implementing a staged migration to cloud will be pivotal when determining whether the “as-a-service” promise facilitates innovation or undermines organisational integrity
Planning your cloud strategy: Adur and Worthing CouncilsEduserv
Paul Brewer, Director for Digital & Resources at Adur & Worthing Council.
How do you assess your organisations readiness to move to the cloud and adopt new platforms drive business change? Paul Brewer from Adur and Worthing Councils will be sharing how they evaluated whether cloud was right for them, the talk will cover how they evaluated the benefits, costs and risks of moving to the cloud, and how they used this assessment to support and build their cloud strategy.
2. UK FE/HE UK Healthcare International Academic International Healthcare Service Providers Photo courtesy of Creative Commons licence - Brian Giesen OpenAthens markets
5. Development advisory group Composition: 5 IdPs and 5 SPs Purpose Ideas community; Discussion forum; Development qualification Process Meetings; Wikis Where are we now?
6. Go live: April 2010 Marketing programme Emails – staff and students Blogs and website Poster campaign. Bath Spa University - update
7. Bath Spa University – a year on… No access queries Still some Athens queries! Integration with Google Docs Gmail access for post-graduates Increased resource usage 20,000 more sessions in 09/10.