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Develop a skill? Grow your knowledge and understanding? Sort out your reading list? To mark the 2012 Leap Year all courses at OUCS on February the 29th are FREE. Book now to avoid disappointment.

 The first of the new materials coming out of our ‘Great Writers Inspire’ project with the Faculty of English are available in our podcasts collections now.

This week LTG is hosting  the first Matterhorn OpenCast unconference.  Matterhorn is a free, open-source platform to support the management of educational audio and video content. Institutions will use Matterhorn to produce lecture recordings, manage existing video, serve designated distribution channels,  … Continue reading →

Each week this term we will publish a video ’Casestudy in Innovative Practice’ on the LTG YouTube Channel. The case studies capture the experiences of lecturers and students at the University who are using technology in innovative ways to enrich their teaching and … Continue reading →

 Newly published: an article about learning technologies at Oxford by LTG colleagues Melissa Highton, Jill Fresen and Joanna Wild. Making academic OER easy: Reflections on technology and openness at Oxford University

Lunchtime session 15th February, OUCS This session explores the relevance of Twitter to university teaching, research and engagement activities. Come along to find out how to get started, grow your following, and hone your tweeting style to maximise your impact.

Campus MovieFest is an Apple sponsored event that invites groups of students to make a film in a week as part of a national competition. We are hosting the participants this week in our IT training rooms.

Liz Masterman and Joanna Wild, researchers in the LTG, presented a paper at the annual  BERA conference . They argued for the importance of considering cultural, historical and institutional context when researching how teachers and learners engage with learning technology, giving … Continue reading →