Dear All
I took part in the above series of webinars last week and would
thoroughly recommend the companion website
http://moodle.cs.man.ac.uk/web2 which contains the presentations and
associated discussion fora.
As one of the few librarians represented at the webinars I've now been
asked by Tom Franklin, who was one of the organisers of the webinar and
who, following it, is jointly responsible for making recommendations to
JISC, if I could provide any fiurther feedback from a librarian's
perspective to help inform those recommendations. I'd be really grateful
for any thoughts you might have.
The draft recommendations are currently as follows:
Recommendation 1: JISC should consider funding projects investigating
how institutional repositories can be made more accessible for learning
and teaching through the use of Web 2.0 technologies.
Recommendation 2: JISC should consider funding work looking at the legal
aspects of ownership and IPR, including responsibility for infringements
in terms of IPR and defamation, with the aim of developing good practice
guides to support open creation and re-use of material.
Recommendation 3: JISC should consider funding work looking at long-term
access to student created content once they have left the university
with the aim of developing good practice guides.
Recommendation 4: JISC should consider funding work to look at how
widespread is the use of "googling" candidates as part of selection
procedures, and consider producing advice and guidance to institutions
and staff and students on the potentially permanent nature of postings.
Recommendation 5: JISC should consider funding studies looking at the
risks associated with internally and externally hosted services, and
which in which the risks can be ameliorated.
Recommendation 6: JISC should consider funding research, and build up a
bank of case studies, on how Web 2.0 content creation (and Web 2.0 more
generally) impacts pedagogy. This should include the impact of
implementing these technologies on institutions, teaching staff, support
staff and students.
Recommendation 7: JISC should ask the JISC Plagiarism Advisory Service
to produce guidance on Web 2.0 and its implications for plagiarism, but
the advice should ensure that it is not so prescriptive as to prevent
experimentation.
Recommendation 8: JISC should consider setting up a learning laboratory
which could be used for experimenting with new ways of teaching.
Recommendation 9: JISC should consider commissioning studies to explore
i) the accessibility issues of various commonly used Web 2.0
technologies, and how any limits can be overcome, and ii) case studies
on how Web 2.0 can enhance accessibility.
Recommendation 10: JISC should consider organising workshops on the
issues around personal security to gain a better understanding of the
issues and the (potential) scale of the problem.
Recommendation 11: JISC, together with other interested groups such as
Becta, the NHS and TTA, should develop model policies on personal
security that universities can adopt to meet their own needs.
Does anyone have views on the above or any other suggestions to make?
Replies can be sent to the List or to Tom directly: email:
[log in to unmask] . Tom will provide feedback to the List.
Thanks a lot
Ruth
Ruth Keane M.A., B.Phil., MCLIP, ILTM
Academic Services Manager (Job Share)
The Sheppard-Worlock Library
Liverpool Hope University
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