Director's Cut

From the LTG announcements:

“As one of the WebLearn early adopters, the MSc in Evidence-Based Health
Care (EBHC) course has had a very successful year – winning two teaching
awards: the OxTALENT Award and the Oxford University Teaching Award.
Amanda Bulrs, the course director said: “we believe the active
engagement in the course is due to three factors: deep interest in the
subject, engaging teaching methods, and WebLearn – the Oxford Virtual
Learning Environment”. More information about the MSc in EBHC course and
the other WebLearn case studies can be found online at
https://weblearn.ox.ac.uk/portal/hierarchy/info/showcase“

Following the redesign of one of our lecture rooms to become a Mac training suite (with generous support from Apple) we have now taken this to a second stage and become an Apple Accredited Training Centre. See our new web page for more details.

OUCS has launched a new service aimed at mobile users (m.ox.ac.uk). At launch this includes mobile-formatted access to the Contact list search; a maps facility linked to the GPS facility showing you nearest colleges, libraries, pubs (!), etc; a feed from the University’s podcast service; and a library search that will show you on a map where the nearest copy of the book you are after is.

If you are interested in inclusion and accessibility, take a look at JISC’s new TechDis site: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/help/using/jisctechdis.htm

JISC, in reaction to the US Google Book setllement, are seeking replies form the UK HEI community as to what we all think about it. If you ahve views go to: http://writetoreply.org/googlebooks/

As of 11th August our connection to JANET (the Joint Academic Network which provides external internet access for all HEIs in the UK) rose from 2Gbps to 10Gbps – reflecting the continued efforts by OUCS to expand its network services to match rising demand across the University.

OUCS are about to offer an expansion of its service for Apple computers, by being able to do in warranty repairs at 13 Banbury Road. For more information contact John Mason or Darren Rochford at OUCS.

The Oxford podcasts on iTunes U reached 1,003,534 downloads in just 44 weeks after launching. We’ve had some major successes over the year, reaching the number one spot world-wide on several occasions. If you want to get involved go to http://itunes.ox.ac.uk/.

Shifting to WordPress away from the old OxITEMS newsfeed for the Director’s Cut.

Completely upgraded WebLearn service now launched with a redesigned interface and a plethora of new tools. Go to: https://weblearn.ox.ac.uk/