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The JISC Technology and Standards Watch Programme

The JISC Technology and Standards Watch Programme. Brian Davies. Contents. Why TSW? What it does Where it fits in Who? Plans over next year. Why TSW?. Think about the changes IT has triggered in manufacturing, banking, media……. New processes, new paradigms, new structures

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The JISC Technology and Standards Watch Programme

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  1. The JISC Technology and Standards Watch Programme Brian Davies JISC Technology and Standards Watch Day February 7 2001

  2. Contents • Why TSW? • What it does • Where it fits in • Who? • Plans over next year JISC Technology and Standards Watch Day February 7 2001

  3. Why TSW? • Think about the changes IT has triggered in manufacturing, banking, media……. • New processes, new paradigms, new structures • What about FE and HE? JISC Technology and Standards Watch Day February 7 2001

  4. Why TSW? TSW is about Awareness Developments in technologies and standards that could have high impact on the core business of FE and HE in the next few years. JISC Technology and Standards Watch Day February 7 2001

  5. Why TSW? Drivers of change in FE and HE: • Changing funding regimes • Changing requirements of stakeholders • Advancing technologies that enable new paradigms ( for learning, business) JISC Technology and Standards Watch Day February 7 2001

  6. Non-technology Drivers • Pressure to rely less on central funding new stakeholders, partnerships • fees students as mobile customers • lifelong learning agenda • commercial organisations sizing up learning market • ‘virtual’ and ‘corporate’ ‘universities’ • internet culture, mobile culture JISC Technology and Standards Watch Day February 7 2001

  7. Technology Drivers Underpinning level • Moore’s Law ~ 2x per 18 months • capability • convenience - embedded, portable, wearable, mobile, ubiquitous…. • Communications bandwidth ~ 2x per 9 months • new devices enabled by new materials JISC Technology and Standards Watch Day February 7 2001

  8. Technology Drivers Heightened middleware level issues • content creation, content management • trust in networked information systems Applications level issues • e-learning technologies • e-business technologies • convergence JISC Technology and Standards Watch Day February 7 2001

  9. - What TSWdoes • What’s going on in emerging technologies? • So what are the implications for HE/FE? • Then what should be done? JISC Technology and Standards Watch Day February 7 2001

  10. What TSW does • identifies technologies to watch • collects information on them • commissions and collects reports on them • provides web access to these resources • liases with educational bodies in the field • promotes activities through events etc • maximise leverage from other sources JISC Technology and Standards Watch Day February 7 2001

  11. What TSW has done • September - bid call for reports • Web site http://www.jtap.ac.uk/techwatch • articles, news sources, a-z technologies.. • moving to JISC site shortly • Initiated contact with JISC committees, liaison with TC • This event JISC Technology and Standards Watch Day February 7 2001

  12. Current bid call • Technologies to support Assessment • JAVA portals • Technologies to support Virtual Laboratories • Technologies to support Virtual Environments for Learners • Technologies to support E-commerce • Wireless, mobile communications technologies • Synchronous audio JISC Technology and Standards Watch Day February 7 2001

  13. TSW - Who? TSW Group - reports to JCIEL • Jim Petch (Univ of Manchester/ JCIEL) (Chair) • Anne Mumford (Loughborough Univ/JCIEL) • Bob Powell (BECTA/JCIEL) • Brian Kelly (UKOLN) • Tom Franklin (Technologies Centre) • Brian Davies (part time consultant) • Daxa Patel, JISC Technology Development Programmes Co-ordinator • Lesley Hawkins, Elaine Kelly (Secretariat) JISC Technology and Standards Watch Day February 7 2001

  14. TSW - Plans over the next year • Further bid calls, more topics • Commissioned, targeted reports • Increase coverage on web site • Further events? JISC Technology and Standards Watch Day February 7 2001

  15. Delegates’ First Issue (1) JISC Technology and Standards Watch Day February 7 2001

  16. Delegates’ First Issue (2) JISC Technology and Standards Watch Day February 7 2001

  17. Where TSW fits in JISC Technology and Standards Watch Day February 7 2001

  18. Clarke's First Law “When a distinguished but elderly scientist states that something is possible, he is almost certainly right. When he states that something is impossible, he is very probably wrong.” Applies also to senior management? JISC Technology and Standards Watch Day February 7 2001

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