This page provides the abstracts for the parallel workshop sessions.
The parallel workshop sessions will last for 90 minutes.
Note that participants can chose two of the sessions.
A1:
"Athens, Shibboleth, the UK Access Management Federation, OpenID,
CardSpace and all that - single sign-on for your Web site
"
This page provides details for the workshop session on
"Athens, Shibboleth, the UK Access Management Federation, OpenID,
CardSpace and all that - single sign-on for your Web site
".
- Title:
- Athens, Shibboleth, the UK Access Management Federation, OpenID,
CardSpace and all that - single sign-on for your Web site
- Facilitator:
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Andrew Cormack,
Richard
Dunning and Andy
Powell, Eduserv
- Abstract:
- This workshop will investigate the relationships between
institutional single sign-on, Athens, Shibboleth, the UK Access
Management Federation and more recent developments like OpenID and
CardSpace and will give participants an opportunity to ask questions of
a panel of experts from the community.
- Learning Objectives:
- Attendees will gain a better understanding of the available
technologies and the issues involved in their roll-out within and beyond
the institution. They will also have a chance to discuss the future of
access and identity management and how it impacts on the development of
institutional Web sites and Web managers. Attendees should come primed
with questions and issues that they would like to raise with the panel.
- Rating:
- Technical:
- Hands on: This session is not hands-on
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Note: Each session is given a rating from 0 (low) to 3 (high). More information on this is available on the call page.
- Room Requirements:
- PC and data projector.
- Venue:
- Lecture Theatre (V/045)
- Time:
- Monday 16th July 2007 from 15:30-17:00
- Contact Details
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A2:
" So, What Would You Do With 45 Sixteen Year Olds?"
This page provides details for the workshop session on
" So, What Would You Do With 45 Sixteen Year Olds?".
- Title:
- So, What Would You Do With 45 Sixteen Year Olds?
- Facilitator:
- Debbie Nicholson, Web Support Officer, Web Support Unit, University of Essex
- Abstract:
- We are one of those rare web teams based in the IT Section who have an excellent
relationship with our External Relations Section. Whilst there are obvious ways
in which the two sections need to work together on a day to day basis, for publications,
marketing, etc, this session will explore the less common collaboration our web unit
has developed with the Widening Participation office.
We will investigate the ways in which web-based resources can be used to develop
and support WP initiatives and how these could be transferred to other areas within
the Institution. We will also explore how we can utilise the wide variety of pre-university students our institution already has access to for user needs analysis.
- Learning Objectives:
- This session will use case study examples, including our experiences teaching
students on residential summer school courses at the University. By the end of the session participants will have:
- explored the benefits of usability testing and user evaluation to an institution
- discussed how they can create collaborations with other areas in their own institution
- explored ways in which the web can be used to facilitate collaborations and
social networking for staff and potential students
- explored the advantages to be gained from fostering a community for students just entering the HE process
- Rating:
- Hands on:
- Note: Each session is given a rating from 0 (low) to 3 (high). More information
on this is available on the
call page.
- Room Requirements:
- PC and data projector.
- Venue:
- (V/131)
- Time:
- Monday 16th July 2007 from 15:30-17:00
- Contact Details
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Debbie Nicholson
Web Support Officer
Web Support Unit
University of Essex
Wivenhoe Park
Colchester
Essex, CO4 3SQ
Email: debbie@essex.ac.uk
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A5:
"Sustainable Services: Solidity based on Openness?"
This page provides details for the workshop session on
"Sustainable Services: Solidity based on Openness?".
- Title:
-
Sustainable Services: Solidity based on Openness?
- Facilitator:
- Ross Gardler, OSS Watch, University of Oxford and Andrew Savory, Managing Director, Sourcesense UK
- Abstract:
- What makes a service usable and sustainable? Is it one that offers you a service level agreement (SLA)? Or is it one that has sufficient clients that it is likely to survive long-term? And can a service that is principally a "social" service be sustainable? And how might communities of practice relate to the sustainability of an open service?
