Making learning available for everyone 

Posted on May 13, 2014 by Peter Robinson

The University of Oxford’s iTunes U site goes from strength to strength, making sure that learning has a real impact in society.The University of Oxford’s iTunes U site was launched in October 2008 and now, as it approaches its sixth … Continue reading →

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Open Science, Open Data and Policies on Open Access

Posted on May 29, 2013 by Peter Robinson

Open Science 2013 event – http://podcasts.ox.ac.uk/series/open-science ‬ ‪In April 2013, Oxford hosted a conference ‘Rigour and Openness in 21st Century Science’. Over 30 speakers gathered to discuss the cutting edge of digital innovations in publishing, how openness is set to … Continue reading →

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OER International Case Study Published

Posted on April 9, 2013 by Lisa Mansell

Further to the recent post about Oxford’s OER International project funded by the HEA, you can now read the full case study. The purpose of Oxford OER International was to identify suitable elements of the University of Oxford’s existing OER … Continue reading →

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Oxford OER International

Posted on December 19, 2012 by Lisa Mansell

We have recently received funding for a short project by the OER International strand of the HEA/JISC Open Educational Resources Phase 3 Programme. As part of this very quick turn-around project we have just made live our new open content … Continue reading →

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Navigating Open Oxford: the new OpenSpires Mind Map

Posted on September 17, 2012 by Lisa Mansell

Are you interested in seeing the bigger picture of Open Oxford? Try the new interactive OpenSpires Mind Map, freely available online. This new map is designed as a gateway into Open Educational practice at the University of Oxford. Here, you can … Continue reading →

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Great Writers – taking stock

Posted on September 14, 2012 by Lisa Mansell

With a fast-paced 1 -year project it is easy to forget some of the interesting bits along the way. As we write our final report we have taken the opportunity to reflect on all aspects of the project and this … Continue reading →

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SPINDLE Automatic Keyword Generation: Step by Step

Posted on September 12, 2012 by Sergio Grau Puerto

In this post we are going to show the automatic generation of keywords from the automatic transcription of a podcast. First of all, please find below a figure showing the main workflow of the SPINDLE project. From our podcasts, we … Continue reading →

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SPINDLE Frequently Asked Questions

Posted on September 11, 2012 by Sergio Grau Puerto

What is Spindle? SPINDLE has been a project funded by JISC as part of their “Rapid Innovation in Open Educational Resources” programme. The project experimented with speech-to-text technologies to automatically create transcripts of Open Educational Resources (OER), and develop new … Continue reading →

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SPINDLE Project Outputs

Posted on September 11, 2012 by Sergio Grau Puerto

SPINDLE set up and documented a workflow to generate the automatic transcription of future open access audio and video podcasts using an online platform concentrating on generating automatic keyword extraction for better cataloguing. SPINDLE tested and documented this workflow by: … Continue reading →

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SPINDLE project: Lessons Learnt

Posted on September 11, 2012 by Sergio Grau Puerto

The SPINDLE project is wrapping up and will end in September 2012. Please find below some of the lessons learnt during the project. We can obtain good keywords even if the automatic transcription has got lots of errors. You do … Continue reading →

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