Digital Media Users Group

 Friday 17th June 2pm OUCS Alison Prince:Shelley’s Ghost opened to visitors at the Bodleian last year alongside, for the first time, a complete version of the exhibition online . This talk offers a brief behind the scenes tour of website project … Continue reading

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How education needs to be fixed

Roger Schank Tuesday, 24th of May at 5:00 pm at OUCS.  Roger Schank  is one of the world’s leading thinkers on artificial intelligence, learning theory, cognitive science, and the building of virtual learning environments. He is CEO of Socratic Arts, … Continue reading

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make:good

make: is a forum for sharing ideas about the creative use of technology in learning, teaching and research. We invite along speakers from different disciplines to inspire you with ideas for developments in your own areas of expertise. You will … Continue reading

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Beyond Conference 2011

Beyond Collections: Crowdsourcing for public engagement. A free one-day conference held at OUCS, University of Oxford on 26th May 2011 Our ‘Beyond’ conference this year will celebrate the  joys and challenges of community collections. It will  be hosted by the RunCoco … Continue reading

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Institutional strategies for learning technologies

 Tuesday 29th March at 5-6pm Jane O’Neill, Senior Staff Development Officer, University of Leeds. Jane is the senior learning technologist in the Staff and Departmental Development Unit at University of Leeds and has variously looked after Bodington and Blackboard VLEs … Continue reading

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Online Presence: An overview

Thu 17 Feb 12:30-15:30 Do you have an on-line presence? You almost certainly do – even if you thought not! This byte-size session will describe what is meant by an on-line presence. It will also briefly outline how an on-line … Continue reading

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If you use images in your teaching

 Using images in teaching and learning Thu 17 Feb 14:00-16:00 No charge The course examines two major digital image collections subscribed to by the University– ARTstor and Bridgeman Education — geared to research and teaching in the humanities, history of … Continue reading

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Rhetoric or reality?

Professor Tim Unwin, Royal Holloway University of London. Tuesday 15th of February 17:00 – 18:00, OUCS Sustainable Development, or development that balances economic, social, and environmental aspects, is one of the greatest challenges of our time. Information and Communication Technologies … Continue reading

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Breakfast at OUCS

Friday 11 Feb 2011 08:30-09:30 New members of Oxford University staff are warmly invited to join us for breakfast at the Oxford University Computing Services, 13 Banbury Road. Over croissants and coffee, we will introduce you to the many important … Continue reading

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Seven Scenarios for Enhancement of a Course with a Virtual Learning Environment

Dr. Robin Hill 1st February, 2011 – 5:00 – 6:00, Evenlode Seminar Room, OUCS Using an interdisciplinary sophomore course as an example, Dr. Hill will present seven different online scenarios that an instructor might select to enhance classroom teaching.  They … Continue reading

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