JISC CETIS Conference

The aim for the conference is to stimulate technological experimentation that could lead to innovative systems; to operate at the point of informed speculation; and to anticipate the 'innovative practice' of the future rather than focus on existing 'best practice' with the technologies of today.

The aim for the conference is to stimulate technological experimentation that could lead to innovative systems; to operate at the point of informed speculation; and to anticipate the 'innovative practice' of the future rather than focus on existing 'best practice' with the technologies of today.

This year's conference is focused on the challenges facing educational institutions in a rapidly changing environment, and the implications for those with responsibility for implementing technology change, namely IT service departments. They are expected to provide a reliable and secure technology service for their institutions, while responding to demands from students and staff for an ever increasing range of innovative developments.

In a little over a decade they have had to respond to the challenges of VLEs, peer-to-peer technologies, WiFi, repositories and content management systems, ePortfolio systems, blogs, wikis, Web 2.0, streaming video, and service oriented approaches to name but a few, while continuing to provide solid support for users with widely varying skills, and in many cases, senior management with little knowledge of technology. At the same time, the widening participation agenda, the growth of work-based learning and other political initiatives make particular demands on technology services. How should IT services respond? How do they decide what their priorities should be? How should they advise their senior managers?

This conference will explore this overarching theme from several angles. Building on the successful format of previous years the conference will have a number of working sessions supplemented with two keynote speakers.

This year Jisc CETIS are proud to welcome Professor Andrew Feenberg Canada Research Chair in Philosophy of Technology in the School of Communication, Simon Fraser University, and another leading figure to be confirmed shortly.

As usual, workshops will be primarily discussion based, but will include a few short stimulus presentations and will provide the opportunity to contribute to the exploration of real and current needs. We invite you to come and help to explore the new and emergent challenges faced by institutions and identify technological and organisational solutions.

This years workshop themes are:

• Widgets, Web 2.0 and (IMS) Learning Design
• Technology for Work-Based Learning
• The Learning Content Management Repository Virtual Environment system 2.0 and its future
• Grand challenges in HE & FE
• Technological innovation in a world of web API's
• Re-inventing institutional processes to support flexible learning
• Open Educational Resources: scoping a new programme of activities
• Eduglu factory (hands-on development activity) Challenges for IT directors/Heads of Service

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Contact

Any questions relating to this event should be directed to:

Paul Hollins

Deputy Director, Jisc CETIS

pah1@bolton.ac.uk