WebLearn upgraded to version 2.6-ox9 on 27 September 2011

New WebLearn was upgraded on 27th September 2011 to version 2.6-ox9. For more detailed information please looked at the detailed release notes. We had intended to move to 2.8-ox1 but unfortunately have had to delay this until the January 2012 … Continue reading

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Euro Sakai 2011 – Amsterdam

11 people from UK HE attended the European Sakai conference (#EuroSakai). Delegates from the UK represented the following bodies: the Universities of Oxford, Cambridge, Bath, Newcastle, Hull and Leeds and JISC/CETIS. The highlight of the conference was almost certainly the … Continue reading

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Old WebLearn (Bodington) is now read-only

As of Tuesday 27th September 2011 it is no longer possible  for regular users to create new material within Old WebLearn. ‘Floor Managers’ still retain create permissions but all other users have had such privileges removed. Old WebLearn will be … Continue reading

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WebLearn upgrade on Tuesday 27th September

The WebLearn service will be unavailable sometime between 7am and 9am on Tuesday the 27th of September for an upgrade to version 2.6-ox9. (It was hoped that we would move to version 2.8-ox1 on this date but this has not … Continue reading

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Student Enrolment System

What is it? The Student Enrolment System (SES) is a web-based tool that presents information about graduate training opportunities available across the departments in Social Science and MPLS to graduate students, supervisors and administrators and allows students to request places … Continue reading

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Interesting report by UC Berkley about Mobile Access to Sakai

I just came across this comprehensive and very interesting report by UC Berkley detailing what students would find useful if a mobile interface into Sakai were developed. The top two wishes were viewing Announcements and checking details of Assignments. Mobile … Continue reading

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WebLearn Upgraded to Version 2.6-ox8.1 on 22 August 2011

New WebLearn was upgraded on 22nd August 2011 to version 2.6-ox8.. For more detailed information please looked at the detailed release notes. Improvements Sign-up tool: a site may now have up to 1000 members and the tool will still present … Continue reading

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Useful advice and free teaching and learning resources

Jill Fresen has drawn my attention to this useful resource: The Staff area of Association for Learning Development in HE website contains lots of resources in various formats (including a fridge magnet about academic writing(!). It has good layout within … Continue reading

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Xerte content authoring tool

The University of Nottingham’s Xerte Project provides a full suite of open source tools for elearning developers and content authors producing interactive learning materials. Pat Lockley, worked in the Xerte team (who won the 2009 ALT Learning Technologists Team of … Continue reading

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GLOMaker content authoring tool

London Metropolitan University’s GLOMaker tool is a free open source tool which allows elearning developers and content authors to produce highly structured and media rich interactive learning materials. In May, Professor Tom Boyle from the Reusable Learning Objects CETL gave … Continue reading

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