WebLearn in the limelight at the University Teaching Awards 2015

The annual University Teaching Awards, co-ordinated by the Oxford Learning Institute, recognise the achievements of staff who are exploring different ways to engage students and help them learn. This year’s ceremony in Rhodes House on 23rd November was particularly exciting … Continue reading

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WebLearn and Turnitin Report: Jan 2014 – Apr 2014

 Training and Guidance Trinity term’s programme of training has been announced:  http://wp.me/p1K8WQ-SZ Turnitin The TurnItIn Academic service suffered from poor performance throughout the whole of the last week of April; by the end of the week the problems appear to … Continue reading

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Missed the last WebLearn User Group meeting? Recordings (audio and slides) available online

The presentations from the last meeting ( 2nd October) are available in the User Group site- https://weblearn.ox.ac.uk/info/eas/ (Log into the site and click “WLUG Presentations” from the course menu on the left).    A big thank you to all the presenters. … Continue reading

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The death and rebirth of Apereo OAE (aka Sakai OAE or Sakai 3)

Michael Feldstein has written an excellent article about the Apereo Open Academic Environment (OAE) – you may know this better as Sakai OAE or Sakai 3. (When the Sakai Foundation and JA SIG merged, they formed a new organisation called … Continue reading

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WebLearn podcast is supremely popular!

Rev Dr James Robson ‘Supporting Tutorials: WebLearn’ is the most popular podcast on Oxford Podcasts this week and has had 60 likes on YouTube. Revd Dr James Robson is a Winner of the OxTALENT 2011 Award for ‘Best Use of … Continue reading

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Supporting Tutorials Using WebLearn

The tutorial system lies at the heart of Oxford’s educational experience, to further this practice LTG have produced a video case study entitled WebLearn: Supporting Tutorials. Supporting tutorial practices through the use of technology can enable both tutors and students … Continue reading

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Student IT for Learning Award

OxTALENT, in collaboration with OUCS’s Learning Technologies Group organises an annual competition and awards for the innovative use of IT in teaching and learning at Oxford.  The OxTALENT awards recognise, with financial and other prizes, innovative use of technology in … Continue reading

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WebLearn success story

As one of the new WebLearn early adopters, the MSc in Evidence-Based Health Care (EBHC) course has had a very successful year – winning two teaching awards: the OxTALENT Award and the Oxford University Teaching Award. Amanda Bulrs, the course … Continue reading

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