- Learning Objectives:
- Participants will:
- explore the underlining conditions of sustainability for services
- share experiences of services which either were or were not sustainable
- explore openness as a condition of sustainability
- gain a greater understanding of role openness might play in sustainable services
- Rating:
- Technical:
- Hands on:
-
Note: Each session is given a rating from 0 (low) to 3 (high). More information on this is available on the call page.
- Room Requirements:
- PC and data projector.
- Venue:
- (V/122)
- Time:
- Monday 16th July 2007 from 15:30-17:00
- Contact Details
-
A8:
"Geolinked Institutional Web Content"
This page provides details for the workshop session on
"Geolinked Institutional Web Content".
- Title:
- Geolinked Institutional Web Content
- Facilitator:
- Sebastian Rahtz,
Oxford University Computing Services,
Patrick H. Lauke,
External Relations Division, University of Salford and
Nigel Bradley,
Web Services Manager, IT Services, Northumbria University
- Abstract:
- It is becoming more common to "hide" information in Web pages for retrieval
by intelligent Web clients; this may be done by elements in the header, or by tagging
of material in the page body (microformats). One application of this is attached
geographical location to objects, which can be used to link to maps, or provide
input to dynamic mashups. The purpose of this section is to
- put together a set of small demonstrations of applications in different institutions
(at least Salford, Bath, Oxford and Northumbria)
- discuss different techniques of acquiring and storing data
- see whether there are any useful inter-institutional collaborations to work on
- Learning Objectives:
- By the end of the session participants will come away with an understanding
of the uses of geolinking on web pages, a knowledge of the principal techniques
and a plan of action for their institution.
- Rating:
- Technical:
- Hands on:
-
Note: Each session is given a rating from 0 (low) to 3 (high). More information
on this is available on the
call page.
- Room Requirements:
- PC and data projector.
- Venue:
- (V/139)
- Time:
- Monday 16th July 2007 from 15:30-17:00
- Contact Details
-
Nigel Bradley
Web Services Manager
IT Services
Northumbria University
Email: nigel.bradley@unn.ac.uk
Phone: +44 (0)191 227 4911
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B2:
"People, Processes and Projects - How the Culture of an Organisation can Impact on Technical System Implementation"
This page provides details for the workshop session on
"People, Processes and Projects - How the Culture of an Organisation can Impact on Technical System Implementation".
- Title:
-
People, Processes and Projects - How the Culture of an Organisation can Impact on Technical System Implementation
- Facilitator:
- Claire Gibbons, Web Officer (Marketing and Communications), University of Bradford
and Russell Allen, Project Manager (Portal and CMS), Management Information Services, University of Bradford
- Abstract:
- The University of Bradford is currently embarking on a major series of projects
under the banner of e-Strategy. The Content Management System (CMS) Programme of
projects is e-Strategy project number 12. It began in October 2005 with the
Business Analysis Phase (Project I). The analysis phase of the project was designed
to find out how information is passed between members of staff and to our external
audiences with an aim to recommend improved structures and processes in an effort to make communication simpler and more effective.
- Throughout this project it became apparent that this was the first time that
such a large number of staff had been consulted with and involved in a 'technical'
project from the beginning, and one where the solution was not predetermined.
The success of the Business Analysis phase and the staff involvement therein, has
encouraged other Project Managers to consider the impact of technical projects
from a 'people' point of view. Sounds obvious but how many projects do you know
of where the solution has been purchased without even determining what the problem is first!
- A recent (small-scale) culture survey of the University of Bradford highlighted
the primary behaviours of the University of Bradford (as seen by a cross-section
of University staff) to be ones that would result in the institution struggling
to realign departments, staff and resources to new plans, mainly through procrastination,
and infrequent interaction with staff leading to disengagement with colleagues.
Surely the recipe for failed change-management projects!
- Phase II of the CMS Programme is now underway with colleagues right across
the institution still involved - from Professors to secretaries, managers to academics.
