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Brian KellyUKOLNUniversity of BathBath, UK
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What’s On The Technology Horizon?
Technical opportunities available in the ‘New Normal’
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Technology Outlook for UK Tertiary Education 2011-2016
Selected highlights from the Technology Outlook for UK Tertiary Education 2011-2016, a collaboration between the NEW MEDIA CONSORTIUM and the JISC Innovation Support Centres (UKOLN and CETIS)
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Develop Your Action PlansArea Notes and Actions
Mobile and Tablet Computing
Cloud Computing
Open Content
4Timeframe for adoption: one year or less
At end of session we invite suggestions for Library action plans which you feel you should be taking in the various areas. Feel free to tweet your ideas!
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Develop Your Action Plans
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Area Notes and ActionsGame-Based Learning
Learning Analytics
New Scholarship
Semantic Applications
Timeframe for adoption 2-3 years
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Develop Your Action Plans
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Area Actions
Augmented Reality
Collective Intelligence
Smart Objects
Telepresence
Area Notes and ActionsGame-Based Learning
Learning Analytics
New Scholarship
Semantic Applications
Timeframe for adoption 4-5 years
Timeframe for adoption 2-3 years
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It’s Here!
Time-to-Adoption Horizon: One year or less• Cloud Computing• Mobiles• Tablet Computing• Open Content
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= I’ll discuss
Your Thoughts
#ili11 #a101 Why not share your thoughts on Twitter on:
(a) relevance to libraries and (b) what you should be doing now
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Be Prepared!
Time-to-Adoption Horizon: Two-three years• Game-based Learning• Learning Analytics• New Scholarship• Semantic Applications
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Keep An Eye On!
Time-to-Adoption Horizon: Four-five years• Augmented reality• Collective Intelligence• Telepresence• Smart Objects
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It’s Here!: Cloud Computing
What?• The service / data / infrastructure isn’t
hosted within the institution• “I think there is a world market for maybe
five computers” (Watson, IBM)?
Implications• Policy, legal and cultural assumptions
about ownership of IT need addressing• Continue what you’ve been doing with
Social Web services
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It’s Here!: Mobile / Tablets
What?• Access to the service / data / infrastructure
is in your hand; not on your desktop• “In the future the power of the mainframe
computer will be in your pocket”
Implications• Shouldn’t information professionals be pro-
active in using mobile devices?• Are you engaging actively with this talk?
Are you tweeting, discussing, …? Do you understand changing dynamics of learning?11
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It’s Here!: Open Content
What?• Content (including data) which is licensed
to permit/encourage reuse• “In the future we’ll be more efficient by
reusing existing information”
Implications• Particularly relevant for public sector/HE• Are you licensing your content with CC?• Are you using content provided by others?
If not, aren’t you being inefficient?
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Open DataGovernment to ‘force’ Unis to publish data about courses, student experiences, …• Builds on Labour’s
Open Gov initiative• An opportunity to be
welcomed? • Can take initiative in
publishing open data about uses of social media
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It’s Coming!: Learning (Academic) AnalyticsWhat?
• Measurement, collection, analysis & reporting of data about learners & their contexts, for purposes of understanding & optimising learning & the environments in which it occurs
• See also Academic Analytics
Implications• Evidence-based approaches in education• Builds on (open) data• Privacy implications - data can be open but
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Library Learning Analytics
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Library Impact Data Project (#lidp):• Funded by JISC as
part of Activity Data Programme
• “Is there is a … significant correlation between library activity data & student attainment?”
See Dave Pattern / Byony Ramsden’s talk later today to find out!
See LIDP project blog ( ) and papers ( )
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It’s Coming!: New Scholarship
What?• Pre-publication of research; non-traditional
channels; visualisation of data; new ways of peer-reviewing; non-traditional scholarly objects; …
Implications• Addressing limitations of current practices &
cultural barriers (no rewards for blogging)• Beyond Impact: ideas for reward mechanisms for
researchers beyond traditional peer-reviewed papers
• Opportunities for information professionals
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Keep Watching!: Collective IntelligenceWhat?
• Knowledge embedded in large groups• Can be explicit e.g. collective intelligence
produced Wikipedia • Tacit knowledge can be gathered by
analysing data from large numbers over time.
• Analysis of tweets to predict • Earthquakes Flu epidemic (Google
search)• Elections Cultural trends• …
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Collective Intelligence
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“Because of the numerous earthquakes and the large number of Twitter users throughout the country, they were able to detect an earthquake with high probability (96% of earthquakes of Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) seismic intensity scale 3 or more are detected) merely by monitoring tweets.”
Twitter is full of trivia?Can you afford not to engage?
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Collective IntelligenceUsing Twitter, Facebook status updates, Google search terms, … to:
• Make predictions: earthquakes, flu epidemics, riots, …
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Implications for libraries, for society?
From the expert (the Chief Librarian, CIO, …)
to the crowds
• Take actions: making plans for evacuation, medical supplies, arresting dissidents?
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Collective Intelligence
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Keeping up-to-date with ‘weak signals’: using Scoop.it to curate stories weeky about Collective Intelligence
http://www.scoop.it/t/about-collective-intelligence
Note personal curaration for keeping informed is done in the open – openness should be happening now!
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Your Action PlansArea Notes and Actions
Mobile and Tablet Computing
Personal use of mobile phones & tablets in order to gain experiences of new working practices; experiences of accessing library services, etc. Update Acceptable Use Policies to address use of mobile devices. Update Web developments tools and standards to ensure mobile access is treated as ‘first class citizen’.
Cloud Computing
Staff development to provide better understanding of Cloud Computing concepts and implications. Update Acceptable Use Policies to address use of cloud services. Ensure potential risks are understood as well as opportunities. Develop risk minimisation strategies.
Open Content Staff development to provide better understanding of open data as well as open access including licensing issues for open content. Understand personal and organisational barriers to provision of open content as well as consuming open content. Seek ways in which the Library can provide open content.
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Your Action Plans
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Area Actions
Augmented Reality
Collective Intelligence
Smart Objects
Telepresence
Area Notes and ActionsGame-Based Learning
Learning Analytics
New Scholarship
Semantic Applications
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Implications For YouWhat should you be doing:
• Using the technologies which have arrived (mobile, tablet, Cloud, open content)
• Ensuring that you have appropriate policies, plans, updated AUPs, etc.
• Provide staff development/awareness raising for technologies arriving < 3 years
• Encourage staff with interests in new technologies to continue horizon-scanning
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“It’s science fiction?” Look at how technologies have transformed Library landscape in 13 years of ILI. Will this slow down?
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Questions
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