Use of Microsoft SharePoint in UK Higher Education Institutions

Please note that this event is full.

Time: 10.30 - 3.30pm, 25 November 2009

Place: Aeonian Training Centre, Shropshire House, London http://www.aeonian.co.uk/shropshire/findus-sh.htm

Do you want to learn about how and why HEIs are using SharePoint? What worked well, lessons learned?
Do you want to hear from some HEIs about their experience of implementing SharePoint?
Do you want the opportunity to network and learn about real experiences with SharePoint in HEIs and benchmark yourself?

Eduserv are pleased to provide an opportunity to do this at this event, which is free and open to all HEI staff – IT/Information Managers, SharePoint project managers, academics, administrators, learning technologists.

Please note that this event is full.

Programme

10.30 - 11.00am	Tea and Coffee
11.00 - 11.30am	Introduction (Stephen Butcher, Eduserv) the project & purpose of this event Project findings – highlights (Julie McLeod, Northumbria University) Literature review; telephone survey of IT Directors; online survey; case studies; community consultation
11.30 -12.45pm	Case examples of SharePoint in the HEIs Case 1: The Web Portal Platform - Enabling the Smart Campus of the Future Independent expert Peter Yeadon shares his recent work within the HE sector, developing a "Smart Campus" vision which has positioned the SharePoint platform at the centre of efforts to meet and exceed the rising expectations of students and staff. Case 2: Tailoring Team Sites/Reorganising around SharePoint, University of West of England Peter Gilbert shares how the University of West of England gained some quick wins with their early SharePoint implementations and their move into more strategic teaching and administration applications. He highlights the need to tailor team sites.
12.45 - 1.45pm	Lunch and networking
1.45 - 3.00pm	Case examples of SharePoint in the HEIs Case 3: Improving services for students using SharePoint, University of Glasgow Colin Farrow and Diane Montgomery explain the development of the student portal about to be launched at Glasgow University which will enable students to collect their own information from various university systems (e.g. SITS, library services, printing, the VLE). They share the challenge of developing a single sign on and their vision for a feature rich communication and collaborative environment. Case 4: SharePoint for teaching and learning, University of Kent Dr Les Walczowski, Director of Learning and Teaching presents the use of SharePoint as a framework for a Learning Management Portal System for students in the School of Engineering and Digital Arts
3.00 - 3.30pm	Tea and networking - close

The event is part of a study into the use of SharePoint in the HE sector conducted by Northumbria University (www.northumbria.ac.uk/sharepoint_study) for Eduserv.

Places are limited; booking is on a first-come, first served basis.

The tag for this event is: spinukhe

Venue

Aeonian Training Centre2nd Floor
Shropshire House
2-10 Capper Street
London WC1E 6JA

http://www.aeonian.co.uk/shropshire/findus-sh.htm

(Off Tottenham Court Road, 10 min walk from Kings Cross).

Please note that this event is full.