UniConnect: A Hosted Collaboration Platform for the Support of Teaching and Research in Universities 22nd of May 2015, 3rd International IBM Cloud Academy Conference, Budapest, Hungary University of Koblenz-Landau, Germany Institute of IS Research Business Software Research Group (Prof. Dr. Petra Schubert) http://bas.uni-koblenz.de 2015 Institute of IS Research, Chair of Business Software Research, Prof. Dr. Petra Schubert 1
Agenda Introduction of UCT UniConnect platform Use Cases: Education Use Cases: Research Projects Benefits and Disbenefits Summary 2015 Institute of IS Research, Chair of Business Software Research, Prof. Dr. Petra Schubert 3
Research CSCW, e.g. in regards to adoption, gamification, social analytics Teaching Cours material for lectures and exercises as corporate strategic planning simulation University Competence Center for Collaboration Technologies Powered by www.uct.de UniConnect Hosted collaboration platform for universities based on IBM Connections with blogs, wikis, activities, etc. Members Community consists of lecturers, professors and students
Computer Supported Cooperative Work - CSCW Interdisciplinary research area IT, sociology, psychology, human factor science, organizational science, anthropology, ethnography, business information systems, economics and more Teamwork and the equivalent supportive information and communication technologies, like Groupware or Enterprise 2.0 (Hasenkamp/Syring 1994) Enterprise 2.0 is the use of emergent social software platforms within companies, or between companies and their partners or customers (McAfee, 2006) 2015 Institute of IS Research, Chair of Business Software Research, Prof. Dr. Petra Schubert 5
Research CSCW, e.g. in regards to adoption, gamification, social analytics Teaching Cours material for lectures and exercises as corporate strategic planning simulation University Competence Center for Collaboration Technologies Powered by www.uct.de UniConnect Hosted collaboration platform for universities based on IBM Connections with blogs, wikis, activities, etc. Members Community consists of lecturers, professors and students
UniConnect UniConnect is a fully functional collaboration system Based on the IBM Collaboration Suite Operated in a cloud infrastructure located at the University of Koblenz-Landau, Germany Only available for individuals from registered universities and other educational organizations Authorized members are University staff and students They have access to project communities that provide an environment for research and teaching. 2015 Institute of IS Research, Chair of Business Software Research, Prof. Dr. Petra Schubert 7
UniConnect Apps Blogs Wiki Tags Social Profile Calendar Messenger Newsletter Gallery Community (closed or open) Activity Forums Library Bookmarks Chat Update Stream Kudos 2015 Institute of IS Research, Chair of Business Software Research, Prof. Dr. Petra Schubert 8
UniConnect: Members 2015 Institute of IS Research, Chair of Business Software Research, Prof. Dr. Petra Schubert 9
Use Case: Standard Lecture Weekly lectures with a physical presence Submission of an assignment (paper) and/or write an exam at the end of the semester Members: All enrolled students Lecturers Lifecycle of the community: Created at the start of the semester and closed at the end of the semester 2015 Institute of IS Research, Chair of Business Software Research, Prof. Dr. Petra Schubert 10
Use Case: Standard Lecture 2015 Institute of IS Research, Chair of Business Software Research, Prof. Dr. Petra Schubert 11
Use Case: Standard Lecture 2015 Institute of IS Research, Chair of Business Software Research, Prof. Dr. Petra Schubert 12
Use Case: Standard Lecture 2015 Institute of IS Research, Chair of Business Software Research, Prof. Dr. Petra Schubert 13
Use Case: Standard Lecture 2015 Institute of IS Research, Chair of Business Software Research, Prof. Dr. Petra Schubert 14
Use Case: Standard Lecture 2015 Institute of IS Research, Chair of Business Software Research, Prof. Dr. Petra Schubert 15
Use Case: Standard Lecture 2015 Institute of IS Research, Chair of Business Software Research, Prof. Dr. Petra Schubert 16
Use Case: Standard Lecture 2015 Institute of IS Research, Chair of Business Software Research, Prof. Dr. Petra Schubert 17
Use Case: Thesis Seminar Each two weeks lectures with a physical presence Continuing community Members: All students who are writing a thesis at the research group Mentors and professors Lifecycle of the community: Opened once and won t be closed Constant flow of students who join the community when they start their thesis and leave the community when the thesis is successfully submitted 2015 Institute of IS Research, Chair of Business Software Research, Prof. Dr. Petra Schubert 18
Use Case: Thesis Seminar 2015 Institute of IS Research, Chair of Business Software Research, Prof. Dr. Petra Schubert 19
Use Case: Thesis Seminar 2015 Institute of IS Research, Chair of Business Software Research, Prof. Dr. Petra Schubert 20
Use Case: Thesis Community Members: One student who writes a thesis at the research group Mentors Sporadic physical meetings according to the students and advisors needs Lifecycle of the community: Created at the start of the thesis and closed after the successful submission 2015 Institute of IS Research, Chair of Business Software Research, Prof. Dr. Petra Schubert 21
Use Case: Thesis Community 2015 Institute of IS Research, Chair of Business Software Research, Prof. Dr. Petra Schubert 22
Use Case: Thesis Community 2015 Institute of IS Research, Chair of Business Software Research, Prof. Dr. Petra Schubert 23
Use Case: Research Project 2015 Institute of IS Research, Chair of Business Software Research, Prof. Dr. Petra Schubert 24
Use Case: Research Project 2015 Institute of IS Research, Chair of Business Software Research, Prof. Dr. Petra Schubert 25
Benefits for the UniConnect Community The cloud infrastructure is maintained by the UCT team All uploaded information is kept in a safe private cloud system which cannot be accessed by externals Each invited user of a private community can read entries of other community members, is able to participate in discussions and benefit from the established pool of knowledge Each Community can be customized to support the given case Lecturers can reach students and vice versa at any given time, independent of consultation time or amount of participants, without causing a massive amount of emails or additional time exposure UniConnect creates a modern teaching and learning culture parallel to scheduled courses 2015 Institute of IS Research, Chair of Business Software Research, Prof. Dr. Petra Schubert 26
Benefits for the UniConnect Community By using UniConnect which is based on IBM Connections, students get valuable insights and experience with a business relevant software during their studies Disbenefits of using UniConnect It s not yet possible to add community members automatically, e.g. all officially enrolled students Students have to register manually 2015 Institute of IS Research, Chair of Business Software Research, Prof. Dr. Petra Schubert 27
Summary Benefits for science and the UCT Benefits for students and lecturers Benefits for researcher Benefits for IBM 2015 Institute of IS Research, Chair of Business Software Research, Prof. Dr. Petra Schubert 28
Thank you for your attention University of Koblenz-Landau, Germany Institute of IS Research Chair of Business Software Research, Prof. Dr. Petra Schubert http://bas.uni-koblenz.de 2015 Institute of IS Research, Chair of Business Software Research, Prof. Dr. Petra Schubert 29