Using RSS,Atom and OPML as delivery feeds for OER content
The OpenSpires technical work is based on a flurry of audio-visual activity over the last year driven by the launch of Oxford on iTunesU. The podcasting activity at Oxford has been a great success and...
View ArticleThe Future of Technology is …?
A busy week for presentations, with the Future of Technology Conference (FOTE) in London and then a Steeple project podcasting workshop at Oxford. The Future of Technology Conference (FOTE) in London...
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It’s extraordinary… the fact that throughout the world 5,000 people are...
An excellent full page article in the Sunday Times on Open Content, featuring an Oxford academic who is involved in the OpenSpires project talking about her experience. It is in the main section of the...
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Shakespeare’s First Folio in Ebook format released as Open Content OER
Shakespeare’s First Folio in Ebook format joins iTunes U and the Open Web Shakespeare’s entire First Folio, including original spelling, is being made available to download for free today, as Oxford...
View ArticleOxford OpenSpires content features in Apple iPad TV advert
Oxford’s OpenSpires content was viewed by millions of people in an Apple iPad TV advert, which aired for the first time in the US on Nov 1st across all major networks in prime time, including during...
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Appreciative feedback from users of the OpenSpires OER material
We continue to collect feedback from users of the OpenSpires open content, mainly in the form of emails to the academic contributor or direct to the podcasting service. We monitor downloads and often...
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Open All Hours – New University of Oxford Podcasts portal launched @...
At the start of November the OUCS Podcasting Service launched a new web portal to showcase nearly three thousand audio, video and eBook items freely available for download (http://podcasts.ox.ac.uk)....
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Great Writers goes global in iTunes
Today and for the rest of the week Apple is promoting through iTunesU our inspirational short ten minute talks by Oxford academics that form the basis of content collections for the Great Writers...
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Great Writers Going for Gold
When UK album sales reach 100,000 they are awarded a gold disc by the BPI. Using that as a benchmark, the Great Writers Inspire series of short talks have reached total downloads of 118,579 through...
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Making learning available for everyone
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...
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