SWMLAC Workshop - 21 September 2005 - Beyond Email: Collaborative Technologies For the 21st Century
SWMLAC Workshop - 21 September 2005 - Beyond Email: Collaborative Technologies For the 21st CenturyUKOLN facilitated a workshop on Beyond Email: Collaborative Technologies For the 21st Century on Wednesday 21st September 2005 for SWMLAC (South West Museums, Libraries and Archives Council).
The workshop facilitators were Brian Kelly and Emma Tonkin. The contacts are Tracey Morris, RSC South West and Virginia Havergal, SWMLAC.
The workshop was held at the University of Bath.
Please note that copies of the Wiki are now available. In additional links to additional resources is also available.
The aims of the workshop are to enable staff working in cultural heritage and educational organisations in the South West of England to learn about collaborative technologies which can be used to support collaborative working across organisations and to provide enhanced services for the user community.
By the end of the workshop participants will:
The workshop is aimed primarily at managers and developers in cultural heritage and educational organisations in the south west region who have a responsibility for developing cultural heritage and educational Web services. The workshop will cover several technical areas related to collaborative technologies. However technical expertise in Web site development, programming, etc. is not required.
The workshop will consist of presentations, exercises and group discussions.
Between 10-20 participants can attend this hands-on workshop (7 delegates attended together with two staff from RSC SW and SWMLAC (only delegate failed to attend due to illness).
The following handouts were provided:
The draft timetable is given below.
| Time | Session | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| 10:00-10:30 | Registration | |
| 10:30-10:35 | Introduction | Introduction to the workshop and the workshop facilitators [BK] [About] - [Slides] |
| 10:35-10:45 | Your interests. | Participants describe their interests in collaborative technologies and what they hope to gain from the session [All] |
| Exploring the Technologies | ||
| 10:45-11:00 | Exploring the technologies | Hands-on session in which participants will familiarise themselves with the
instant messaging, Wiki and related technologies which will be available during
the workshop. [About] - [Slides] |
| 11:00-11:30 | Beyond Email: The Potential of Collaborative and Mobile Technologies | Talk about the technologies.[BK] [About] - [Slides - HTML] - [Slides - MS PowerPoint] - [Multimedia presentation - SMIL] - [Multimedia presentation - MS Producers] |
| 11:30-11:50 | Group Discussion | Group discussion on Collaborative and Mobile Technologies: What technologies are you currently using? What are the strengths and weaknesses? What are you planning to use? [All] |
| 11:50-12:15 | Exploring the technologies: exercise and feedback | Participants are split into groups which use a Wiki to describe
the potential of one (or more) of: instant messaging, VoIP, blogging, Wikis and
RSS within their organisation. [All] [Discussion Group 1a] - [Discussion Group 1b] - [Discussion Group 1c] |
| 12:15-12:30 | Summary | |
| 12:30-13:30 | LUNCH | |
| Exploring The Need For The Technologies | ||
| 13:30-13:45 | Exploring The Potential | Group discussion in which the potential for use of collaborative and mobile
technologies are discussed. [ET/BK] [About] - [Slides] |
| 13:45-14:15 | Exploring The Potential - Discussion | Group discussion using IRC with
conclusions kept on Wiki [All] [Discussion Group 2a] - [Discussion Group 2b] - [Discussion Group 2c] |
| 14:15-15:00 | Case Study: Collaborative Tools - A Great Leveller? | This talk introduces the high hopes for social software, and conclusions from a
number of supporting and dissenting studies. Followed by talk on problem response
and management.
Then group discussion based on the morning's experiences. [ET]. [About] - [MS PowerPoint format] - [HTML format] |
| 15:00-15:15 | TEA | |
| 15:15-15:30 | Deployment Strategies | Talk and group discussion, emphasising that a successful strategy must be
user-centred. Is the newest technology indispensable? Must one cling to a successful
solution? How does one evaluate the success or failure of a technology in context? [BK/ET] [About] - [Slides] |
| 15:30-15:45 | Open Forum | Opportunity for general discussion |
| 15:50-16:00 | Conclusions | Conclusions, including completion of Personal Action Plans and Workshop feedback form. |
The following additional talks may also be given.
| Time | Session | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Skype And VoIP | Slides: [About] - [MS PowerPoint formats] - [HTML format] |
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| Collaboration And Multimedia: A Case Study | Slides: [About] - [MS PowerPoint formats] - [HTML format] |
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| Case Study: Podcasting - Transforming Society Or Overblown Hype? | Talk and exercise [BK] [About] - [MS PowerPoint formats] - [HTML format] |
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