Web 2.0: Implications For Higher Education and the Library Community
Web 2.0: Implications For Higher Education and the Library CommunityBrian Kelly gave a talk lasting for 35 minutes on "Web 2.0: Opportunities & Challenges for the Higher Education and Library Communities" on Friday 27th October 2006 at VUB. For location details please see Google Maps.
The term 'Web 2.0' is being widely used to describe a new generation of Web technologies, such as Blogs, Wikis and social bookmarking and social networking services. But is Web 2.0 merely a marketing term, with Web development companies seeking to recreate the excitement of the dot.com boom? And can we expect the hype to be followed by a crash as happened with the dot.com boom?
In this talk Brian Kelly will argue that Web 2.0 provides particular advantages for the higher education community in the support of learning and teaching and research. Web 2.0 provides not only a range of technologies which can enhance the core mission of higher educational institutions, but also an underlying philosophy based on openness, trust and a willingness to experiment which should also reflect the approaches taken within the educational sector.
However there are dangers associated with the use of Web 2.0 services within our institutions. In the talk Brian will outline how deployment plans based on risk management and collaboration and sharing of experiences can help to maximise the potential of Web 2.0.
This talk is part of a celebration of two mebers of the VUB Library (Gerrit Alewaeters and Marc Verpoorten) who retire in 2006. Gerrit and Marc are the founders of the library system Vubis.
| 14:30-14:35 | Welcome |
| 14:35-14:50 | Speech by the president of the Library Commission |
| 14:50-15:30 | Talk on "Web 2.0: Opportunities & Challenges for the Higher Education and Library Communities" by Brian Kelly |
| 15:30-15:40 | Musical intermezzo |
| 15:40-15:50 | Speech by the Rector of the university |
| 15:50-16:00 | Talk by Prof. em. Namenwirth (a previous head librarian of the university) |
| 16:00-16:15 | Talk by Eric van Lubeek (from Infor, the company that commercialises Vubis) |
| 16:15-16:25 | Talk by Gerrit Alewaeters and Marc Verpoorten |
| 16:25-16:30 | Concluding words by Patrick Vanouplines |
All the talks, apart from Brian Kelly's will be in Dutch.
Last updated on
05-Nov-2006