At Bristol University (UK) the Lunchbyte sessions and information on websites from the Learning Technology Support Service seem to be doing a good job encouraging better websites in University environments (see forwarded message below - these are internal Bristol University sessions). I guess this is repeated in most Universities throughout the UK. Where can I look for equivalent support and information for museum websites? The Museums and the Web Conference website is interesting but is there a better starting point? Rosemary Silvester British Association of Friends of Museums [log in to unmask] --- Begin Forwarded Message --- Date: Mon, 5 Jun 2000 11:21:35 +0100 (GMT Daylight Time) From: "Gill.Butland" <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Web lunchbyte Friday 9 June Sender: [log in to unmask] To: [log in to unmask] Reply-To: "Gill.Butland" <[log in to unmask]> Message-ID: <[log in to unmask]> Dear Departmental Teaching and Learning Adviser Please circulate within your department LTSS LUNCHBYTE Friday 9 June 1pm-2pm Institute for Learning and Research Technology (ILRT) 8-10 Berkeley Square The seventh session (of ten) in the Advanced Web Design Lunchbyte series will focus on "Writing for the Web". Description: How people read on the web: · Once your technical skills are in place, then creating usable and effective Web sites is easy. · You can quickly create a departmental Web site by taking our existing materials and putting them on the Web. · Online learning environments are as easy as making our lecture notes available online. Unfortunately all these statements are incorrect. People approach online information in fundamentally different ways from traditional paper based information. One of the key differences is how people read online information. Because the differences are important, then new styles of writing and presenting content are needed. This session will give an overview of what the differences in users' behaviour are. With guidelines on how you should write for maximum usability within the online environment. ------------------------------------------------------------ This series of ten lunchbytes (five per term) will discuss the techniques used by the ILRT Internet Development (ID) group to deliver professional standard web sites. The speakers will draw on their experience in designing sites for government, commercial and educational clients. For updated information about this series, please see: http://www.ilrt.bris.ac.uk/ubris/ltss ------------------------------------------------------------ Lunchbytes are informal, hour-long lunchtime sessions consisting of presentations and discussion. There is no fee for attendance and attendees are encouraged to bring their sandwich lunch. Unless otherwise advertised, all lunchbytes take place between 1-2pm, with the venue being The Hawaii Suite, Institute for Learning and Research Technology (ILRT), 8-10 Berkeley Square. For information about other LTSS events, please see: http://www.ltss.bris.ac.uk/events.htm ----------------------------------- You'll find LOTS of learning technology information on our website - go on, have a quick look! http://www.ltss.bristol.ac.uk Gill Butland Information Officer Learning Technology Support Service University of Bristol 8-10 Berkeley Square, Bristol BS8 1HH Email: [log in to unmask] Direct phone: 0117 928 7199 --- End Forwarded Message --- --- End Forwarded Message --- ---------------------- ========================================================Important Subscriber Information: The Museum-L FAQ file is located at http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "help" (without the quotes). If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes).