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http: //www. ukoln. ac. uk/cultural-heritage/events/renaissance-west-midlands-2009/ An Introduction to Web 2. 0 and the Social Web: Exploring Options & Addressing Barriers Brian Kelly, UKOLN University of Bath, UK Email: b. kelly@ukoln. ac. uk Acceptable Use Policy Recording/broadcasting of this talk, taking photographs, discussing the content using email, instant messaging, blogs, SMS, etc. is permitted providing distractions to others is minimised. Blog: Twitter: http: //twitter. com/briankelly/ http: //ukwebfocus. wordpress. com/ Resources bookmarked using 'renaissance-west-midlands-2009' tag UKOLN is supported by: A centre of expertise in digital information management This work is licensed under a Attribution. Non. Commercial-Share. Alike 2. 0 licence (but note caveat) www. ukoln. ac. uk

Hands-on Exercises In the hands-on session: • Work though the (10+ exercises) in order to gain familiarity with a variety of Web 2. 0 services • When you find services are blocked: q Make a note of the service q Document reasons why your think the service is being blocked and whether you think such reasons are legitimate q Describe ways in which you think such bans can be rescinded Please note that you will not have time to complete all of the exercises. You can continue to work on the exercise after the workshop. A centre of expertise in digital information management 2 www. ukoln. ac. uk

Group Exercise 1 In small groups: • Identify areas in which Web 2. 0 technologies and approaches can benefits your organisation • Group these areas into: § ‘Low-hanging fruit’ – benefits which can be achieved easily and which will provide tangible benefits without significant effort § More challenging areas – in which realisation of the benefits will require either significant effort or changes of policies or attitudes by others in your organisation Note: this group session provides an opportunity to be optimistic Your comments will be shared with the otherwww. ukoln. ac. uk groups A centre of expertise in digital information management 3

Group Exercise 2 In small groups: • Describe the barriers you foresee in using Web services in your organisation • Group these into: § Establishing new services § Using services § Sustaining services in the longer term • Discuss and summarise how you might address these barriers Note: this group session provides an opportunity to be realistic Your comments will be shared with the otherwww. ukoln. ac. uk groups A centre of expertise in digital information management 4

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