Session 2: JISC Innovation Forum 2008 : JISC

JISC Innovation Forum 2008

Session 2: JISC Innovation Forum 2008

Tuesday 15 July 2008, 15.30 - 17.15

Theme	Session	Presenters	Abstract
Barriers to take up of technology & innovation	2A Opposing approaches attract Room: CBA1.072	Dave de Roure, MyExperiment Mercedes Arguello Casteleiro, EIUS	With the present development of web2.0 solutions it is possible to involve 'the cloud' directly in the development process. This of course brings along a new set of challenges for a project. While on the other hand, the conventional and proven method of capturing uptake in use cases is still evolving. Which of these 2 approaches is preferred or are they really complementary? If so, in which cases?
Research data: whose problem is it?	2B Capacity and skills issues Room: CBA1.099	Joy Davidson, DCC	Based on the preliminary results of the data curation skills/career study and background research for the DCC Digital Curation Summer School, this brainstorming session will allow participants to share their experiences on the skills required to curate research data over time and to suggest practical solutions for redressing any skills deficits identified. Brainstorming questions: What are the current data curation skills deficits and capacity building possibilities? What are the longer term requirements and implications for the research community? What is the value of and possibilities for accrediting data curation training programmes? How might formal education for data curation be progressed? Prior to the session (submitted via a dedicated wiki so all particpants can read it), participants should provide: a very brief project summary outlining specifically how their project relates to skills development and capacity building their responses to the brainstorming questions. This will ensure all participants are informed about current JISC-funded and other work in this area and that they can contemplate practical areas for cooperation and collaboration in addressing data curation skills and capacity-building challenges.
Student experience: how to meet the changing expectations	2C The Google Generation Room: CBA1.098	Session Chair: Sarah Davies, e-Learning Team Malcolm Batchelor, JISC Maggie Fieldhouse, CIBER Helen Beetham, Learners' Experiences Programme	This symposium will offer participants an overview of the key findings emerging from the second phase of JISC funded Ipsos MORI research on student expectations as well as the issues raised in a new report, commissioned by JISC and the British Library. These findings will be validated against the emerging themes from the Learner Experiences of e-Learning programme.
Sustaining innovation beyond JISC funding	2D JISC and sustainability Room: CBA0.060	Richard McKenna, JISC	Sustaining the impact and realising the benefit of JISC’s innovation outputs and outcomes has been at the core of the planning and activities under taken by JISC projects and programmes in recent years. This session will explore JISC’s approach, look at examples of best practice and gather the experiences and views of delegates on how best to address the challenges presented by sustainability.
User owned technologies & institutions infrastructure	2E Disruptive technologies disrupt progress? Room: CBA1.080	Lawrie Phipps, JISC Tom Franklin, HILDA (tbc)	This house believes that the use of ‘Disruptive technologies’ serves to hinder institutional progression in developing an integrated and fit for purpose technology infrastructure. The distractions caused by the use of ‘fleeting’ technological ‘burps’ serve only to distract and use up limited resources and ensure that staff and users learn skills that will be of little long term value.