pursuit of ‘appiness

Posted on November 9, 2011 by Melissa Highton

While controversy rages about appropriateness of the Official Guide, and the Bodleian’s King James Bible app is hailed by Stephen Fry on Twitter as ‘cowing lush and no mistake’, let’s see what you think of Mobile Oxford. Did you know … Continue reading →

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Going global

Posted on May 5, 2011 by Melissa Highton

The number of podcasts published into iTunesU continues to grow each month.    If you are wondering, as we do,  who is listening to them, it is possible to use the data supplied by Apple and the size of our logfiles … Continue reading →

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got a virus on your mobile phone?

Posted on March 3, 2011 by Melissa Highton

Last week I attended a very interesting presentation about the University of Leeds’ initative  in giving medical students mobile phones. The advantages and features of mobile learning are well rehearsed elsewhere, but I was amused to hear discussion of the choice … Continue reading →

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development for development

Posted on December 15, 2010 by Melissa Highton

At ICTD2010 ( that’s Information and Communications Technology for Development) at RHUL ( that’s Royal Holloway University of London) this week I attended fascinating papers on mobile learning for maternal health in Rwanda, increased social standing for kiosk operators in … Continue reading →

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chalk and talk

Posted on November 3, 2010 by Melissa Highton

Catch Professor Binnie’s quantum mechanics lectures in Apple’s new ipad TV advert. Note the presence of our Creative Commons licence logo  in an Apple ad.  It aired for the first time in the US on Nov 1st across all major networks … Continue reading →

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5 million fans can’t be wrong

Posted on October 7, 2010 by Melissa Highton

Today marks the second anniversary of the launch of Oxford’s iTunes U site, featuring audio and video podcasts from across the University. 5 million downloads have been made from the site, which contains more hours of material than any other … Continue reading →

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institutional responses to national enquires

Posted on May 17, 2010 by Melissa Highton

Students increasingly expect that their experience of higher education (HE) will involve the use of online and other learning technologies. As in many other areas of people’s lives, an ‘instant and on-demand’ attitude towards learning has developed, where students expect … Continue reading →

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Beyond 2010- Robin Wilson

Posted on March 22, 2010 by Melissa Highton

We are delighted to announce that Robin Wilson  will speak  as our closing keynote at the Beyond Borders conference at Oxford on April 20th. Robin is professor in the Department of Mathematics at the Open University, a Fellow by special election of Keble … Continue reading →

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Oxford on itunesU- forever curious

Posted on February 26, 2010 by Melissa Highton

Oxford on itunesU will be a featured poster at  the UCISA management conference next week. This project has put Oxford content on a platform alongside universities all over the world and given us several top ten global downloads. It has brought us … Continue reading →

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new horizons

Posted on January 22, 2010 by Melissa Highton

 I am delighted to see the NMC 2010 Horizon Report listing open content  as key trend and digital literacy as a critical challenge. The movement toward open content reflects a growing shift in the way academics in many parts of the world … Continue reading →

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