Openness appears to be all the rage: open standards for interoperability,
open source for software development and deployment, and open content for sharing
knowledge. What brings these phenomena together is a commitment to openness.
But how do colleges and universities engage with openness? And more particularly,
what does it mean for institutional Web managers.
Learning Outcomes:
At the end of the talk participants will:
Have gained an appreciation of the potential benefits of open source software,
open standards and open content.
Have learnt about the relationships between these different aspectes of openness.
Be aware of some of the challenges institutions face in embracing openness
Have learnt about a user-focussed model which aims to maximise the
bifefits of openness.
Be aware of the befenits for participants and their institutions in
contributing to an openness culture.
Time:
14.00-
14.45,
Thursday 15th June 2006.
Location:
Lecture Theatre 2, 8W building,
University of Bath.
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