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1. Apples at OUCS
1.1. Launch of the Mac Teaching Room
Many creative professionals in the world today use Macs in preference to PCs. With a Mac you can forget that you are in front of a computer and concentrate more fully on your actual creative work. Someone once said it was the best breakthrough for the creative artist since the invention of paper and pencils! In keeping with the growing use of Apple Macs in the University, OUCS is increasing its provision for Macs within it services and also creating new programmes to teach the best and most creative uses of the special features of Macs. In addition, we have created an Apple Mac Teaching Room in our Thames Suite.
The Apple Mac Teaching room was formally opened on Friday, 11 December 2009. Peter Thompson, the Manager of Apple's UK and Ireland Education Business; and Stuart Lee, Director of OUCS, jointly cut the ribbon to make it official. Brenda Brierley, Apple's Programme Manager for Authorised Training Centres for Education, then cut a cake to launch a new initiative of creativity in the OUCS IT Learning Programme's courses.
During the event there were short talks on the design of the room, its involvement with the University's iTunesU programme, and an update on Mobile Oxford.
The room was designed in collaboration with Apple, Colebrook-Bosson-Saunders (a work space furniture design company) and Merlin Presentation Solutions. Together we feel we have created a teaching space that is flexible, accessible and stimulating for teaching and learning. The room has been in use since May 2009, and has received many compliments both for its look and feel and for the fact that we once again have a dedicated room for Apple Mac based courses.
1.2. We're an AATCe!
We now have the status of an Apple Authorised Training Centre for Education (AATCe). An AATCe meets Apple's highest standards in all areas including: facilities, instructors, course delivery and infrastructure. With AATCe status we can offer Apple-certified courses and certification to University members with the following key benefits:
- Providing the opportunity for staff and students to achieve an internationally recognised Apple certification
- Access to Apple's course resources
- The convenience and cost savings (such as travel and accommodation) of being able to attend an AATCe at Oxford University itself
To run the AATCe we use external trainers who are recognised nationally and internationally as experts in their fields.
In Michaelmas 09 we ran two Apple Certified courses:
We have also run a Documentary Film Making 5-day workshop in conjunction with the Oxford Academy of Documentary Film. Some of the documentaries produced were on view at the launch.
The ITLP has also run a number of its own courses:
- Test drive a Mac – where members of the University can try out a Mac computer with help at hand Switching from Windows – for University members that are moving from Windows to Mac OSX
- Security and Maintenance – guidance on setting up a Mac correctly and looking after it
- Adobe Dreamweaver
- Adobe Photoshop
- Adobe Indesign
All of the courses have received enthusiastic feedback from attendees, praising both the teaching and the room. They will continue to be available and our course list will be extended even further.
We can now support and train academics and others who would love to embrace new technology and become media-wise and creative in support of their teaching, research and outreach.
1.3. New Creative Courses
At the launch event, Melissa Highton, Head of OUCS's Learning Technologies Group, described the new creative strand to be embedded within the ITLP teaching programme that will run over the next two terms, culminating in the annual OxTalent Awards ceremony in the summer.
This strand will be called make: and will include within it opportunities to see the creative potential in a number of different areas, currently:
- make: audio
- make: images
- make: music
- make: open
- make: posters
- make: presentations
- make: together
- make: videos
- make: websites
make: open will emphasise the Open Educational Resources initiatives being addressed in the University, whereas make: together will emphasise the synergy that exists between the different creative disciplines.
We will not only provide our own courses, workshops, lunch time sessions, and competitions but we will also tap into some of the creative activities in which academics and students are already involved to get them to come along and share them with the rest of us.
We hope you will spread the word and think about taking advantage of this new opportunity to develop creative skills through modern technology! No longer is the making of videos and podcasts, digital images, posters, and music the realm of an exclusive few willing to toil over technical software and hardware. The tools are now available that can release the creative potential in anyone and these tools are becoming easier and easier to use.
1.4. Want to know more?
If you would like more details of the room, or you are interested in contributing to our make: programme, please contact: Grazyna Cooper (email@example.com), Head of the IT Learning Programme. Courses information.
