WISE working in WebLearn

The WebLearn Improved Student Experience (WISE) project is working with departments to fast-track the design (or re-design) of WebLearn structures, sites, content and learning materials. The aim of the project is to deliver an enhanced and consistent student learning experience, … 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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Web-Learning from History

Learning Technologists Steve and Xavier from the WebLearn team have given a presentation at the recent UAS Conference, along with colleagues in the History Faculty to demonstrate the Faculty’s revamped WebLearn site. Key features of the new site include: A simple structure, easily navigated by all … Continue reading

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WebLearn Improved Student Experience (WISE) project

The WISE project will support departments, faculties, colleges and units to fast-track the development and improvement of their WebLearn presence in order to deliver an enhanced (and consistent) student digital experience, as per recommendations from previous projects. The project aims to … Continue reading

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Improved Student Feedback Within WebLearn

After the successful trial in Michaelmas Term, the 2015 IT Innovation Seed Fund challenges are now live. The termly call for Staff focuses on student feedback which is of particular interest to the WebLearn community. (There is also an ‘Open’ … Continue reading

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Kind words about WebLearn from Continuting Education Students

A number of these students report how helpful and effective the ‘on-line platform(s)’ are that they use as part of their Sustainable Urban Development M.Sc. course. One of these platforms is, of course, WebLearn which is used extensively by the Department of … Continue reading

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WebLearn 2.8-ox7.1 Released: Many Fixes for Firefox 23 Blocked Content Included

WebLearn was upgraded on 12th September 2013 to version 2.8-ox7.1. This was an emergency release which added functionality to WebLearn so that it rewrites pages in order to display content and links that would otherwise be blocked by Firefox 23 … Continue reading

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New WebLearn welcome page

We are building a new Welcome page which will appear at https://weblearn.ox.ac.uk in time for the new academic year. Feedback from students last year in the WebLearn Student Experience project indicated that students ignore the current front page, since it … Continue reading

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WebLearn and Turnitin: Jan 2013 – Apr 2013

WebLearn was moved to v2.8-ox5 at the start of April, the highlights are The OXCAP work within WebLearn has now finished, there a few loose ends to tidy up in Oxford Open Data which influence what data is sent to … Continue reading

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Student requests for recorded lectures to be made available in WebLearn

The WebLearn Student Experience (WLSE) project was run during Michaelmas term 2012. We collected and analysed student feedback to produce a number of generic recommendations for departments, colleges and the central WebLearn team. One of the recommendations emerged from the expressed … Continue reading

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