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If you’ve ever fancied using Twitter then this hand guide for Academics from LSE may be useful: http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/files/2011/11/Published-Twitter_Guide_Sept_2011.pdf

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WebLearn unaffected by recently announced changes to email service

The following note was sent by OUCS on 13 December 2011. WebLearn is unaffected as it uses oxmail to send messages and does not connect directly to smtp.ox.ac.uk. As we can’t rely on people not to give away their SSO … Continue reading

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Open All Hours – New University of Oxford Podcasts portal launched

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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Teaching with Sakai Innovation Award 2012

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

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OUCS Advent Calendar

After a rush of frantic work by the elves in InfoDev and LTG we have put together a beautiful open advent calendar:  http://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/openadvent/ Each day until Christmas a door will be unlocked to reveal a piece of open educational content. … Continue reading

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