WebLearn User Group talks- Experiments with WebLearn tools in Medical Sciences (PowerPoint slides)
- User Group presentations TT2011
- User Group presentations TT2011
- User Group presentations TT2011
- User Group presentations TT2011
- User Group presentations TT2011
- User Group presentations TT2011
- User Group presentations TT2011
- User Group presentations MT2010
- User Group presentations MT2010
WebLearn podcast is supremely popular!
Rev Dr James Robson ‘Supporting Tutorials: WebLearn’ is the most popular podcast on Oxford Podcasts this week and has had 60 likes on YouTube. Revd Dr James Robson is a Winner of the OxTALENT 2011 Award for ‘Best Use of … Continue reading
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Tagged For colleges, Supporting Tutorials, Teaching and Learning
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Supporting Tutorials Using WebLearn
The tutorial system lies at the heart of Oxford’s educational experience, to further this practice LTG have produced a video case study entitled WebLearn: Supporting Tutorials. Supporting tutorial practices through the use of technology can enable both tutors and students … Continue reading
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When do new students get access to WebLearn?
There has been a bit of interest in using WebLearn as a resource to help new students before their arrival in Oxford; I made a blog post about this entitled: Supporting students before they arrive with WebLearn. I thought it … Continue reading
Displaying WebLearn calendars on external websites
Some users are taking advantage of WebLearn’s ability to export calendars in ‘iCal’ format and are syndicating their calendars to departmental intranets or public websites. Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences also (luckily) known as NDORMS have adopted … Continue reading
A Report Investigating the Effectiveness of the Turnitin Plagiarism Detection Service
A report has recently been released about the use of Turnitin in terms of its effectiveness. The White Paper “The Effectiveness of Turnitin and WriteCycle” (White Paper from turnitin.com, 2009) reports on the use of Turnitin worldwide in helping to … Continue reading
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Tagged For colleges, For departments, Plagiarism, Report, Turnitin
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Student access to Turnitin reports
An investigation into the use of Turnitin in UK HE institutions, focusing upon student access to the service has just been released. Martin King, Senior Learning & Technology Officer, Royal Holloway College, University of London, conducted a study on Turnitin … Continue reading
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Tagged For colleges, For departments, Plagiarism, Report, Turnitin
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Survey tool now available
The WebLearn Survey tool (released as a Beta) can be used to design and manage electronic questionnaires to be delivered on-line. Surveys can be created to gather data for research purposes, general data gathering, or for course, lecturer or tutor … Continue reading
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Tagged For colleges, For departments, Help, New features, Survey, System notices, Training
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University Skills Group online skills courses now hosted in WebLearn
The WebLearn team has been working closely with the University Skills Group (USG – formerly the Graduate Skills Advisory Group) to move the former ‘Online courses’ (now called ‘Career Development Skills’) into new WebLearn. The courses were previously hosted within … Continue reading
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Tagged Content creation, For colleges, For departments, New features, Skill development, Training
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Reading lists are set to improve
The Sir Louie Project Sir Louie – System for Integrating Reading Lists within the Oxford University Information Environment. This project will enhance two academic and administrative systems, the WebLearn (VLE), (based on the Sakai open source platform,) and the University’s … Continue reading
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Tagged For colleges, Google Scholar, Library, New features, Reading lists, Resources, Student systems integration
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Times Higher article about a “Plagiarism tariff”
There’s an interesting article in the Times Higher (17 June 2010) which proposes a method of ‘scoring’ plagiarism. The article provides three examples of plagiarism, how these offences are scored, and how a decision on censure is reached. As the … Continue reading
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Tagged Assignments, For colleges, Plagiarism, Turnitin
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