Technological Innovation in a world of web API's

One of the sessions in the JISC CETIS Conference 2008 Programme

'About' The workshop session on "Technological Innovation in a World of Web APIs" will be facilitated by Brian Kelly and Marieke Guy, UKOLN.

The session will seek to explore what IT development and innovation means in a world of APIs and the availability of Software as a Service (SaaS). Does this mean that in the future e-learning services will no longer be hosted locally but will be provided "in the cloud"? This may be a vision which appeals to some, but what are the limitations and concerns of such an approach? And how should should concerns be addressed?

Please note that this session is not intended to involve detailed technical discussions - rather the emphasis will be on policy issues, best practices, etc.

Contributing

The session will be an interactive one and participants will be expected to contribute to the discussions and debate.

We will welcome brief presentations from participants. If you would like to give a presentation please provide details on this wiki or contact the workshop facilitators (M.Guy@ukoln.ac.uk or B.Kelly@ukoln.ac.uk). Possible topics for presentations might include:


 * My preferred development environment for exploiting Web APIs
 * Using Web APIs 'in the cloud' - demonstrating the benefits and the challenges
 * Demonstrating the value of reuse of my APIs

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