Mobile Oxford wins the UCISA Award for Excellence

Mobile Oxford which amongst other things provides access to WebLearn on a mobile phone has just won a prestigious award. Mobile Oxford is being used as part of our Mobile Phone Polls pilot – students can vote in a WebLearn … Continue reading

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WebLearn team report Oct 2010 – Jan 2011

Software New WebLearn was upgraded on 11th January 2011 to version 2.6-ox6. For more detailed information please looked at the detailed release notes. Unfortunately due to technical difficulties, it was not possible to upgrade the surveys tool. We apologise for … Continue reading

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Can I remove the ‘users present’ display on a site?

The display of the ‘users present’ information can be suppressed by the central WebLearn team. If you would like take advantage of this facility then please get in touch with us stating the site URL and the name of the … Continue reading

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WebLearn courses during Hilary Term 2011

Here are the dates for WebLearn courses and the WebLearn User Group meeting during Hilary Term 2011. Course details are available on the courses database and bookings open 30 days in advance of each course: http://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/itlp/courses/. There is now a … Continue reading

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Time to Apply – Teaching with Sakai Innovation Award

The entry process is now open for the 2011 Teaching with Sakai Innovation Award (TWSIA). The application and supporting materials are available at http://openedpractices.org/twsia. The 2011 award seeks to expand the sharing of innovative teaching and collaboration practices to include: … Continue reading

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The benefits of an Open Source VLE

Start Lee and Melissa Highton recently gave a virtual presentation to a conference in Malaysia via Skype. One of the things they spoke about is the benefits to Oxford of choosing an Open Source VLE. FutureGov Asia picked up on … Continue reading

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Displaying WebLearn calendars on external websites

Some users are taking advantage of WebLearn’s ability to export calendars in ‘iCal’ format and are syndicating their calendars to departmental intranets or public websites. Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences also (luckily) known as NDORMS have adopted … Continue reading

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WebLearn’s Mobile Phone Interface

I thought it would be useful to explain the mechanics behind the WebLearn (Sakai) mobile phone interface (m.ox). Mobile Oxford (or m.ox) is based on a piece of open source software called Molly which relays (or ‘proxys’) requests from a … Continue reading

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