Spotlight On …….Knowledge House November 17, 2009
Posted by Jacquie Kelly in : Collaborative Tools, Trials, BCE , add a commentKnowledge House
Knowledge house recently developed a questionnaire to identify the procedures required to effectively tailor KHIS2, their web-based collaborative project tool used by Knowledge House and the five North East Universities to manage Third Strand revenue generating projects. This was completed by potential users and a draft training manual completed.
One of the major issues the trial project faced was losing its original trial partner; this happened not long after the start of the project. As a result, Knowledge House identified two potential new trial partners and held meetings to discuss the benefits of the trial. One North East’s (ONE) Inward Investment team have now come on board and Rachel Armstrong and Paul Cranner will now be working with closely with them to get a technical specification together for the customisation needed to be make KHIS suitable for their work.
Over the next few months the trial project will commence the training of ONE Inward Investment personnel then commence and monitor the trial.
Spotlight … University of Huddersfield November 12, 2009
Posted by Jacquie Kelly in : Collaborative Tools, Trials, BCE , add a commentUniversity of Huddersfield
The University of Huddersfield have identified the support needs of the trial project through internal trials and the two pilot online meetings held with the JISC Advance and BCE project partners. They have also carried out the successful recruitment of Senior Computing Officer Chris Parkin to support the project. Chris joined the team on 3rd August 2009. The project undertook some Elluminate sessions to familiarise staff with the software.
An early challenge was that Jane Aldred, Project Director, retired from the university so Brian Hackett, Head of Computing Services stepped into the role. This has insured as little disruption to the project as possible. Joanne Charlesworth is on maternity leave and Chris Parkin is acting as project coordinator.
From September 2009 project will move into phase 2. This will entail enabling collaborative activity across the partnership and working with a partner to use the tools to facilitate interaction with students for meetings.
