OXTALENT Awards 2012

Posted on May 2, 2012 by Adam Marshall

OxTALENT, in collaboration with the Learning Technologies Group at OUCS, organises an annual competition and awards ceremony for innovative use of IT in teaching and learning at the University. The 2012 awards ceremony (by invitation only) will be held 4-6pm … Continue reading →

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

Posted on April 30, 2012 by Adam Marshall

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

Posted on April 24, 2012 by Adam Marshall

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

Posted on April 23, 2012 by Adam Marshall

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

Posted on April 23, 2012 by Adam Marshall

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

Posted on April 18, 2012 by Adam Marshall

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

Posted on April 2, 2012 by Adam Marshall

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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WebLearn User Group Talks Now Available

Posted on March 29, 2012 by Adam Marshall

We have uploaded recordings of all the talks from the latest WebLearn User Group (HT2012). Jill Fresen (WebLearn Team): Introduction Damion Young and Jon Mason (Medical Sciences Learning Technologies): Adapting WebLearn for the Biomedical Sciences programme, and other tips from … Continue reading →

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How do I delete sites?

Posted on March 28, 2012 by Adam Marshall

There two 2 types of ‘delete’ in WebLearn: removing from the hierarchy and (soft) deletion from the system. Removing the site from the hierarchy This stops the site appearing under your departmental (or college) area in WebLearn, however, all site … Continue reading →

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