the importance of open data in higher education
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twitter.com/JaduCMS
OpenData:Why information sharing is important to the future of Higher Ed
@SurajKika CEO
@Tom8WilliamsVP Business Development
“Provide the tools to organise information across the enterprise.”
Jadu Mission
Over 100 customers
“…data is being put online to increase accountability, contribute valuable information about the world, and to enable government, the country, and the world to function more efficiently.”
Tim Berners-Lee
Sharing Information
Repurposing Information
Open Data gives real power to the people.
Web 1.0: The Document Web
Content is everything.
Web 2.0:The Social Web
“...an embryo of the Web to come...
“The Web will be understood not as screenfuls of text and graphics but as a transport mechanism, the ether through which interactivity happens...
...It will appear on your computer screen, on your TV set on your car dashboard, on your cell phone, hand-held games machines and maybe even your microwave.”Darcy DiNucci (1999)
Huge shift from mass media to personal media
Over 1600% Growth in 2009
CEO/CIO: “Social Media is Irrelevant to our business”
-They may have missed the point!
Social media has changed the way the web is being used.
APIs now rule the web.
Service Oriented Architecture websites like Twitter are a first step to sharing data
Create an API for your content.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aAb7hSCtvGw
Web 3.0:The Web of Data
The first step is understanding the modern Internet.
It’s essential Senior Management understand the evolution of the Internet.
Clay JohnsonSunlight Foundation
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5F61tAQF5A
Minute 24-26
http://www.data.gov/
During the 1995-1996 year, Tax Payers contributed $190 BILLION to Degree Granting Institutions through their taxes.
Funding has increased at an avg of 14% year over year since 1929.
Where did I get this info?...
http://nces.ed.gov/programs/digest/d05/tables/dt05_340.asp
More than 400 data sources and 100 million records currently online
You ALREADY have the data.
All you have to do is Publish it.
“Sometimes it is better just to do it.”
Tim Berners-Lee
How Can I Make My Data Open?
1. Make your data publicly available.
2. Apply a suitable open data license.
See - opendatacommons.org - creativecommons.org
The future is happening now.
We‘re all learning.
