Providing supportive student feedback – lunch time talk on 9 May and pilot project

Tutors and Supervisors: How do you mark student essays and other written work? Do you write comments on the hard copy essay, return it to the student and then have no copy of your feedback to them? Do you find … Continue reading

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EU Cookie Law

I was pointed towards this short YouTube video that humorously sums up the new Cookie regulations. It’s great to explain to the technologically challenged why you are spending so much time worrying about something to do with biscuits! The stupid … Continue reading

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Free “Beyond” Conference at OUCS – 12 June 2012

What does technology add to our use of research resources for teaching? Does it shift or facilitate links between teaching and research? What new approaches can we take to language, writing and text? The day will offer a set of … Continue reading

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Copyright FAQ

I was pointed to this excellent Bodleian Libraries resource about Copyright at Oxford: http://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/services/copy/copyright We also have a site in WebLearn dedicated to copyright https://weblearn.ox.ac.uk/info/copyright

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Upgrade to version 2.8-ox1 has been delayed

It is with regret that we must announce that the planned move to version 2.8 of WebLearn has been delayed. This is due to a combination of technical and staffing issues. We hope that we will be able to perform … Continue reading

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Date for the next WebLearn User Group meeting announced

The next WebLearn User Group meeting will be Tuesday 10 July 2012, 2pm at OUCS. Bookings will be available from mid-April at http://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/itlp/courses/detail/TOVD Speakers: Wulf Forrester-Barker (NDORMS) and Ed Long (Blavatnik School of Government).

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