1.5. Apple Warranty Repairs
The OUCS Apple Warranty Repair service is up and running well. For details and how to use it see www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/helpcentre/pcsupport/hardware-service.xml.
This service is carried out by the same engineers who also provide hardware repairs and upgrades (described on the same web pages). Please remember that although the Apple Warranty repairs have a somewhat tighter turn-around time, the hardware repairs still generally take 5 to 10 working day to complete and we do not have the resources to provide on-the-spot repairs.
2. m.ox.ac.uk – Version Two
Version 2 of Mobile Oxford is now available. Mobile Oxford is a relatively new service offered by OUCS aimed at mobile phone users in the University (including iPhones and PDAs). From your phone (or a desktop machine) go to m.ox.ac.uk and you can:
- search for a library book and be guided to the libraries that have it in stock
- look at a map of Oxford to find colleges, departments, libraries, and the nearest pub, cafe, post box, etc.
- get a live feed for bus stops in Oxford telling you when the next bus is arriving
- get access to the University's podcasts
- quick search for phone numbers and email addresses of staff and students and lots more.
Updates in Verson 2 mostly concentrate on supporting more phones, consistent styling and significant improvements in speed. We've also improved the "universal" search (at the top of the front page) significantly, so you can now enter in bus stop numbers, ISBNs, ISSNs and it'll take you straight to what you want.
We support all smart phone platforms with our shiny interface and you'll hopefully notice a significant improvement in loading times.
Feed back would be most welcome, either by e-mail to:firstname.lastname@example.com or the little feedback form at the bottom of every page of m.ox. The latter will automatically give us some contextual information which is particularly useful for fixing bugs.
3. Nexus
3.1. How to Access
Nexus can be accessed through a client installed on a computer. Outlook 2007 gives the optimum performance. Supported clients are listed at www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/nexus/email/clients.xml
Nexus can also be accessed through a web browser, Outlook Web Access (OWA) Premium (from Internet Explorer 6 or above) or OWA Light from other browsers. OWA Premium, similar to Outlook, gives more facilities than OWA Light with improvements in calendar views and better access to the address list. See www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/nexus/email
3.2. Logging on and Logging off
When logging on to Nexus through a web browser options are presented for working on a Public or Private computer. Public computers log out quickly after no activity, while Private computers are set for a longer period. To protect your data, it is important to remember to log off and close down browsers once finished on a Public computer.
3.3. Passwords
Passwords can be re-set at: https://webauth.ox.ac.uk/password.
With an Outlook Anywhere connection we do not know of a simple way of stopping the password prompt each time Outlook is started.
3.4. Need Help?
There's lots of Nexus documentation to help you to diagnose and solve problems at: www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/nexus/help. It now has a set of quick links at the top for the most asked issues. Otherwise, consult initially with your local IT officer.
3.5. Nexus case study
A new case study exploring how the ITLP embraced Nexus calendaring and improved their efficiency and communication has been released at /www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/nexus/casestudies
3.6. Top Tips for the Calendar
- Discovering free periods
- To arrange a meeting at a convenient time, use the Meeting Request function in Outlook or OWA. Use the Scheduling Assistant to show convenient times for selected users, and avoid times showing as conflicting.
- What is Autodiscover?
- Autodiscover allows for quick setup of accounts in Outlook and the ability to lookup items in the Global Address List (GAL). Contact your local IT Support Staff if autodiscover does not work. They may need to make changes to system settings. Calendar information is not displayed for addresses where unit autodiscover is not set. Offline address books also will not automatically be downloaded. Without autodiscover it is not possible to set Out-of-office properties in Outlook 2007. An easy work-around is to use OWA.
- Sharing Calendars
- If you get the error "Calendar sharing is not available with the following entries because of permission settings on your network" when trying to share calendars in Outlook, click on the To: button in the sharing dialogue and select the user from the GAL rather than typing the address directly.
- Public/Private meetings
- By default the title of meetings set in the calendar can be viewed across the system. To prevent details showing make a meeting Private by clicking on the padlock icon. The meeting is then shown purely as Busy.
