content curator

During December I had the very pleasant task of curating a collection of Oxford OER. To sit behind each door of the OUCS OpenAdvent calendar I chose  items from our several collections of unique content hosted at OUCS.  Content which spoke about giving, family,community, ethics and … Continue reading

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working in the media

2011 was another very good year for LTG media production. MPU  filmed and edited with 21 departments, 12 colleges, the museums and the libraries. We covered VIP visits including Michelle Obama and Ban Ki Moon. We video conferenced to over … Continue reading

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the idea of a university

This evening I spoke in a series of Oxford seminars convened by the Assessor entitled ‘Beyond Consumerism? Learning and Teaching in the 21st Century University’. I am a fan of events with ‘beyond’ in the title as you may know. … Continue reading

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peddling in the same direction

Through the MediaHub project  we aim to overhaul the University’s digital media production infrastructure and expand it to include all three main content producing groups: Public Affairs Directorate (PAD), Media Production Unit (MPU), and the Learning Technologies Group (LTG). One … Continue reading

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The Apprentice

Fingers crossed we will soon have a new Apprentice Media Assistant in OUCS.  The Apprentice Media Assistant will contribute to the media production activities of a small team which forms part of the Learning Technologies Group in Oxford University Computing … Continue reading

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What is the use of a book, without pictures or conversations?

Said Alice. I was reminded of this question on Thursday as I listened to three Oxford academic colleagues describing their experience of podcasting in iTunes U. Emma Smith, Peter MacDonald and Marianne Talbot each took quite different angles, but each described … Continue reading

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four Es of sustainability

Yesterday I had the opportunity to try out the same presentation to two different groups. In the morning I presented at our OER Ripple event to partners  and friends from our neighbouring institutions Oxford Brookes University and Harper Adams University. … Continue reading

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Going global

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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reach out and touch somebody new

In a survey of 50 Oxford  University academics who podcast open educational materials: 91% want their knowledge to go to the widest public audience possible; 55% want to help students worldwide understand their topic; 45% want to help the public understand … Continue reading

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For sustainability, build on solid ground.

Hoping for success in our learning technology projects we align our activities to departmental and institutional strategies, and as part of the Oxford University community we look to bulid upon existing good practice. The OpenSpires project was part of the … Continue reading

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