A year in the life of the H E S D A D I G E S T

Lesly HuxleyLesly HuxleyPAG meeting, WinchesterPAG meeting, Winchester

10 January 200410 January 2004

In the beginning …

“A digest of current journals of interest to staff developers … seen as a top priority by the PAG, it

should have a website location in the HESDA members area … and should comprise:

a. Reviews of current publications b. Reviews of staff development related research

c. Bibliography (including recent publications summary)”

HESDA Publications Policy & Action Plan (Sept.2002)

Refined concepts

Available via the HESDA Web site Pointers from other media; Searchable, archivable

Focus on PAG’s priority themes Leadership, management and governance; Research;

Quality enhancement tools (EFQM, Investors); IT / eLearning; Skills development and ‘The international dimension’

Potential for community involvement Interoperable technically, portable

(Agreed HESDA/PAG January 2003)

Pilot phase Agreed to use Blog (Web log) software Piloted at Blogger.com (free, remote-hosted service) ‘Soft-launched’ April 2003

Critical mass of entries built up slowly Free service lacked key features

No search Featured advertising Not very customisable, no categories No community involvement No statistics

Feedback and enhancements Presented at national IiP/EFQM practitioners’ extended

meeting (Bradford, May 2003) Positive feedback, but members want more ‘push’

services (eg email alerts) Original metadata scheme too detailed Categories to be slightly revised to:

Contexts; ICT & eLearning; Leadership & Management; Quality (inc. Investors/EFQM); Research Support; Toolkit

Move to new software (blog-city.com) 5th September 2003 at vast expense

Official launch: HESDA conference Nov.2003

http://hesdadigest.blog-city.com/

Save time

Keep up to date

Spread the word

Have your say

Search with: Your own keywords

management

Management search results …

Have your say

Add a comment:

Jo Bloggs

An interesting article, but I think you’ll find

An interesting article, but I think you’ll find

Some statistics

7219 hits to date (6 January 2004) Highest number 2336, November 2003 1-13th December, 1208 hits

HESDA Web site is biggest referrer, followed by Google searches

Only 9 comments received (several ‘spam’ comments removed)

http://hesdadigest.blog-city.com/

What next?

Any changes?

Encourage contributions?

Boost readership?