Archive for July 26th, 2011

IWMW 2011: Systems Approach

Tuesday, July 26th, 2011

Paul Walk, Deputy Director, UKOLN, and Thom Bunting, Web Manager (eFramework and JISC IE Technical Foundations), UKOLN, will both be contributing to sessions on 27 July 2011 at the Institutional Web Management Workshop 2011 (IWMW 2011). Thom in a computer-lab-based session entitled Doing Drupal: quick start deployments via distributions will focus on a distribution providing automated content and data aggregation, tagging, mapping, and trend visualisation. Paul,  conscious of the the lack of career options for successful Web developers in many HE institutions will explore the possible development of a new role in the sector – The Strategic Developer – a developer who has both technical and domain experience, and who can contribute to strategic planning and decision making.

Ariadne Issue 67

Tuesday, July 26th, 2011

Issue 67 of Ariadne has appeared recently. A summary of the main articles and next steps is available in a news feature on the UKOLN Web site.