Reflections on Engage

Posted on April 26, 2012 by Lisa Mansell

It is a week after our Engage workshop and I think we are still bowled over by how well it went.  The workshop was attended by 10 teachers and lecturers, two Oxford students and seven Oxford academics and friends of … Continue reading →

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Engage workshop

Posted on April 4, 2012 by Lisa Mansell

‘Engage’ is a free 2-day interactive workshop for invited participants run by Oxford University’s Great Writers Inspire project. Our ‘Engage’ workshop for teachers (HE, FE, 6th form) and learners will take place on Thursday 19th and Friday 20th April at … Continue reading →

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Open Education Week

Posted on March 7, 2012 by Lisa Mansell

This week is the first ever Open Education Week which aims to raise awareness of the open education movement and its impact on teaching and learning worldwide. Oxford University Computing Services has successfully run many open projects; one of our … Continue reading →

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Students as open content producers

Posted on February 28, 2012 by Lisa Mansell

One of the themes we chose to embrace as part of our Great Writers Inspire project was the concept of students as producers of OER. We experienced success with this during the Triton project as part of OER phase 2, … Continue reading →

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Engage workshop 19th-20th April 2012

Posted on February 24, 2012 by Lisa Mansell

Register your interest now http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/TKCDC8K We invite you to register your interest to participate in a free 2-day interactive workshop run by the Great Writers Inspire project. Our ‘Engage’ workshop for teachers (HE, FE, 6th form) and learners will take … Continue reading →

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Watch, listen and learn

Posted on February 10, 2012 by Lisa Mansell

The audio and video recordings which were captured at our Be inspired event are now live http://podcasts.ox.ac.uk/series/great-writers-inspire. These inspirational short talks by Oxford academics form the basis of content collections for the Great Writers Inspire website, but we didn’t want … Continue reading →

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Great Writers truly inspire

Posted on December 15, 2011 by Lisa Mansell

Be Inspired! – the first event held by the Great Writers Inspire project – took place on December 14th at the English Faculty in Oxford. The event had two main aims – to bring friends of the project together to … Continue reading →

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Great Writers Inspire Event

Posted on December 9, 2011 by Lisa Mansell

Next week we have the first of three planned events for the Great Writers Inspire project. On the afternoon of December 14th the academic supporters of the project will gather in the Faculty of English to take part in an … Continue reading →

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Ebooks – some early student views

Posted on November 29, 2011 by Lisa Mansell

One of the topics the Great Writers Inspire project will explore is the use of ebooks in teaching and learning. The project has invested in some iPads and Kindles for the purpose of experimentation and demonstration and some of the … Continue reading →

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End of the beginning

Posted on August 26, 2011 by Lisa Mansell

The Triton project has achieved a lot in 1 year; our final report and a host of resources for reuse are available on the project website.  The aim of the Triton project was to bring high-quality open educational resources (OER) … Continue reading →

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