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THE CDIO WEB SITE William T.G. Litant
CDIO meeting 08-10 October 2002 Göteborg

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AGENDA

• Dissemination options, focusing on Web site
• Status of current extranet site
• Web advantages and challenges
• Web site goals
• Potential users
• Potential uses
• Creation of a Web team
• Our goal today is to define a Web site team,
  present it with a mandate and set it to work.

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CDIO DISSEMINATION OPTIONS

• Web
• www.cdio.org
• Partners sites
• Published papers
• Conference presentations
• Poster sessions
• WOM (word-of-mouth)
• Media coverage
• Professional publications
• Academic
• Industry
• General media

• Workshops
• Courses
• Site visits
• School
• Industry
• Hard-copy/CD info packages
• Book
• Handbooks (DIY guide series)
• So You Want to Build a Learning Laboratory
• So You Want to Conduct a Stakeholder Survey

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INITIAL WEB TASKS

• Initial Web tasks will be
• Create a Web working group
• Determine our Web objectives, goals
• Determine our primary/initial audience(s)
• Determine our content areas

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PRIORITIES
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CURRENT SITE IS AN EXTRANET
An extranet is a bridge between the public
Internet and a private corporate intranet. An
extranet connects multiple and diverse
organizations online where those who share in
trusted circles can network in order to achieve
commerce-oriented objectives. OneSoft Corp.
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CURRENT SITE IS FOR PARTNERS

• Includes
• People/contact info.
• Academic papers (11)
• Conference presentation schedule
• CDIO meeting info.
• Upcoming meetings
• Draft agendas
• Local information
• Past meetings slides
• Wallenberg documents (applications, external
  reviews, etc.)
• CDIO Syllabus
• Slide Shows (RTE, Learning Lab)
• CDIO in Brief

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CURRENT SITE IS FOR PARTNERS

• NOT intended for recruitment, program adoption,
  outside communities.
• It is a P2P site a repository, archive,
  database, place from which to access and retrieve
  work in progress.

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WEB ADVANTAGES

• Worldwide accessibility 24/7
• Free to users (unless access restricted)
• Virtually limitless content volume
• Multimedia content
• Readily updated, modified
• Potential for interaction
• Surveys
• Visitor comments
• Online stores
• Bulletin boards
• Contact us

Users can create/structure knowledge for
themselves through their ability to navigate,
connect, select nonlinear content.
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WEB CHALLENGES
A Web mistake means never having to say youre
sorry. Hammerich, Harrison, Developing Online
Content
Unlike hardcopy publications, Web content is
dynamic it can, and should, be constantly
changed. However, changes do involve resources to
identify needs/problems and people with the
skills to design and implement the changes.

• Web sites
• Require ongoing content maintenance
• Require ongoing technical maintenance
• Require occasional specialists expertise
• Information architecture designer
• Writer
• Graphic designer
• Web builder
• IT assistance

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CONTENT/USE

• Data acquisition
• Feedback
• Surveys
• Contacts
• User input
• Meeting room for interest groups
• IRM dissemination
• CDIO marketing/branding
• DIY CDIO
• How to survey
• How to build a Learning Lab
• Etc.
• Tools/freeware/executable downloads
• Downloadable slides, charts, other materials
• Webcasts
• News

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POTENTIAL MEDIA MIX

• Text
• Graphics
• Animation
• Audio
• Video
• Webcasts/video conferencing

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CONTRIBUTORS

• Individuals from CDIO partner schools
• Theme teams
• Other faculty at participating universities
• Other students at participating universities
• Marketing specialists e.g. Cone Communications
• Industry/corporate education specialists
• Other projects (e.g., VaNTH)
• Plus, material from selected miscellaneous
  sources

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GOALS

• Brand CDIO/create awareness
• Market CDIO
• Build CDIO membership
• Provide CDIO information
• Enhance members productivity
• Educate users
• Intranet for planners/key players

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POTENTIAL VISITORS/USERS

• CDIO academic partners/participants
• CDIO leaders
• Full partners
• Smörgåsbord (buffet) users
• Academia
• Faculty
• Staff
• Administrators
• Students
• Engineering students
• Education students
• Industry
• Potential CDIO participants
• Press
• Scholarly
• Industry/trade
• General
• Casual visitors

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WEB TEAM RESPONSIBILITIES

• Determine priorities/sequence/milestones for site
  build
• Members accept responsibility for key areas
• Review, comment on site IA, navigation design,
  GUI
• Serve as site content advisory editorial board
• Ensure text, graphics appropriate for
  trans-national use
• Provide/expedite content from member institutions
• Ensure consistency between school sites and
  www.cdio.org
• Assist with multi-language, multi-national issues
  (e.g., review translations)

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