- Updates
- Both versions of OWA have been upgraded during the Christmas vacation to enhance the viewing, delegation and sharing of calendars.
- Tasks
- In Outlook and OWA Premium items can be flagged, which displays them in the To-Do list. Dates can then be set against these tasks, a reminder added if appropriate and completed tasks marked as such.
3.7. Top Tips for Email
How Do I Change ...?
- my forwarding?
- https://register.it.ox.ac.uk/self/index/
- my sender address?
- https://register.it.ox.ac.uk/self/index/
- my SPAM filtering settings?
- https://register.it.ox.ac.uk/self/index/
- my password?
- https://webauth.ox.ac.uk/password
3.7.1. What's My Quota?
The standard Nexus quota is 2 GB. To see how much quota is used, select "Show email usage and quota" at https://register.it.ox.ac.uk/self/nexus or in OWA Premium hover over the mailbox name. Additional quota can be requested on a case-by-case basis, see sections 1 and 5 of the SLD: www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/internal/sld/nexus-exchange.xml
3.7.2. Understanding Spam Filtering and Deleted Items
Spam settings can be turned on/off or the level changed at https://register.it.ox.ac.uk/self/index/ It is also possible to turn on/off spam filtering through OWA under Options/Junk email/ Automatically filter junk email. Both settings must be on for filtering to occur.
Spam is no longer automatically deleted. Instead, items in the Nexus Junk E-mail folder and Deleted Items folder are automatically removed after 90 days. Some clients have configuration options allowing earlier deletion.
3.7.3. Contacts and the Global Address List (GAL)
Where possible the email address in the GAL is migrated from Herald. You can change to an alternative via: https://register.it.ox.ac.uk/self/index/
By default secondary (project) accounts are ex-directory as they often have people's personal names as their display names or names that do not make sense in a University-wide list. If you would like your project account to appear in the address list then please contact: firstname.lastname@example.com with these details:
NB: You will not be able to access a project account via Outlook until it is in the GAL.
3.8. How do I display a WebLearn calendar in my email client (Nexus)?
The best way to do this is to subscribe to a WebLearn calendar (rather than import) so that new events or changes to existing events are reflected. First of all, the Schedule on a site needs to be exported; to do this a site maintainer must click on the export button in the tool. It is worth noting that this makes the calendar items publically viewable – anybody in the world will be able to view the calendar if they know the URL – please make sure that this is acceptable.
The next step is to copy the URL into the address bar of your browser – to find the URL, click on the export link again - then change https:// to webcal:// and press return. A dialogue box should appear asking what external program should open this file, select Outlook (or Sunbird or Entourage, etc.) and continue. Your WebLearn calendar should now be visible in your calendaring client. Unfortunately it will be necessary to do this on every computer that you use as the information is stored locally and is not held by Nexus Exchange.
3.9. Nexus Enhancements
Following feedback from users, an additional piece of software has been purchased from Messageware to enhance the user experience with Nexus. Primarily this provides Outlook Web Access Light users (anyone not using Internet Explorer) with different views of the calendar - namely by week, working week or month.
Calendars can now be shared from within Outlook Web Access, and delegate permissions set appropriately. When a new email arrives a pop-up window gives brief details announcing the arrival, allowing OWA to sit in the background while doing other work. Further details are provided on the pages at www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/nexus
3.10. Blackberry Season
From November, the Nexus service offers connectivity for BlackBerry smartphones via a BlackBerry Enterprise Server. This allows syncronization of contacts, calendar and other information in addition to push email: www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/nexus/mobile/blackberry.xml
We are currently working through the replies to our earlier call for early adopters, and may be contacting some of you in the near future. We are also still seeking additional early adopters, so if you have any users with BlackBerries waiting for this service then drop us a line at firstname.lastname@example.com.
We would prefer it if your VIPs were not in this first group of early adopters, but if they are desperate for BES-based connectivity it can be done!
