Vive l’entente cordiale! Oxford’s learning technologists meet their counterparts in Bordeaux

Learning Technologists Xavier and Steve from Academic IT have met with their counterparts at the University of Bordeaux to compare notes on the challenges and opportunities in supporting technology enhanced learning. Bordeaux University The original University of Bordeaux was established in … Continue reading

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WebLearn upgraded to v11-ox1.1 on 16th September 2016

WebLearn was upgraded  to version 11-ox1.1 on 16th September 2016. This release addresses most of the known major issues with WebLearn 11. Please accept our apologies for the inconvenience that these problems may have caused. The 11-ox1.1 release has addressed a number of issues … Continue reading

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ORLiMS – On-line Reading Lists Success Story

Thanks to Craig Finlay and Helen Worrell from the Bodleian Social Sciences Library for many of the words and figures in this post. Developed by staff at the Bodleian SSL (Social Science Library) in collaboration with the WebLearn team, ORLiMS … Continue reading

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Writing for the Web video playlist

Many of you know that all Oxford University members have unlimited access to lynda.com, an on-line library of high-quality instructional videos on the latest software tools and skills.  To signup go to http://courses.it.ox.ac.uk/lynda With more than 3,700 courses taught by … Continue reading

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WebLearn: ORLiMS Project Seminar – An overview of enhanced reading lists in WebLearn – 8 Feb 2pm IT Services

Where and when: Monday 8 February in IT Services, Banbury Road. Book: http://courses.it.ox.ac.uk/detail/OWX   The WebLearn Team and the ORLiMS Project Team would like to invite you to this event to help us reflect on the achievements of the recent Reading Lists … Continue reading

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Call for Entries: Apereo Teaching and Learning Awards (ATLAS) 2016

The Apereo Teaching and Learning community is seeking submissions for the annual Apereo Teaching and Learning Awards (formerly TWSIA) competition. The award recognizes innovation and excellence in technology-supported teaching, academic collaboration, and student engagement and learning. With our new name, … Continue reading

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Now Open! Call for Proposals for the Sakai Virtual Conference 2015

Here’s an announcement about this year’s Sakai Virtual Conference which is to be held in the afternoon and evening of Wednesday 4th November. (Sakai is of course the software upon which WebLearn is based.)  It would be fabulous if Oxford … Continue reading

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A Tool for Choosing Projects, Modules or Options in WebLearn

This from Jon Mason, Medical Sciences: We have just been awarded funding from the IT Innovation Seed Fund for a project to develop a simple, flexible web application to enable the collation, communication and choosing of project, module, or other … Continue reading

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WebLearn user Dr Lucy Tallents wins 2015 Teaching With Sakai Innovation Award (TWSIA)

Dr Lucy Tallents from the Department of Zoology has won the Higher Education Online/Hybrid category of this year’s Teaching With Sakai Innovation Award (TWSIA). TWSIA, which is a worldwide competition, has been running since 2008 and recognises excellence in teaching … Continue reading

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Creating (WebLearn) content using Xerte: Webinar 8 April @ 17:00

Xerte is an (ALT-C) award winning suite of browser-based tools developed by Nottingham University that allow anyone with a web browser to create interactive and accessible learning materials quickly and easily. Xerte is a new project to Apereo, currently working … Continue reading

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