Institutional Web Management Workshop 2008:
The Real Information Environment

The Real Information Environment

Title:

The Real Information Environment

Facilitator:

Dr Martin L Poulter, and Dr Kwansuree Jiamton, Higher Education Academy

Abstract:

The workshop is an opportunity to consider the implications for university-based Web sites of the use of external, embeddable commercial services. As embeddable services and communities increasingly dominate, Web sites are evolving into Web presences, with implications for marketing, functionality and evaluation. We will look at some examples from Higher Education Academy Subject Centres' use of services such as YouTube, Google Books and PBwiki, consider some risks and benefits and invite participants to share their own attitudes towards these services, whether pro or con.

Learning Objectives:

At the end of the session attendees attendees will have:

• discussed some of the opportunities and pitfalls of engagement with external commercially-run services

Room Requirements:

PC and data projector provided as standard.

Venue:

KCC City of Aberdeen

Time:

Wednesday 23^rd July 2008 from 15:30-17:00

Contact Details

Dr Martin L Poulter ICT Manager of the Economics Network Institute for Learning and Research Technology University of Bristol Email: M.L.Poulter@bristol.ac.uk Phone: +44 (0) 117 331 4349

Dr Kwansuree Jiamton ICT Manager at the Health Sciences and Practice Subject Centre Higher Education Academy King's College, London Email: kwansuree.jiamton@kcl.ac.uk Phone: +44 (0) 20 7848 3727