Please note that a BES connection requires a BES-enabled plan/contract from the mobile service provider. This has been a stumbling block with some who requested to be early adopters.
4. WebLearn
4.1. How do Administration Sites work in New WebLearn?
An Administrative Unit (Department, Faculty, School or College) that requires a presence within new WebLearn, needs formally to request a WebLearn Administration Site and nominate at least one member of staff (a WebLearn Coordinator) to oversee the Unit's WebLearn presence. An Administration Site is said to manage one or more (regular) new WebLearn sites and its participants are the only WebLearn users able to create new sites.
Administration Sites have 2 roles: admin and member.
participants with the member role:
- can create sub-sites of any site where they have the maintain role
- cannot visit the Administration Site
participants with the admin role:
- can create sub-sites of any site where they have the maintain role
- can visit and 'maintain' the Administration Site and therefore can
>Further information is available via these two step-by-step guides:
- weblearn.ox.ac.uk/access/content/group/info/step/adminsites1.pdf
- weblearn.ox.ac.uk/access/content/group/info/step/hierarchy7.pdf
To request an Administration site, please visit weblearn.ox.ac.uk/info.
4.2. Major WebLearn upgrade
WebLearn was upgraded on 3rd November 2009 to version 2.6-ox1. This was a major release and incorporates the new version of Sakai 2.6 (the software upon which WebLearn is based).
New Facilities – The Highlights
- Upgrade to Sakai 2.6
- Addition of 'Make Web Content Link' to every item in Resources via the 'Actions' menu – this is an easy way to add a 'Web Content' link to a file or folder in Resources to the left-hand side tools menu
- Addition of interactive participant group browser – this makes finding groups much easier
- Office 2007 documents are now searched
- Oxford term dates subscription now works; easier method of term dates display
- New much improved 'Site Stats' tool (version 2)
- Switch role' facility for 'contribute' and 'access' roles in published sites, ('view site as a student' facility)
- Addition of 'Podcasts' tool – store podcasts in WebLearn
- WYSIWYG HTML Editor upgraded and now works in Safari and Opera
See weblearn.ox.ac.uk/access/content/public/System%20notices/release-notes-upgrade-to-v2p6-ox1p0.html for more details.
4.3. WebLearn User Group
On 20 November the WebLearn User Group held its first meeting since new WebLearn was launched. New features were demonstrated, including browsing for pre-existing groups of Oxford users, automated Web Content Links, and the Podcast tool. Users started identifying where they and their colleagues currently are on the Technology Adoption Curve (Moore, 1991). It was interesting to see that the current WebLearn users who were at the meeting are, as to be expected, early adopters. They see their colleagues as being distributed between the 'early majority' and the 'late majority'. We discussed how to reach more potential users in those areas of the curve. Participants were keen for future meetings to include Show and Tell sessions presented by users, since one of the objectives of the user group is to share ideas and learn from how others use WebLearn. Needless to say, the cream tea after the meeting was a hit!
The WebLearn User Group meeting will be held once per term and booking is essential via the ITLP Courses database (booking opens 30 days in advance of the scheduled meeting). There are various ways of communicating with each other electronically.
There are two mailing lists for announcements to WebLearn users:
- Mail list for users of Old WebLearn: wl-manage-announce
- Mail list for Local WebLearn coordinators (new WebLearn): wl-coordinators-announce
The former Early Adopters site in new WebLearn has been renamed WebLearn Community (weblearn.ox.ac.uk/portal/hierarchy/info/eas). Notes from User Group meetings are available here, as well as a discussion forum for ongoing interaction and communication between all WebLearn users. (From January, there will be an email notification feature for the Forums tool, to alert participants to new postings.)
4.4. WebLearn Pilot of the Evaluations Tool
The Evaluations tool in WebLearn can be used to design, administer, deliver and manage electronic questionnaires for the purpose of course, lecturer or tutor evaluation, feedback and review. Although responses remain anonymous, the course administrator can track who has or has not completed the evaluation, and can elect to send reminders to those who have not. The tool can also be used to gather responses for other forms of research and analysis.
