SOLSTICE Conference 2006: Enhancing Student Learning Through The Intelligent Deployment of TechnologyInteracting With Users, Remote In Time And Space
SOLSTICE Conference 2006: Enhancing Student Learning Through The Intelligent Deployment of TechnologyThe following proposal for a contribution to a talk on Interacting With Users, Remote In Time And Space was accepted for the SOLSTICE 2006: Enhancing Student Learning Through The Intelligent Deployment of Technology conference which was held on 3rd May 2006 in Edge Hill, Ormskirk.
Brian Kelly give a mini-presentation with the draft title "Always Agile, Always Beta". This presentation was given remotely in order to demonstrate the potential and challenges in seeking to deploy emerging Web 2.0 technologies intelligently.
The brief presentation (lasting for 6 minutes) described the potential benefits of the Skype Internet telephony application, Podcasting and instant messaging to enhance learning. Some of the potential deployment difficulties will be mentioned, and participants at the conference will be invited to provide strategies for responding to such challenges.
The remote speaker recorded the presentation prior to the conference and it was delivered as a SMIL presentation.
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Brian Kelly's job title is "UK Web Focus". His remit is to support the higher and further education and cultural heritage communities in making effective use of Web technologies. His post is funded by the JISC and the MLA.
Brian is an experienced Web developer having set up his first Web site in January 1993 whilst working in the Computing Service at the University of Leeds. Convinced of the potential of the Web Brian was an early pioneer and evangelist, giving many presentations across the UK higher education community and writing a handbook on Running A WWW Service. Since then Brian has written many articles and given many presentations about the Web and has attended several of the International World Wide Web Conferences, acting as a member of the programme committee on a number of occasions.
Since November 1996 Brian has been employed at UKOLN - a national centre of expertise in digital information management which is located at the University of Bath.
Brian's email address is b.kelly AT ukoln.ac.uk