This cultural shift towards staff engagement and affiliative behaviours has encouraged
staff involvement and buy-in and such should result in a successful CMS implementation in the future.
- Learning Objectives:
- By the end of the session attendees will:
- Have an understanding of 'organisational culture' and the effect this can have on change management and/or system implementation
Appreciate the importance of 'getting people on board' from the beginning of a project -
Be able to identify and understand the benefits of this approach to their Institution
- Know the importance of sound project management techniques when delivering University-wide 'change' projects
- Rating:
- Technical:
- Hands on:
-
Note: Each session is given a rating from 0 (low) to 3 (high). More information
on this is available on the call page.
- Room Requirements:
- PC and data projector.
- Venue:
- (V/119)
- Time:
- Tuesday 17th July 2007 from 15:30-17:00
- Contact Details
-
Claire
Gibbons,
Web Officer (Marketing and Communications)
University of Bradford
Email: C.S.Gibbons1@bradford.ac.uk
Phone: +44 (0)phone number
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Russell
Allen,
Project Manager (Portal and CMS),
Management Information
Services,
University of Bradford
Email: R.M.Allen@Bradford.ac.uk
Phone: +44 (0)phone number
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B4:
"Contextual Accessibility in Institutional Web Accessibility Policies"
This page provides details for the workshop session on
"Contextual Accessibility in Institutional Web Accessibility Policies".
- Title:
- Contextual Accessibility in Institutional Web Accessibility Policies
- Facilitator:
- David
Sloan Digital Media Access Group, University of Dundee and Simon
Ball, Techdis
- Abstract:
- Institutions are required, by the DDA 2005, to implement and publish a Disability Equality Scheme that documents a plan to maximise inclusivity for disabled staff, students and others who come into contact with the institution. The DES should include steps for optimising the accessibility of digital resources, and for monitoring progress towards meeting these objectives.
- Conformance with technical accessibility guidelines might seem like the most appropriate way of mandating a minimum level of conformance, and monitoring adherence to that level. In practice, however this can lead to a number of different problems, including the validity and applicability of the guidelines, differences in interpretation, and also the potential rejection of valuable resources, particularly for teaching and learning due to their apparent failure to meet the mandated level. The obsolescence of much of W3C WCAG 1.0, and the controversy over its planned replacement WCAG 2.0, also provides a practical problem over how to define and refer to 'accessibility standards' in policy.
- This has led to the promotion of the concept of contextual accessibility, which encourages a more holistic view of web accessibility in a wider context of delivery of information, services and experiences in an inclusive way (for more on this see http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/papers/w4a-2006/). How, though, do we promote contextual accessibility as an institutional standard? How can we encourage web authors to use diverse solutions to optimise accessibility, while making sure that basic principles of accessible design are met?
- Learning Objectives:
- This session will explore workable strategies for supporting use of the Web in an inclusive way, by:
- encouraging participants to share current institutional approaches to setting policy and practice for accessible Web authoring and how monitoring of accessibility is carried out;
- discussing how policy can best support innovative e-learning design while also setting an unambiguous level to which internally authored and externally commissioned work should reach;
- debating the extent to which such policy should be influenced by, or should influence, web browsing and authoring tools provided to staff and students;
- considering how a contextual accessibility policy would fit with movements towards the increasing use of accessibility-related profile information, such as the Techdis Accessibility Passport to enable automatic content-negotiation.
- Rating:
- Technical:
- Hands on:
-
Note: Each session is given a rating from 0 (low) to 3 (high). More information on this is available on the call page.
- Room Requirements:
- PC and data projector.
- Venue:
- (V/122)
- Time:
- Tuesday 17th July 2007 from 15:30-17:00
- Contact Details
-
David Sloan
Digital Media Access Group
University of Dundee
Email: dsloan@computing.dundee.ac.uk
Phone: +44 (0) 1382 385598
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Simon Ball
Senior Advisor
Techdis
The Higher Education Academy
York Science Park York YO10 5BR
Email: simon@techdis.ac.uk
Phone: 07813 917888
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B7:
"Thieves in the Night: Hidden Problems in Web site Redesign"
This page provides details for the workshop session on
"Thieves in the Night: Hidden Problems in Web site Redesign".