Questionnaire templates can be created from scratch and, if desired, added to the public list for others to see and share. A wide range of question types allows for flexible design and structure, while detailed settings control which lecturers and tutors are being evaluated, how participants access the survey, and who may view the results. Several reporting options are also available to help you collate and analyse participants' responses.
The tool is currently being piloted at Oxford University until the end of Trinity Term. The aim of the pilot project is to build up expertise in the use of the tool and to expand its use and support. If you would like to participate in Phase 2 of the pilot project from mid-Hilary term, please email firstname.lastname@example.com.
What's in it for me?
- Be an early adopter in terms of using the tool to replace paper-based evaluations
- Your suggestions will be considered for improving the tool and the user interface
- The WebLearn team will assist in creating and building your questionnaires in the Evaluations tool (subject to reasonable limits in terms of numbers of questions/questionnaires)
What will it involve?
5. WW1 Poetry Archive News
In the lead up to Armistice, the First World War Poetry Digital Archive launched its final, much anticipated collection: The Siegfried Sassoon Collection. See www.ox.ac.uk/media/news_stories/2009/091109.html
Sassoon is one of the most studied War poets at school and undergraduate level, the manuscripts, digitised from eight different archives in the UK and US, have never before been made available to the public. The launch has featured in the New York Times, amongst other places.
This collection marks the end of a three year project that has digitisted over 7000 items related to the major poets of the First World War from archives all over the world. In addition, the Great War Archive collected over 6,500 digital items and stories originating from the War held by the general public that otherwise may have become lost forever.
Its creators, its users, and scholarly reviewers believe the archive to be the most important online resource for researching, teaching, and studying the First World War and the literature that it inspired. It has also become a site of memory. www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/ww1lit, @ww1lit on Twitter
5.1. Bringing the First World War to Life
The First World War Poetry Digital Archive and the Learning Technologies Group at OUCS have collaborated on an exciting new project in the 3D virtual world Second Life. The team believes this is the first time anything of its type has been done on Second Life.
Second Life is a three-dimensional virtual world where users can interact with each other through avatars (3D versions of themselves) called 'residents'. These can travel the world, socialize, visit museums or attend events, concerts and lectures to name just a few activities.
This project has seen the Second Life environment modelled to simulate areas of the Western Front 1914 – 18. This work was carried out by Chris Stephens assisted by Alun Edwards (known by their avatar names Csteph Submariner and Skanda Broek in Second Life). Into this environment a range of digitised archival materials from the major poets of the First World War (such as poetry manuscripts, letters and diaries), including Wilfred Owen, Isaac Rosenberg and Vera Brittain, along with contextual primary source materials have been imported. These materials have been supplemented with new interpretative content and a spectrum of interactive tools and tutorials, streaming video and audio effects.
Visitors to the model are given a unique immersive experience where they can explore a training camp, a dressing station, a trench network and No Man's Land. The terrain is waterlogged and difficult to navigate, rife with rats and littered with poppies. Moving nearer to the front line the clamour of shell blasts and artillery fire becomes louder and louder.
As visitors explore the simulation, they can listen to the voices of veterans recounting their experiences of the War, watch original film footage from the time, and learn about life on the Western Front. Within this context they can encounter some of the most powerful poetry in English literature by handling the original manuscripts, turning the pages of the poet's war diaries and letters, and listening to readings.
At the end the visitor is teleported out of the trenches to a teaching area. Here they are asked to consider the memory of the war, and to confront their own prejudices and stereotypes - was the war really all about trenches, mud, and rats, or are their other aspects to it that we now need to consider? Should it only be remembered as mass slaughter, a gross act of futility, or more a collective act of unparalleled heroism that ended ultimately in a victory for Britain and its allies?
Dr Stuart Lee, Director of OUCS and Lecturer of English at Oxford University, said: "Attempting to form the context of a particular piece of literature is a key critical approach in the discipline, which normally involves studying secondary material, or in rare case, site visits. By piloting the use of Second Life, the First World War Poetry Archive is approaching this in an innovative way. More importantly it is showing how new technologies (virtual worlds) can be utilised to provide more interesting access to key research and teaching resources."
