Thinking The Unthinkable!

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Thinking The Unthinkable!
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s/cetis-2006/

• Brian Kelly
• UKOLN
• University of Bath
• Bath

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About This Session

• Aims
• To provide an opportunity for participants to
  challenge existing orthodoxies in JISCs (and
  CETISs) development plans
• To explore ways in which alternative approaches
  can be explored
• To make recommendations to JISC and CETIS
• How
• Small number of brief presentations
• Group discussions

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About The Technologies

• Feel free to make use of networked technologies
  during the workshop
• Chat (Gabbly)
• Wiki TBC
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• Web browser (e.g. follow links in slides)
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About The Facilitators
Introduction

• Session facilitators
• Brian Kelly, UK Web Focus,UKOLN, University of
  Bath
• Steven Warburton, Kings College London
• Josie Fraser, AoC Nilta
• Mark Stiles, University of Staffordshire

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The Need For Open Discussion
JISC development work often happens in the early
staged of this curve
Rising expectations
Service plateau
Enterprise software Large budgets
Trough of despair
Developers

• The Gartner curve

Early adopters
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About Yourself
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Introduction

• In small groups
• Introduce yourself (your name, where you work,
  what you do)
• Agree on 2-3 unthinkable areas which you feel
  would be worth discussing

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About The Workshop Session

• In this session the following subject areas will
  be discussed
• Web 2.0 Trendy Nonsense? (title TBC)
• Interoperability Through Open Standards! Really?
• In addition we also hope to cover a topic which
  you have identified in the initial group
  discussion

About The Session
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Draft Timetable
Time Session
09.30-10.00 Introduction
10.00-10.45 Web 2.0 Trendy Nonsense
10.45-11.00 Conclusions
11.00-11.30 Coffee
11.30-12.00 Interoperability Through Open Standards! Really?
12.00-12.15 Conclusions
12.15-12.45 You Choose
12.45-13.00 Conclusions Review
13.00-14.00 Lunch
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Questions?

• Any questions