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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
Söhnke Grams
University of Koblenz-Landau, Germany
Institute of IS Research
Business Software Research Group (Prof. Dr. Petra Schubert)
http://bas.uni-koblenz.de
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Agenda
Introduction of UCT
UniConnect platform
Use Cases: Education
Use Cases: Research Projects
Benefits and Disbenefits
Summary
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Research CSCW, e.g. in regards to adoption, gamification, social analytics
Teaching Cours material for lectures and exercises as corporate strategic planning simulation
UniConnect Hosted collaboration platform for universities based on IBM Connections with blogs, wikis, activities, etc.
Members Community consists of lecturers, professors and students
University Competence Center for
Collaboration Technologies
Powered by
www.UCT.de
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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)
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Research CSCW, e.g. in regards to adoption, gamification, social analytics
Teaching Cours material for lectures and exercises as corporate strategic planning simulation
UniConnect Hosted collaboration platform for universities based on IBM Connections with blogs, wikis, activities, etc.
Members Community consists of lecturers, professors and students
University Competence Center for
Collaboration Technologies
Powered by
www.UCT.de
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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.
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UniConnect Apps
Blogs
Wiki
Tags
Social Profile
Calendar
Messenger
Newsletter
Gallery
Activity
Forums
Library
Bookmarks
Chat
Update Stream
Kudos
Community (closed or open)
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UniConnect: Members
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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
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Use Case: Standard Lecture
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Use Case: Standard Lecture
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Use Case: Standard Lecture
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Use Case: Standard Lecture
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Use Case: Standard Lecture
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Use Case: Standard Lecture
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Use Case: Standard Lecture
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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
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Use Case: Thesis Seminar
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Use Case: Thesis Seminar
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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
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Use Case: Thesis Community
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Use Case: Thesis Community
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Use Case: Research Project
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Use Case: Research Project
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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
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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
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Summary
Benefits for science and the UCT
Benefits for students and lecturers
Benefits for researcher
Benefits for IBM
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Thank you for your attention
Söhnke Grams
University of Koblenz-Landau, Germany
Institute of IS Research
Chair of Business Software Research, Prof. Dr. Petra Schubert
http://bas.uni-koblenz.de