The artefacts have been drawn from the highly successful First World War Poetry Digital Archive (www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/ww1lit), launched in 2008 to mark the 90th Anniversary of Armistice. By placing them in an online virtual model the project aims to make the collection more useful and engaging to a range of different user groups across UK education sectors, research communities and heritage industry.
Kate Lindsay, Project Manager, said: "Virtual worlds create opportunities to do things that are impossible in real museums. By simulating parts of the Western Front, we can embed an entire exhibition's worth of content within the space. This can be further enhanced by placing digital versions of real archival materials and narratives along the paths that visitors take. The result is an immersive and personal experience. It's not 'real' but it does offer possibilities for understanding a part of history that is now beyond human memory."
'Designing Worlds', a weekly virtual worlds design 'TV' show, ran an episode based exclusively in the project's exhibition. Richard Ellen, of 'Designing Worlds' said "It's a very powerful presentation. It really brings home the potential of virtual environments for education. We have only begun to scratch the surface of what this kind of presentation can offer. Involving, immersive experiences like this – in which the visitor can interact with information within the recreation, add their own contributions and experience 'accidental learning' – are just a part of the wealth of educational capabilities that virtual worlds can offer. This is perhaps one of the most advanced projects of its kind, and Oxford University is at the forefront of exploring these new worlds."
For more information visit www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/ww1lit/secondlife. The sim can be found on the Frideswide Island in Second Life at http://slurl.com/secondlife/Frideswide/219/199/646/. To experience the sim without Second Life, view Torn Fields machinima at www.youtube.com/user/ww1lit
6. iTunes U And Open Content In The Papers
There was an excellent piece in the Sunday Times recently - very positive, factually correct and great publicity for Oxford and OUCS.
Sunday Times article. Press articles on Oxford's iTunesU project.
6.1. Quote from "Self-learners' creating university of online"
This time last year Philosophy lecturer Marianne Talbot was embarking on a standard series of lectures on philosophy at Oxford University. Her words are still echoing around the world.
"It was a perfectly ordinary lecture I gave to an audience, but the University asked me if I'd mind if they recorded it and made a podcast," said Talbot last week. "The next thing I knew it had hit No 1." Her talk, A romp through the history of philosophy from the Pre-Socratics to the present day, had topped the list of most-downloaded items on iTunes U.
"I got congratulatory e-mails from the techie people and I was tickled pink. I started thinking: how many is that? Presumably more than 20, but is it 100?"
Talbot, Director of Studies in Philosophy at the Department for Continuing Education at Oxford, had no idea how far her lecture was spreading. "Apparently the number of downloads is 5,000 a week," she said. "It's extraordinary. It's difficult to wrap my mind around the fact that throughout the world 5,000 people are downloading my lecture every week."
Talbot admits she was fortunate to choose an engaging title in a subject of wide appeal. Nevertheless, she describes the potential of such open access as "awesome".
7. Green Desktop Computing at the University of Oxford
The government of the United Kingdom has set a target to reduce CO2 emissions by at least 34 percent from 1990 levels by 2020. Together with the Environmental Change Institute, the Oxford e-Research Centre and the Estates Directorate, Oxford University Computing Services worked on a JISC funded Low Carbon ICT project, which aimed to develop tools and techniques for reducing the energy consumed by desktop computers at the University of Oxford.
An article published by Educause, summarises the following main points:
- The University of Oxford employs monitoring and wake-on-LAN services to help the campus community reduce the energy consumed by idle computers
- The complexity of the IT infrastructure across the university requires relying on people to turn off their own computers after work each day, although some colleges and departments could use automatic power management
- To encourage people to engage with green computing, Oxford is promoting a five-step process, rather than the use of specific technologies
8. Oxford Teaching Awards
Congratulations to members from the Learning Technologies Group (LTG) at OUCS who have received three Teaching Awards.
