Great Writers goes global in iTunes

Posted on May 1, 2012 by Peter Robinson

Today and for the rest of the week Apple is promoting through iTunesU our inspirational short ten minute talks by Oxford academics that form the basis of content collections for the Great Writers Inspire project. This kind of promotion usually … Continue reading →

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Podcasts Are Like a Box of Chocolates..You Never Know What You’re Gonna Get

Posted on May 1, 2012 by Peter Robinson

Sergio Grau, Programmer for Spindle writes … As part of the SPINDLE project we are going to try to let users know what is inside a podcast. Our goal is to generate automatically additional information to complement the existing metadata … Continue reading →

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Great Writers Animation and all 10 minute taster talks released

Posted on March 31, 2012 by Peter Robinson

Just a reminder that 12 audio and video recordings which were captured at our “Be Inspired” December & February events are now all live at http://podcasts.ox.ac.uk/series/great-writers-inspire. These provide a great introduction for students studying themes and writers that are related … Continue reading →

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SPINDLE project starts – Combining Podcasts with Speech Technology

Posted on March 31, 2012 by Peter Robinson

Can we use Automatic Speech to Text Technology to generate better cataloguing of our open content ? A new project at OUCS starts in March, funded by JISC as part of their ‘Rapid Innovation in Open Educational Resources‘ programme. SPINDLE … Continue reading →

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A taste of Raspberry Pi for Open Education Week at Oxford University

Posted on March 31, 2012 by Peter Robinson

To celebrate international Open Education Week we promoted a number of our Open Spires projects that are releasing free resources from Oxford including the Great Writers literature project, our World War 1 resources and the Oxford University podcasts. All our … Continue reading →

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Amazing timelapse video of the Oxford Radcliffe Observatory Quarter

Posted on January 6, 2012 by Peter Robinson

In this timelapse video created from over 30,000 images you can follow the building work taking place at the new Oxford Radcliffe Observatory Quarter. http://www.ox.ac.uk/roq/video_of_the_site.html Background The Radcliffe Observatory Quarter is one of the most significant development projects the University … Continue reading →

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Open All Hours – New University of Oxford Podcasts portal launched @ http://podcasts.ox.ac.uk

Posted on November 29, 2011 by Peter Robinson

At the start of November the OUCS Podcasting Service launched a new web portal to showcase nearly three thousand audio, video and eBook items freely available for download (http://podcasts.ox.ac.uk). Replacing the previous directory, the improved site presents a rich set … Continue reading →

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OED & research on Shakespeare’s impact on the English Language

Posted on November 9, 2011 by Peter Robinson

Professor Charlotte Brewer introduces the methodology behind the creation of the OED and how current activity to update the Dictionary may reveal new evidence about Shakespeare’s impact on the English Language. Hear the talk on the brand new improved web … Continue reading →

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Great Writers project is launched

Posted on October 18, 2011 by Peter Robinson

Great Writers – Learning From The Past. A new exciting open literary project has just started. The project will create/assemble a substantial new body of open content with a literary theme (focused on engaging new students) to be released through … Continue reading →

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Developing tools for Open Education at the CETIS OER Hack Day

Posted on April 4, 2011 by Peter Robinson

The OpenSpires Triton team spent a very productive two days working with programmers and developers from around the UK at the recent CETIS OER Hack day. A range of tools were created in a fast and furious coding and writing … Continue reading →

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