Digital by Default

Digital by Default

BCE session at JISC 08

[notes by Louisa Dale] Simon Whittemore opened a session addressing the barriers to Business and Community Engagement: defined as ‘the strategic management of interactions, partnerships and transactions external to the institution. Perhaps interesting that the public sector currently remains the most significant proportion of an (education) institution’s external engagement. Business and community engagement professionals need…

April 15, 2008
Strategic Content Alliance session at JISC08

[notes from Louisa Dale] Programme Director, Stuart Dempster introduces the partners and challenges of maximising the return on public investments in online content. The current, inital focus for this JISC founded inititative is on developing ‘real world exemplars and case studies’ exploring some significant issues and sharing understanding; common licence platforms, common middleware, digital repositores,…

April 15, 2008
more events 2.0 thoughts..

As I mentioned before once or twice (!) I have a real interested in using the tools and attitudes of the social web (previously known as web 2.0 or social media in my posts – decided I like social web as a term for now!) to enhance face-to-face events. This can take many forms from…

April 13, 2008
Home Sweet Home..

The Hub Bristol 3, originally uploaded by matt_jukes. This is the view from my desk at my new home from home at the Hub in Bristol! Its an interesting place – with lots of people doing all kinds of weird and wonderful things based here (though it has to be said today its like the…

April 11, 2008
Looking forward to JISC Conference 2008

I’m looking forward to this JISC Conference this year for all sorts of reasons, not least just the fact that I have missed working with the JISC Comms team these last six months. However one of the big pluses this year is that I should be able to spend a bit more time attending sessions…

March 31, 2008