- To the IT Learning Programme Team for the Skills Toolkit for Research Students Initiative
- To Ken Kahn and Howard Noble for the project Developing Computer Modelling Resources for Understanding the Evolution and Emergence of Pandemic Influenza
- To Fawei Geng for Supporting the WebLearn Community at Oxford
8.1. Skills Toolkit for Research Students
The Skills Toolkit for Research Students is a unique, joined-up approach by OUCS, OULS and Careers to teach skills for graduate research students in support of their work. Its main focus is on teaching the skills and tools required for streamlining academic work, in line with the Research Councils' "Joint Statement of Skills". In particular, the aim is to introduce research students to key tools for Information Skills and IT Skills.
The workshops have been run since Michaelmas 2007 and have secured a small sponsorship from the Graduate Skills Advisory Group (GSAG) and Adept Scientific Ltd.
The Skills Toolkit for Research Students:
- provides an opportunity to learn about a broad range of resources in one concentrated, time-efficient session
- focuses on the skills and tools that help streamline academic work
- provides a hands-on opportunity to try out some tools
- offers key skills needed to progress in future careers
- gives guidance on the range of further training available
The event is a combination of very short presentations by service providers, followed by hands-on activities when research students move around among the computers, trying out a number of tools. This gives each individual a chance to assess the tools' usefulness and relevance to their own work. For each tool, a student carries out a specially-designed task, which has been carefully selected by the three service providers to illustrate the best use of the tool.
8.2. Developing Computer Modelling Resources for Understanding the Evolution and Emergence of Pandemic Influenza
Together with collaborators in the Zoology Department, Ken Kahn and Howard Noble of OUCS plan to take cutting edge modelling research in the Zoology Department and produce computational learning materials to enable students to engage with the conceptual structure of the research but in a form that doesn't require extensive technical and mathematical background. We will "package up" the technical details of the computer models into a library of transparent modular components that the students can combine and explore without prior training. Our goal is to take on-going research and build computational resources and tools that enable students to engage with the research by building computer models.
8.3. Supporting the WebLearn Community at Oxford
From June 2008 to June 2009, Fawei Geng led the VLE (Virtual Learning Environment) user support project that aimed to pilot the new WebLearn by designing and delivering training, gathering user feedback and informing the continuing development of the VLE at Oxford.
Mr Geng's view is that ICT research and teaching need to enhance one another through cooperation. Furthermore, he thinks that the efficiency of learning technologies is dependent upon the how much teachers and lecturers adapt their 'traditional teaching methods' to accommodate new technologies.
The student-centred approach along with the Community Building strategy Fawei employed throughout the project have resulted in the increased use of WebLearn. As the VLE manager puts it; 'It is a testament to him [Mr Geng] that in one year we've had logins from over 4500 separate users and have had over 60 departments piloting the system'. Moreover, Fawei's strategies have also resulted in some excellent user feedback:
"With the help received from Mr Geng, we have been able to make considerable improvements to the teaching of Chinese in the Centre.", said Mr. Shio-yun Kan, Programme Director, Centre for Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language, Institute for Chinese Studies
A training attendee commented "I found that the training sessions not only gives tutors and administrators the ability and confidence to create and maintain a successful virtual learning space, but they also promote the University faculties and students to work together to share ideas and further develop new learning structures in distance learning."
From the success of this project, the VLE team has decided to allocate more resources in the Customised Training Sessions, where users can learn how to relate what they are taught during the training session to their work in teaching and learning. The podcasting team at OUCS will also employ the community building strategy to support academics in incorporating podcasts in their WebLearn courses.
9. Learn to Make Documentary Films
Have you considered creating a film documentary describing an aspect of your research, or the work of your department? Perhaps you would like to make your work more accessible to a general audience through a video on your web site. Perhaps you need a video addendum to your thesis or publication?
OUCS, in collaboration with the Oxford Academy of Documentary Film is running five-day workshops that will teach you the basic skills in creating a short documentary.
We cover:
- How to use a video-camera
- Properly capturing sound with a microphone
- Setting up and performing an interview
- How to shoot for editing a film
- How to use the basic editing features of Final Cut Pro
- Outputting your final documentary for a variety of delivery platforms
The workshops are run by experienced film documentary makers who have worked with major broadcasting organisations throughout the world.
