On Tue, 31 Jan 2006 09:42:02 -0000, Tom Goskar <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:
>On 30 January 2006, Brian Kelly wrote:
>"And, in addition to such disruptive technologies emerging from the Web
>development community, within the UK HE sector JISC are committed to the
>development of the e-Framework, based on a Service Oriented Architecture
>(SOA) approach, to support the development of applications of particular
>relevance to the HE sector such as e-learning, portals, digital
>repositories, etc."
>
>I'm interested in what is meant by "such disruptive technologies". Is that
>in the sense that these technologies arrive with such speed they upset
>current strategies / technology frameworks?
Yes, that's what's meant in this context. This happened when the Web first
arrive. The Web then became mainstream and mission critical and
organisations procured CMSs, developed publishing strategies, etc. However
Web 2.0 may result in similar disruptions - for example, existing
instituional strategies may be based on a publishing view of the Web, which
may not be applicable to a Web which focusses on colllaboration and
communication. This is likely to lead to tensions between the early
adopters and innovators and the service providers.
These issues are being addressed in a workshop on "Initiatives & Innovation:
Managing Disruptive Technologies" which will be held at the University of
Warwick on 24 Feb. Details are available at
<http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/workshops/ucisa-ukoln-cetis-2006/>
This event is aimed at the Higher Education sector. This may be of interest
to some members of this list - but I wonder if something along these lines
may be of interest to the museums sector? Do you, for example, ever face
any tensions over the things you'd like to do and the policies of your IT
Services department?
Thanks
Brian
>Cheers,
>
>Tom
>
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Museums Computer Group [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of
>> Brian Kelly
>> Sent: 30 January 2006 09:40
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: Re: Electronic Museum news - Feb 2006
>>
>> Hi Mike
>> A couple of comments.
>>
>> > * Podcast interview - Every object tells a story *
>> >
>> > Finally, after a load of technical hitches, some re-wiring, a
>> > couple of explosions and some heavy swearing, I've managed to
>> > put the first EM podcast interview online.
>> >
>> > In November 2005, I recorded an interview with Rachel
>> > Coldicutt who was project manager for the Every Object
>> > website [http://www.everyobject.net] and asked her about the
>> > site - what went well, what they've got planned for the
>> > future, and what on earth they were doing with a "video taxi"....
>> >
>> > Hear the podcast here:
>> >
>> > http://www.electronicmuseum.org.uk/em/articles/displayarticle.
>> > asp?articleid=podcasts/everyobject
>>
>> I listened to part of the MP3 file - but couldn't find a Podcast file! A
>> Podcast is a distribution mechanism for sound files and is not a synonym
>> for
>> an MP3 file on the Web (see
>> http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/qa-focus/documents/briefings/briefing-83/)
>>
>> > ____________________________________________
>> >
>> > * Blog *
>> >
>> > I'd like to welcome Dan Zambonini as co-author of the
>> > Electronic Museum blog. Dan works for internet consultancy
>> > Box UK and regularly posts on the O'Reilly website. He's big
>> > on Semantic Web and all things XML, but don't let that put you off...
>> >
>> > Together we'll be trying to get to some understanding about
>> > what Web2.0means (if anything) for museums online, as well as
>> > posting as much as we can about what's going on in the world
>> > of the web and how it might affect what we do in our sector.
>> >
>> > screen: http://www.electronicmuseum.org.uk/em/blog
>> > reader: http://www.electronicmuseum.org.uk/em/feeds/blog.xml
>>
>>
>> "It's just like being back in the 90's...Excitement seems to have surfaced
>> everywhere you look online at the promise of the "new" web." Yes, I'd
>> agree
>> with this. Web 2.0 technologies do seem very important to the cultural
>> heritage (and educational section). I gave a talk on this on Friday which
>> may be of interest - see
>> http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/seminars/kcl-2006-01/
>>
>> > ____________________________________________
>> >
>> > * Accessibility - tell EM your thoughts *
>> >
>> > Over the coming months I'm going to be writing some stuff on
>> > accessibility, and I'd like contributions from anyone who has
>> > opinions on how we should approach it:
>> >
>> > - can an accessible website also be visually attractive, or
>> > does it by necessity mean a design compromise?
>> > - are accessible websites expensive to build?
>> > - what are your top 10 accessibility tips when planning a new site?
>> > - who gets it right in our sector? and wrong..?
>>
>> Again this is a very important area, especially in the cultural heritage
>> area. And it's not just a question of implementing WAI WCAG guidelines -
>> for example, if you create a Podcast (or an MP3 file) you should provide a
>> text transcript if you want to comply fully with WCAG guidelines. Will
>> institutions do this? Or will they remove such files if they haven't the
>> resources to do this?
>>
>> We gave a paper on "Implementing A Holistic Approach To E-Learning
>> Accessibility" at the ALT-C 2005 Conference in September - which included
>> a
>> case study from Caro Howell about her i-Map work at the Tate Gallery where
>> she previously worked - see
>> http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/papers/alt-c-2005/
>>
>> Hope this is of interest
>>
>> Brian
>>
>> ---------------------------------------
>> Brian Kelly
>> UK Web Focus
>> UKOLN
>> University of Bath
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