EdSpace

We have just run our first Assembly - under the auspices of the additional funding made available to some Projects which participated in the Institutional Exemplars Programme 2007-2009.  This event was actually a mini Assembly, precursor to a larger event which we are planning for February 2010.

On Wednesday 4 November, 2009, we welcomed @15 guests to Southampton - all very well versed in the issues for Web 2.0 in resources for education.  The aim was to stimulate a discussion around the implications for the educational sector in recent Web 2.0 developments, and to take advantage of the assembled wisdom and expertise of the audience we attracted.  We were welcomed and introduced by Professor Hugh Davis, had Brian Kelly (UKOLN) for our keynote, Sarah Currier presented on her most recent Project - SHEENsharing;  Su White facilitated a discussion on metadata, Ali Dickens led a session which explored IPR and educational resources and Yvonne Howard rounded off the day with a short discussion on the functionality of individual’s favourite Web 2.0 service.

Our mini Assembly provided a good basis on which to focus for the larger event we are planning.  We are going to be aiming the next Assembly at people who are not already very experienced or knowledgeable in Web 2.0 for educational resources.  We aim to be advertising the event in the very near future and will be welcoming a lot of new faces to Southampton early in the new year.

Debra Morris

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