Web 2.0: Opportunity Or Threat For IT Support Staff?

Brian Kelly gave a presentation on new digital technologies and their uses. He discussed concepts like Web 2.0, social media, mobile access, and cloud computing. He acknowledged challenges like sustainability, privacy, and organizational barriers, but argued against overly simplistic or fundamentalist approaches. A balanced, managed approach was needed to harness new technologies while mitigating risks.

Technological Challenges Posed By Web 2.0 discusses how Web 2.0 has changed the rules for e-learning by providing new technical capabilities and shifting user behaviors and expectations. It argues that academic and educational institutions need to fund development differently, deploy services differently, and revisit their relevance in light of these changes. Specifically, it suggests that global social networks will become more important, that embracing constraints can provide useful services quickly, and that outsourcing infrastructure can deliver cost savings and richer functionality.

Slides used by Brian Kelly, UKOLN at a meeting on "Web 2.0: How Should IT Services and the Library Respond?" held at the University of Nottingham, on 16 November 2006.

Slides used in the Introduction talk at the UKOLN workshop on "Exploiting The Potential Of Blogs and Social Networks ". See http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/workshops/blogs-social-networks-2007/talks/introduction/

The document discusses various challenges and barriers to the successful adoption of Library 2.0 and Web 2.0 technologies. It identifies issues such as sustainability of third-party services, data lock-in, lack of expertise, inappropriate content, and accessibility concerns. It proposes balanced approaches to address these barriers, including risk assessment and management, staff development, clarifying responsibilities, and embracing new media literacy.

- The document is a slide presentation from the Institutional Web Management Workshop 2010 that provides an overview and history of the event as well as discussion of current challenges and the future. - It discusses how the IWMW event has been held annually since 1997 to provide a forum for UK higher education institutions to discuss web management best practices and innovations. - Recent budget cuts and changing priorities threaten the sustainability of the event, raising questions around reducing its length, making it virtual, or allowing commercial alternatives. The role of professional networks and adapting to change are emphasized.

The document provides a history of the development of the World Wide Web from its origins with ARPANET in the late 1950s through the modern Internet today. It describes Web 1.0 as the original static web with fixed information and Web 2.0 as the more dynamic, interactive web that allows for user contributions and sharing through technologies like blogs, social media, and wikis. The key difference is that Web 2.0 aims to provide an engaging online experience to encourage return visits.

Rehearsal of a talk on "From Web Accessibility to Web Adaptability" given at Techshare 2009 conference on 17 September 2009. See http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/conferences/techshare-2009/

This document summarizes Brian Kelly's presentation on measuring and maximizing impact using social web services. The presentation explored the benefits and concerns of using social media, discussed approaches to measure its value and effectiveness, and examined how metrics can be used to enhance institutional activities. It also addressed legal, accessibility and sustainability concerns and concluded by soliciting feedback on next steps.

Slides for a talk on "Embedding & Sustaining University 2.0 " given be Brian Kelly, UKOLN at the University 2.0 conference in Santander on 8 September 2010. See http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/conferences/uimp-2010/

Slides for a paper by Brian Kelly, UKOLN presented at the W4A 2007 conference in Banff, Canada in May 2007. See http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/conferences/w4a-2007/

Slides for a talk on "What Can We Learn From Amplified Events?" given by Brian Kelly, UKOLN at the University of Girona on 2 September 2010. See http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/seminars/girona-2010/

Slides for a talk on "This Year's Technology That Has Blown Me Away" given by Brian Kelly, UKOLN at Bathcamp on 21 July 2009.

The document discusses several emerging concepts related to mobile learning including mobile web 2.0, microlearning, widgets, and intertwingularity. Mobile web 2.0 extends the principles of harnessing collective intelligence to mobile devices. Microlearning involves learning from small content units and short activities. Widgets are small, reusable web applications that can be used to deliver microlearning content on both desktop and mobile devices by leveraging open standards. Intertwingularity refers to the complex interrelationships between topics that are reflected in a fragmented and networked web.

Presentation for WOW AzTEA Conference by Peggy George and Ann Lumm. Slideshow created originally by April Chamberlain, Darren Kuropatwa, Shawn Nutting, Sheryl Nussbuam-Beach, and Wesley Fryer--"Lessons Learned from K-12 Online 2006" and modified slightly for our hands-on workshop. April 28, 2007.

This document provides a summary of a blog post from 2009 discussing technology trends and forecasting the future. It begins by describing the optimistic views of technologies at the time, like videoconferencing and Twitter. However, it notes critics who argue this is "technological determinism" that promises more than technologies deliver. The blog post then discusses an approach the author took - forecasting technologies backwards in time to give plausible reasons for their demise. For example, it suggests Twitter would not scale and become "clogged", seen as similar to email spam, and be replaced by meeting in real pubs with real friends. For videoconferencing, it speculates research may find people prefer face-to-face meetings and

Welcome presentation given by Marieke Guy and Brian Kelly, UKOLN at Institutional Web Management Workshop 2009, University of Essex, 28 - 30, July 2009

Slidecast of talk on "Blogs, Wikis, Podcasting and All That". See http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/workshops/jisc-skills-update-2007-09/

Slides from a talk by Ranjit Sidhu on "Sector Stats" given at the Institutional Web Management Workshop 2006 on 15 June 2006.

Slides on "Let's Predict the Future: Predicting Needs and Risks" for a workshop session on "Predicting the Future" held on 3 June 2014 at the SAOIM 2014 conference in Pretoria, South Africa and facilitated by Brian Kelly, Cetis. See https://ukwebfocus.wordpress.com/events/saoim-2014-lets-predict-the-future-workshop/

A polemic which critiques current orthodox thinking on open standards. Presented at the "Thinking the Unthinable" strand of the CETIS 2006 conference. See <http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/conferences/cetis-2006/>.

The document discusses barriers that museums face in adopting Web 2.0 technologies and allowing user-generated content. Some of the key barriers mentioned include doubts that users would be interested; concerns about protecting institutional reputation and brand; lack of technical expertise; and issues around content ownership, legality, and context. The document argues that museums should start embracing Web 2.0 to remain relevant and engage new audiences, and that many perceived barriers can be addressed through things like user testing, separating user and institutional content, developing technical skills, and being open to new models of content sharing and funding.

Slides on "Let's Predict the Future: The Hyperlinked Library" for a workshop session on "Predicting the Future" held on 3 June 2014 at the SAOIM 2014 conference in Pretoria, South Africa and facilitated by Brian Kelly, Cetis. See https://ukwebfocus.wordpress.com/events/saoim-2014-lets-predict-the-future-workshop/

Slides from a talk on "Accessibility, Automation and Metadata" given at a WAI meeting held in Toronto in 1999. See http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/accessibility/metadata/www8/