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2011 Open (Access Week) Idea Swap - October 3

Save this space! Online discussion coming October 3.

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Permalink Reply by Nicola Yeeles on October 3, 2011 at 6:50am

The "reveal" was helpful to us last year.

We had a static website created from Flash. Each day of the week we released a new OA story or a resource - so people had to keep coming back. It's a good way to structure the week and helped us find something fresh for our Twitter campaign too. This year we're planning linked blog posts in a similar vein.

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Permalink Reply by Jennifer McLennan on October 3, 2011 at 7:02am

So what did everyone think of the discussion forum approach?

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Permalink Reply by Jennifer McLennan on October 3, 2011 at 7:02am

Quoting from chat: "This is an excellent format! Far more dynamic than most webinars."

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Permalink Reply by Jennifer McLennan on October 3, 2011 at 7:02am

I didn't write it myself, honest!

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Permalink Reply by Allyson Mower on October 3, 2011 at 7:03am

I liked it...it was nice being to read through everyone's posts and go back to them for more info.

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Permalink Reply by Ruth Lewis on October 3, 2011 at 7:03am

It was hard to follow - you had to keep going back to page 1 (reloading) and going through to pick up new comments. Perhaps my display just wasn't set optimally. A consecutive display would have been better for the live event. Of course the threaded comments will be better for folks visiting later.

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Permalink Reply by Mel DeSart on October 3, 2011 at 7:06am

I had a bit the same experience Ruth did. I would rather have been able to scroll up and down a LONG screen rather than having to click back and forth between pages of content. But otherwise I liked it.

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Permalink Reply by Hillary Corbett on October 3, 2011 at 7:07am

Agree - I really like the concept, but having a paged discussion made it difficult to follow.

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Permalink Reply by Nicola Yeeles on October 3, 2011 at 7:04am

Worked well for me Jennifer - easier to follow than some other similar discussions I've been in; was quick to refresh.

Also thought the moderators did a good job of picking up on interesting comments. I liked the variety of discussion and personalisation. I also feel this will be a useful resource for my colleagues- is there a way of moving this into a single space so we can use it later?

Thank you!

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Permalink Reply by Nick Shockey on October 3, 2011 at 7:06am

Quoting Graham Steel from chat: "This format of 'Idea Swapping' compared to previous planning for #OAWeek was most definitely better than in previous years. Definitely would recommend doing something similar just after the event too as discussed. :-D"