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Brian Kelly UKOLN University of Bath Bath, UK Metrics for the Social Web or how institutional data may include data about institutions / members of institutions held elsewhere UKOLN is supported by: This work is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.0 licence  (but note caveat) Acceptable Use Policy Recording this talk, taking photos, discussing the content using Twitter, blogs, etc. is permitted providing distractions to others is minimised. http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/workshops/devcsi-201107/ Twitter: http://twitter.com/briankelly/ Email: [email_address] Blogs: http://ukwebfocus.wordpress.com/ Twitter: #devcsi #iwmw11hack
You are free to: copy, share, adapt or re-mix; photograph, film or broadcast; blog, live-blog or post video of this presentation provided that: You attribute the work to its author and respect the rights and licences associated with its components. Idea from Cameron Neylon Slide Concept by Cameron Neylon, who has waived all copyright and related or neighbouring rights. This slide only  CCZero . Social Media Icons adapted with permission from originals by Christopher Ross. Original images are available under GPL at: http://www.thisismyurl.com/free-downloads/15-free-speech-bubble-icons-for-popular-websites
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YouTube Edu ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Example of stats available
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The Context  ,[object Object],NB 1D view: no comments on ROI, comparisons with print, TV, … costs
Open Data ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Numbers Matter ,[object Object],BBC News 7 Jun 11 JISC-funded OII Impact report:  “ The media and the public are influenced by numbers and metrics ”
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Metrics for the Social Web

  • 1. Brian Kelly UKOLN University of Bath Bath, UK Metrics for the Social Web or how institutional data may include data about institutions / members of institutions held elsewhere UKOLN is supported by: This work is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.0 licence (but note caveat) Acceptable Use Policy Recording this talk, taking photos, discussing the content using Twitter, blogs, etc. is permitted providing distractions to others is minimised. http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/workshops/devcsi-201107/ Twitter: http://twitter.com/briankelly/ Email: [email_address] Blogs: http://ukwebfocus.wordpress.com/ Twitter: #devcsi #iwmw11hack
  • 2. You are free to: copy, share, adapt or re-mix; photograph, film or broadcast; blog, live-blog or post video of this presentation provided that: You attribute the work to its author and respect the rights and licences associated with its components. Idea from Cameron Neylon Slide Concept by Cameron Neylon, who has waived all copyright and related or neighbouring rights. This slide only CCZero . Social Media Icons adapted with permission from originals by Christopher Ross. Original images are available under GPL at: http://www.thisismyurl.com/free-downloads/15-free-speech-bubble-icons-for-popular-websites
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  1. I should add that the slides are available under a Creative Commons licence (although this may not apply to embedded images). In addition a Creative Commons licence is granted to the presentation of this talk as well as the resources themselves.
  2. There is a clear political and economic context to this work. A year ago the Government announced that a “clamp down on Government Web sites would save millions” Notice that this was a one-dimensional view, with no discussion of the millions of pounds which Web sites could save in comparison with, for example, costs of using print and TV media. However this announcement sent a clear signal of the need for higher education to be prepared to respond to similar Government initiatives aimed at the HE sector.
  3. The Government White Paper on Higher Education was published on 28 June and, as had been trailed in advance, requires Universities to publish data about their services and the student experiences. It should be noted, however, that the move towards greater transparency and openness in the public sector had been initiated by the Labour Government so it may be argued that this provides an opportunity for the sector to demonstrate the value of the services it provides and we should welcome the opopo9rtunity to take a lead in publishing data openly, with the White Paper providing a useful tool to overcome institutional inertia.
  4. We should also remember that, although quality matters, numbers matter too – as can be seen from the recent announcement at the Apple Developers ’ conference with the BCC News item picking up on the numbers mentioned in Steve Jobs’ talk. A recent JISC-funded report published by the Oxford Internet Institute made a similar point that if we wish to engage with the media and public we need to gather and use numbers and metrics.
  5. But although the sector is aware of the benefits of sharing experiences there are dangers in failing to engage because of concerns that we may be doing badly; not doing as well as our main rivals or, ironically not wanting to be boastful. Anotther tendency in HE is wanting a perfect solution rather than one that is good enough. Or perhaps we want to learn from others but keep our strategies for success to ourselves.