With wide-ranging information for academic staff, researchers and librarians, the BUFVC magazine Viewfinder explores the production, study and use of film, television and related media for higher education and research in up-to-the-minute feature articles and other news and comment. This months issue features Oxford University on ItunesU.
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Plagiarism support
A series of posters to download to help address plagiarism are available from plagiarismadvice.org
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Oxford team wins national elearning award
Oxford returned triumphant from this year’s ALT conference, where Continuing Education’s Technology-Assisted Lifelong Learning (TALL) unit was announced the winner of the 2010 ALT Learning Technologist of the Year team award. TALL was commended by the judges on its online course production model and range of courses and projects being delivered in a difficult market.
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Learning using mobile and handheld devices
A snapshot of research covering the use of portable technology to support curriculum learning in the classroom, and the use of personal mobile technologies for learning on the move is available from ALT.
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Learning Literacies examples
Snapshots of practice – 41 snapshots of learning literacy practice, policy, initiatives and curricula submitted by a wide range of institutions to the LLiDA project. These case studies provide a useful starting point for ideas for supporting student skills development.
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An introduction to Open Access
There is a continued growth of interest across the world in the moves made in recent years to stimulate an ‘open access’ environment, where all research outputs will be available to everyone free of charge at the point of use. This guide has been produced to give researchers, publishers, librarians and information professionals a basic understanding of the Open Access movement and where we currently stand.
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What research has to say for practice
Nine online guides to learning technology research informed practice are now available from ALT in a wiki format. Topics include: Web-based course design , Learning using mobile and hand-held devices On-line communities Technology-supported assessment Learning environments Using social software in learning
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Copyright and E-learning:A guide for practitioners
by Jane Secker Watch Jane Secker’s video
Fully supported with a broad range of practitioner case studies (including one from LTG) and further sources of information, this essential guide looks at best practice developed by leading universities in the UK and overseas which support students in a blended learning environment. Key topics include:
- the background to copyright and e-learning
- digitizing published content for delivery in the VLE
- using multimedia in e-learning
- copyright issues and ‘born’ digital resources
- copyright in the emerging digital environment of Web 2.0
- copyright training for staff.
This book is essential reading for anyone working in education including learning support staff and teachers using e-learning, learning technologists, librarians, educational developers, instructional designers, IT staff and trainers.
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Protecting Reputations Online in Plain English
CommonCraft offer a range of amusing, effective and free three-minute videos which help educators and influencers introduce complex subjects. Including a new one on protecting reputations online.
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Webex
If you are having problems with travel restrictions, webex is available to share presentations, documents, applications or even your desktop with participants at the University or across the world. For more information visit www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/webex or contact webex@ox.ac.uk for an account or a demo.
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