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In order to gain a deep understanding of the feedback gathered in the recent DIGE report, the WebLearn Student Experience (WLSE) project aims to enhance the student experience of using WebLearn . Read about the project
Oxford University continues to lead the UK in the amounts of open online learning resources we release. Check out our new international collections highlighted as part of our HEA internationalisation projects.
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Melissa Highton presents the findings of the DIGE Project which investigated the use of technology by students from Oxford in this podcast.
The ITLP training team have created a video Christmas card. If you would like to learn how to make one too, be sure to sign up for IT courses in the new year.
About The LTG
The Learning Technologies Group supports all divisions within the University of Oxford in the development and innovative use of IT in teaching and research.
The Learning Technologies Group aims to:
- develop, support and maintain WebLearn, the University's Virtual Learning Environment;
- write guides to inspire innovative use of information and communication technologies;
- promote best practice in devising and supporting learning activities;
- design, organise and provide classroom-based and on-line IT literacy courses;
- support Turnitin, the plagiarism awareness service, in accordance with University policies
- conduct research to investigate the objectives laid out in the OUCS five-year plan;
- organise events, workshops and conferences relating to current research projects;
- develop, support and maintain the University's Podcasting Service and Media Production Unit;
- advise on use of new technology for outreach and engagement activities.
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From addiction to gaming, the distractions of the Internet, to the risks of social networking, the downsides of new technology in the lives of teenagers are often over-blown. Teenagers and Technology by Oxford researchers Chris Davies (Education)and Rebecca Eynon (OII)presents a balanced picture of the part played by technology in the lives of young people.
Researchers at Oxford have produced a trilingual compendium of international, institutional OER case studies . Featuring Open Spires of course.
The European Commission is launching a new strategy called Rethinking Education to encourage Member States to take immediate action to ensure that young people develop the skills and competences needed by the labour market and to achieve their targets for growth and jobs.
“The use of ICT and open educational resources (OER) should be scaled-up in all learning contexts. ”
“… and an EU-level impact analysis on the use of ICT and OER in education to pave the way for a new initiative in 2013 on Opening-up Education, aiming to maximise the potential of ICT for learning.”
The World OER Congress held at UNESCO, Paris on 20-22 June 2012 recommended that member states ‘Foster awareness and use of OER’: Promote and use OER to widen access to education at all levels, and improve both cost-efficiency and quality of teaching and learning outcomes through greater use of OER.
Better Learning through Technology – a report from the SchoolsTech Conversation . LTG’s Liz Masterman’s says “the report gives a good sense of the current landscape in schools from teachers’ perspectives. The sentence that leapt out for me is ‘Technology is seen as an accelerator of change, not a driver.’ “