UNIVERSITY OF EXETER



UNIVERSITY OF EXETER

WIP Project group

Minutes of the meeting held on Friday 19th June 2009 at 2pm in Room 200 Northcote House

Present: Robert Mitchell (RM) (Chair), Richard Osborne (RO), Darren Davies (DD)

Darren Davies (DD) (Note-taker)

Apologies: Sue Milward (SM)

1. Equipment

Darren and Rich finalised equipment needs, an Amazon and Dell order was signed and delivered to Bev Hopkins

2. Conferences / Training

Agreed that Rich would attend the JISC workshop in Plymouth, Rich to arrange.

Action: RO

The group discussed the future possibility that Exeter University could host conferences on Web 2.0, and Podcasting technologies to develop contacts, learn best practice, and promote development and interest in content generation.

3. Project setup

A meeting with Tom Bunting was proposed to finalise wiki and blog setup for the project, Sue would also need to meet with the Law school to discuss their blog requirements. The group discussed the possibility of embedded twitter feeds working in conjunction with blogs and wikis

Action: SM / RO

Produce the blog framework, branding graphics, and user documentation.

Action: DD / RO

We agreed to make extensive use of Google services after discussing its benefits. The group will setup and configure Google services using individual accounts.

Action: All

It was agreed to experiment with other similar technologies such as Microsoft Live to show how cloud services compare.

Action: DD / RO

4. Discovery Sessions

The team was able to use the discovery session form produced by Rich, it was agreed that he would add a new question about the interviewee’s personal experience with web 2.0 technologies.

Action: RO

The group proposed looking into the spread in use of mobile devices at Exeter, a survey of which devices were being used currently and the type of devices likely to be used in the future. It may be possible to produce a list of devices and operating systems used to access the University’s websites. This would be important to find out how best to deliver mobile versions of websites to the maximum number of platforms.

Action: DD / RO / RM

The group thought it would be important to research how people currently work with web 2.0 technologies. For instance do people use single or multiple identities?

Action: All

A list of contacts was produced and shared as a Google spreadsheet for all to populate with names for further research. The DS teams would be able to help suggest contacts via their liaison roles. It was agreed Sue’s own team should be added to the list. The list can be edited from our mobiles (iPhone and HTC Pro) as new contacts are made, immediately updating the list. It was agreed to continue adding to the list to arrange discovery sessions.

Action: All

5. Project tasks

It was agreed to keep the current list of priorities.

Priority 1. Web mapping. Google maps / streetview / earth

Priority 1. Confluence wiki rollout, Pilot with Nick Birbeck and Law

Priority 1. iHub and the semantic web

Priority 2. Touch technologies

Priority 2. Podcasting infrastructure

Priority 2. Web innovation showcase

6. AOB

Jamie Aylward treated Rich and Darren to a look at iHub developments and Google mapping technologies. Darren was particularly impressed by the interactive university map developed by Jamie, which would act as a perfect base to build upon for future innovations such as Google earth interactive tours and touch based systems.



7. Date of next meeting

TBA

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