Copyright and E-learning:A guide for practitioners

Posted on May 25, 2010 by Melissa Highton

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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

Posted on May 19, 2010 by Melissa Highton

logocommoncraftCommonCraft 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

Posted on April 21, 2010 by Melissa Highton

cisco_webex_22If 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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Evidence for change

Posted on March 26, 2010 by Melissa Highton

HEAHigher Education Academy’s EvidenceNet service promotes and supports the use of evidence in higher education learning and teaching. It signposts resources, events and networks from across the HE sector to provide easy access to the broad evidence base for you. It aims to allow busy academics to use evidence to reflect on  teaching, or to make changes to (for example) the way you manage feedback to students or approach equality and diversity in your teaching.

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New Horizons

Posted on January 22, 2010 by Melissa Highton

HR10coverThe 2010 Horizon Report describes six emerging technologies or practices that are likely to enter mainstream use on campuses within three adoption horizons spread over the next one to five years. The report also presents critical trends and challenges that will affect teaching and learning over the same time frame.

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Box of Broadcasts

Posted on January 13, 2010 by Melissa Highton

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BoB is an off-air recording and media archive service. This TV scheduling service allows you to record TV and radio programmes that are scheduled to be broadcast over the next seven days as well as retrieving programmes from the last seven days from a selected list of recorded channels.

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Best of the web

Posted on December 4, 2009 by Melissa Highton

winterThe Intute  Advent Calendar . Until the 24th December Intute will bring you an eclectic mix of the user-generated content on the Internet.  Links in these articles will lead you to online academic resources reviewed by Intute, or directly to relevant sources on the Internet.

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web2tools

Posted on October 20, 2009 by Melissa Highton

web2practice-logo-blog-sidebarThinking of using web2tools for research, administration or teaching? Make a quick start with the web2practice user guides.

The web2practice guides explain how emergent web technologies like RSS, microblogging and social media can enhance your working practice.

Each guide consists of a short animated video explaining the key concepts, supported by a more in-depth printable overview of the topic, covering the  potential uses, risks and how to get started.

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Rich feedback to students

Posted on October 13, 2009 by Melissa Highton

dragster_overview_movieDragster is a rapid authoring tool to create innovative drag and drop activities using multimedia.  It has a versatility that lends itself to many different applications in any discipline.  So if you are looking to create engaging drag and drop activities to excite and engage your students? Then Dragster is the tool for you.

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Effective Practice in a Digital Age

Posted on October 13, 2009 by Melissa Highton

Effective Practice in a Digital AgeEffective Practice in a Digital Age is designed for those in further and higher education whose focus is on designing and supporting learning: academic staff, lecturers, tutors and learning support staff, facilitators, learning technologists and staff developers.

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