Session 3: JISC Innovation Forum 2008 : JISC

Session 3: JISC Innovation Forum 2008

Wednesday 16 July 2008, 10.15 - 12.00

Theme	Session	Speakers	Abstract
Barriers to take up of technology & innovation	3A Survival of R&D and Repositories Room: CBA0.060	Neil Chue Hong, Engage Bill Hubbard, Sherpa	This session will look into why not all good technology survives deployment based on the experiences of the Engage project. This will be followed by the example of ‘The Repository Story' of the development of the current UK open access repository network. It will look at the background of this development and how the view, use and intention of repositories has evolved against the changing scholarly communication landscape. It will ask why they have not been adopted more quickly than they have by the academic community -- and maybe even suggest some answers!
Research data: whose problem is it?	3B Technical and infrastructure issues Room: CBA1.099	Matthew Dovey, e-Research Programme Director, JISC	This session will identify the key infrastructure challenges in the annotation, curation, discovery and access to research data. Participants can share their experiences on these challenges and suggest priorities for future work. It will have 2 parts: a brainstorming discussion to identify challenges, followed by their prioritisation according to importance and urgency. Participants should submit 2 brief pieces of information to the wiki (3 days before the meeting so other participants can read it): a project summary (about 100 words) outlining specifically how their work or project contributes to an effective technical infrastructure for research data management their immediate response (in a word or phrase) to each of the brainstorming themes outlined on the wiki page. This will ensure participants are informed about current JISC-funded and other work in this area and that they can contemplate priorities for addressing the data infrastructure challenges.
Student experience: how to meet changing expectations	3C Bridging the gap Room: CBA1.098	Session Chair: Greg Benfield Rob Howe, e-Learning for Learner (e4L) MabelAgbenorto,University of Hertfordshire Nicola Whitton, Alternate Reality Games for Orientation, Socialistion and Induction (ARGOSI) Malcolm Ryan, Student Experience of e-Learning Laboratory (SEEL)	The panel will discuss how institutions can bridge the widening gap between institutional and learner expectations. Participants will be invited to share their views and experiences on how this is happening already in their own institutions.
Sustaining innovation beyond JISC funding	3D Understanding the audience: what are the lessons learnt from other sectors Room: CBA1.076	Chris Batt OBE, Chris Batt Consulting	This presentation will review the outputs of recent work (PDF) undertaken on audience (users and non-users) and modeling on behalf of theStrategic Content Alliance. Chris Batt undertook a series of 16 interviews with key stakeholders across the UK public sector to assess the state of play on howorganisationsengage with their users, using software and other methodologies. This session will involve presentation on the reports main findings; outline the next steps in this area; and enable discussion amongst the attendees of the barriers and opportunities for closer relationships betweenorganisationsand their audiences (users and non-users) and the role of the Strategic Content Alliance in progressing this work.
User owned technologies & institutions infrastructure	3E Who's identity: starter for ten CBA1.072	Paul Walk, UKOLN Tom Franklin	Goldfish bowl discussion (2 participants, circle of observers, change participants to 'take control'). 2 participants will begin the discussion on the ‘identities challenge’ facing users and institutions as changes increase the importance of verification, validation and authentication of users. The discussion will be dynamic in that its focus is free to change and develop during the session depending on the views, opinions and questions and responses supplied by all the participants