Widget

Widget Bash 23 -24 March 2011, University of Bolton
Interested in web apps, widgets gadgets? Have a great idea but not sure how to build a widget? Not sure how to deploy and install it in your VLE? Then this is the event for you!

This 2 day event will provide widget building tutorials from the Apache Wookie (incubating ) team, examples of developments of institutional approaches to building and deploying a range widgets and mobile applications from the current JISC DVLE programme programme and the iTech project.

Draft Agenda
23rd March
 * 10.00 10.30 - coffee/registration
 * 10.30 -11.00 introduction
 * 11.00 - 12.30 Widgets (or projects) demos
 * 12.30 - 1.30 - lunch
 * 1.30 - 2.00 - Building a basic widget with Wookie (Tutorial)
 * 2:00 - 3:00
 * Group 1: Widget tutorials (using JQuery Mobile, Wave and other cool stuff) (tutorial)
 * Group 2: Converting your code to Wookie widgets (practical)
 * 3.00 - 4.00 tea/coffee - open feedback session

24th March
 * 10.00 - coffee/registration
 * 10.00- 12.30 - Widget building activities (cont. from day 1)
 * 12.30 - 1.30 - lunch
 * 1.30 - 3.30 - feedback session, future steps etc

The meeting is free to attend and lunch and refreshments will be provided. We are unable to help with booking accommodation but there are a number of hotels close to the University, a full list of nearby accommodation is available by following this link. Travel directions to the University are available by following this link.

Educational aspects - Stephen Power and Dai Griffiths


Technical aspects - Mark Johnson and Scott Wilson


Call for ideas on using widgets for teaching and learning
We would like to invite educators and developers to share ideas for developing widgets to which will create a range of flexible teaching and learning opportunities, including organising and delivery of online teaching and learning activities. If you have an idea, then [mailto:L.Yuan@bolton.ac.uk email Li Yuan] who will circulate them to attendees. We are hoping to get educators and developers together to use these ideas during the event.

Widgets developed by DVLE programme

 * WIDE, University of Teeside
 * a (growing) number of widgets
 * Learning Design Template Paper based learning design template
 * Storyboard Sheet Paper based storyboard


 * ExamView, City of Glasgow College
 * Examview moodle widget and source code


 * W2C, MMU
 * mymmu mobile app

Videos, PowerPoint slides from the Apache Wookie (Incubating) Training day

 * Scott Wilson's presentation on Wookie and Widgets
 * Ross Gardler's presentation on Building a basic widget using Open StreetMaps
 * Scott Wilson's presentation on Building a ToDo widget