University Outreach Awards
European Competition for Best Innovations in University Outreach and Public Engagement As part of the EC-funded ULab project, the Oxford Internet Institute at the University of Oxford is organizing an online competition to identify the most innovative outreach and public … Continue reading
Expenses paid trip to the USA?
Each year the Sakai Foundation runs a competition to recognise and promote innovation in using Sakai (WebLearn at Oxford) for teaching and learning. The winners have travel expenses and conference registration paid to attend and present their innovations at the … Continue reading
OER Case Studies Series
In association with JISC, the Higher Education Academy is pleased to invite the submission of abstracts for case studies on a range of topics pertaining to Open Educational Resources. Funding has been provided by the Higher Education Funding Council for … Continue reading
HEA travel fund
HEA launches UK travel fund The HEA has launched a travel fund to help UK staff and students attend conferences, network meetings and special interest groups that are being run in the UK. The fund is open to individuals or … Continue reading
Strategic Content Alliance Funding Opportunities 2011/12
The JISC, on behalf of the Strategic Content Alliance (SCA) invites tenders to create a syllabus of open digital resources and related training courses. This syllabus is intended to foster the development of a new generation of “digital entrepreneurs” within … Continue reading
JISC OER phase 3 – embedding and sustaining change
Information about this call for projects is now available .All projects will involve the collection and release of OER. In addition, each will demonstrate the application of this activity in responding to identified opportunities and challenges for the sector.
Use of technology for Impact and Outreach
This is a category of three awards for this year highlighting examples of best practice identified by the OxTALENT committee. Julia Richardson received an award for the audio admissions tours. The tours are a mobile learning and podcasting initiative by the admissions … Continue reading
Best Use of Student IT for Learning
Showing creativity, originality, impact and sustainability the Best Student Use of IT award went to Helen Ginn for her CMol iPhone and iPad application designed for easily viewing 3D renditions of biological molecules. The app enables undergraduate students, PhD students … Continue reading
Student Podcasting
This year Daniel Ostendorff won the award for Best Student Podcasting for his initiative to produce podcasts for scholars outside of Oxford. One of the many things that makes Oxford a great place to study is the calibre of scholarship … Continue reading
Academic Podcasting
The award for the best Academic Podcasting Series went to the Department of Anthropology who have created a large amount of user interest, provided high quality educational content, and generated positive user feedback. Anthropology is a varied field, covering everything … Continue reading