- Title:
- Thieves in the Night: Hidden Problems in Web site Redesign
- Facilitator:
- Matt Thrower, UKOLN, University of Bath
- Abstract:
-
UKOLN is currently going about the business of redesigning its Web site. Given our position in information management and digital curation research this has thrown up some interesting challenges and problems that don't normally come to light during a Web site redesign, but which have resonance for any Web site rebuild. How, for example, do you impose navigation suddenly onto 9GB of unstructured data without deleting any of it? How do you get a corporate stamp on your site without removing the ability of staff to design their own pages? Come along and discuss potential solutions to these and other problems and what lessons could be learned for your institution.
- Learning Objectives:
- By the end of the session participants will have:
- an appreciation of some rarely discussed problems in Web site redesign that were particularly sticky for UKOLN but could be applicable to improving any Web site rebuild
- Rating:
- Technical:
- Hands on:
-
Note: Each session is given a rating from 0 (low) to 3 (high). More information on this is available on the call page.
- Room Requirements:
- PC and data projector.
- Venue:
- (V/123)
- Time:
- Tuesday 17th July 2007 from 15:30-17:00
- Contact Details
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B8:
"Building The Web Management Community"
This page provides details for the workshop session on
"Building The Web Management Community".
- Title:
- Building The Web Management Community
- Facilitator:
- Brian Kelly
UKOLN, University of Bath. Note that
Steven Warburton,
Kings College London, was unable to facilitate the workshop.
- Abstract:
- Members of institutional Web management teams have helped to develop a
sustainable community through use of mailing lists, such as the web-support
and website-info-mgt JISCMail lists (which are very successful in sharing
tips and receiving advice on problems) and participation at the IWMW series
of workshops (which provide an opportunity for members of the community to
meet, hear about new trends and best practices and to share concerns).
- Web 2.0 technologies and approaches provides an opportunity to further
develop and build the community, by providing a richer set of tools to
support our work. Wikis, for example, could be used for writing
collaborative documents; blogs could be used for documenting decisions,
ideas, etc. taken by Web developers and inviting comments and responses from
the wider community (an approach which has been taken in the
ukwebfocus.wordpress.com Blog and other social networking services may have
roles to play in supporting the community.
- Such tools and services can provide opportunities for increasing visibility
of members of the community, creating dialogues, giving a voice to many who
might not always have the opportunity to 'speak', developing a shared
purpose (almost a set of values) through sharing artifacts such as blogs,
RSS feeds, documents, conference reports, etc. and finally providing a
strong network through which members can help each other and become
resources for each other. These would appear to be key areas where deploying
Web 2.0 tools can really foster communities ... a facilitatory tool-set that
provides a participatory environment where communities can really start to
build themselves.
- And, of course, the experiences gained by members of institutional Web teams
in using such technologies will also inform their use elsewhere within our
institutions.
- But as we know, there will be many issues which need to be addressed in
seeking to exploit Web 2.0. How should we address possible legal barriers?
What about privacy issues? Will such services be sustainable? Which services
should we be looking at and should we be prepared to take the risks
associated with use of externally hosted Web 2.0 services?
- Learning Objectives:
- This session will allow attendees to address embedding and sustainability
issues: how can we ensure that the community takes an active role in
engaging with a community of practice and ensuring that initial enthusiasm
doesn't wane?
- Rating:
- Technical:
- Hands on:
- Note: Each session is given a rating from 0 (low) to 3 (high).
More information on this is available on the
call page.
- Room Requirements:
- PC and data projector.
- Venue:
- Lecture Theatre (V/045)
- Time:
- Tuesday 17th July 2007 from 15:30-17:00
- Contact Details
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