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Lisa Harris

Educational innovator & disruptor at University of Southampton. Champion of Web Science, Digital Literacies & Digital Marketing MOOC. Open access only please. Fascinated by transformative potential of technology for education and business.

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Just 8 days to go until the Creative Digifest #SXSC3

By Merel van Dijke Be sure to come along to the latest version of the Creative Digifest on November 11th 2013 at the De Vere Grand Harbour Hotel in Southampton. This year’s event will be centered around creating value from digital technologies, in all its possible forms. Prepare for a day full of expert talks, engaging workshops/demos and the business planning competition in which big prizes can be won. Continue reading →

Web Science researchers contributing at #DE2013MCUK

We will be invading Media City in Manchester next week for the Digital Economy's Open Digital Conference You can check out the full programme and follow #DE2013MCUK on twitter but here is a brief summary of the Southampton contributions: Professor Dame Wendy Hall will be delivering a keynote on Wednesday. She will discuss recent developments in “Openness” with specific focus upon the opportunities offered by the convergence of Open Data, Open Research and Open Learning. Continue reading →

The Web Science Institute (WSI) launches its 2013/4 Programme

The Web Science Institute (WSI) launches its 2013/4 Programme – 11th November 11:30am to 2pm – Nuffield Theatre "Green Room" Cafe. Professor Dame Wendy Hall, Professor Sir Nigel Shadbolt, Professor Susan Halford, Professor Hugh Davis and Professor Les Carr invite you to the launch of the new Web Science Institute's programme for the 2013/4 academic year, in conjunction with CITE. Continue reading →

Digital Economy USRG Contributions to Web Science MOOC #FLwebsci

On 11th November 2013 the University of Southampton will be running its first MOOC (Massive Open Online Course), focusing on Web Science - a taster of how the web is changing the world and how the world is changing the web. It will be the first of many courses that will be made available in partnership with platform provider FutureLearn for people to study online, for free, wherever they are based in the world. Continue reading →

Upcoming Digital Economy Events: Autumn 2013

We have lots of goodies planned for the new term, and there are more still in the pipeline - please check out our DE Events page for more detail and ongoing updates. All staff and students are welcome to attend DE events, which are normally held at lunchtimes and come with free sandwiches :-) Events may feature one presenter or an entire project team. Usually they will showcase a particular aspect of multidisciplinary research and its implications for education. Continue reading →

Monday’s DE lunch postponed

Please note that Ben Mawson's talk advertised for Monday 22nd July has been postponed until 14th October. A full list of Digital Economy Autumn events will be available from this site shortly. On Monday you may wish to attend this Web Science DTC event instead: Our next guest lecture is on Monday (22nd July) in the B32 Coffee Room, starting with a buffet lunch at 12:00 Mary Ellen Zurko is a security architect and strategist at Cisco Systems. Continue reading →

So what do the digichamps actually do?

With many thanks to the film-making wizardry of Simon Morice, the interviewing skills of Flo Broderick and contributions from Gareth Beeston, Renaldo Bernard and Eamonn Walls…this is what the #digichamps do :-) See more on the Digichamps blog. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hESrsjfLRMk&feature=youtu.be It's been a busy week for the digichamps. Continue reading →