active service

Yet another Open Educational Resource (OER)  project winning success for LTG: The announcement from JISC: JISC is delighted to announce that the University of Oxford has won the grant for the ‘JISC World War One (WW1) Open Educational Resources (OER)’ project. … 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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unlocking value

Digital literacy is key to unlocking the value of online resources says new research from the LTG Researchers from the OUCS Learning Technologies Group have authored a report on the impact of Open Educational Resources. Findings highlight the need to … Continue reading

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transformations -it’s all about the sharing

In working with our partners on the OER Cascade  Ripple project  we thought carefully about how others could learn from our mistakes and use our experience as a resource in a move towards organisational change. Our partners have commented on this … Continue reading

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just what I always wanted

You’ll already know how keen I am on including images in blog postings.  Luckily for me, and for you, the Oxford Triton team have devised and developed a series of   new out of the box plugins to allow WordPress users … Continue reading

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peaks and spikes and pads

The Listening for Impact  project was well represented at the  Oxford Internet Institute’s  packed out  Digital Impacts: How to Measure and Understand the Usage and Impact of Digital Content event on Friday. The question of how we can measure and … 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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sustainable resources

On Thursday, 12th May, as part of Fair Trade week, Kellogg College will host a Fair Trade dinner.  At 5.30pm before a wine reception and dinner, the College Seminar will take a wider look at issues of sustainability in the … Continue reading

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Universities with walls and hedges

On Monday I’ll be attending the Oxford Internet Institute (OII) event  ‘A Question of Boundaries: What Next for the ‘Edgeless University’?’ . Matthew Allen,  of Curtin University, is going to consider the practical opportunities and problems confronting academics and institutions of … Continue reading

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