The cost is £650 and includes the use of all equipment, documentation, lunches and refreshment. The emphasis is on learning practical skills in a small group and so places are very limited.
You can find out more details at www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/aatc/courses/filmdoc.xml or by contacting email@example.com
10. Agent-based Modeling: An Introduction
Agent-based modelling plays an important role in ecology, climate change, collective animal behaviour, economics, sociology, and many other sciences. This OUCS course will teach you how to build and explore serious individual-based models using tools designed for non-programmers. Book online at www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/itlp/courses/detail/TPAM
11. The Return of the Vending Machine
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When first elected, President Obama had a long history of rhetorical commitment to address climate change, and was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize at least partially on this basis. During his first term, as global climate and ecosystems noticeably worsened, the president's administration never exerted much political capital to reduce America's greenhouse gas emissions. In fact, concern over jobs and the economy led to plans to significantly expand fossil fuel production and consumption, solidifying a new generation of fossil fuel addiction and resulting climate disruption.
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The Edmonton Oilers signed a soon-to-be free agent winger today. Lennart Petrell–one of the charter members of the Area 51 4th line from last season–is back for another season.
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"Two thousand meters is the limit at which every one of us is suddenly lacking oxygen," Movistar team director Yvon Ledanois said. "Some riders handle it well, and others [handle it] far worse."
With 2,000-meter finishes so rare, there's no real need to prepare for the altitude. But most contenders prepped specially for today's stage.
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These days, young stars are sacrificing sex in favor of virginity vows. Momlogic explores this modern movement -- and what it means for teens everywhere.
What's the latest accessory to grace the bodies of teens wearing barely-there skirts and tummy-bearing tops? Purity rings. Selena Gomez, the 15-year-old star of Wizards of Waverly Place, wears one on her left ring finger that says: "True Love Waits." And the pop group the Jonas Brothers (Kevin, 20, Joe, 18, and Nick, 15) don silver metal bands to signify their promise to God to remain virgins until marriage.
American Idol winner Jordin Sparks says of her ring: "My parents gave me a purity ring and talked to me about waiting until I'm married to have sex. It wasn't forced; it just made perfect sense. It's going to be awesome to say to my husband that I waited my whole life for him."
These stars seem to want to prove they can be young and have fun without sacrificing their beliefs. And although this celebrity pledge may inspire young teens to wait until marriage, the numbers show they are just a reflection of a booming trend. Over the past decade, the number of Web sites selling purity rings has skyrocketed. In fact, sociologists found more than one in eight American teens have made a virginity vow to God.
K-Mart now sells gray, yellow, and blue sweatpants that proclaim in what they call "bold abstinence screen print" a logo that reads "True Love Waits" on the crotch and butt of the pants. And there's a new magazine geared toward junior high and high school students called Just For Girls, which encourages "abstinence living."
The good news: Studies have shown that purity pledges lower the risk of early sexual activity and teen pregnancy. The bad news: Researchers have also found that girls who make purity pledges were six times as likely to engage in oral sex than virgins who hadn't taken a pledge, and were also less likely to use a condom the first time they go all the way.
What do you think of purity pledges: good idea or a waste of time?
I love how no one seems to think it is possible to respect yourself, and your body while having sex. There is nothing wrong with sex, even outside of marriage, it can still be in a loving, mature relationship even if that relationship does not last forever.
Our culture is not sex saturated, so much as saturated with lies and exaggerations, in part because sex has always be a taboo to talk about.
Yes, it feels good, yes it has risks, risks that can be dramatically reduced pair with educated birth control use.
If for your own personal or religious reasons you choose not to have sex, great, but that isn't the only healthy sexual attitude either.
Throwing a ring at teenagers doesn't count for jack squat, what does count is being open, honest, understanding, and teaching them the truth about sexual health.
i'm 13 and have worn a purity ring since i was 11, and i know plenty of people my age who have ALREADY lost their purity, so i think the pledge and idea is great especially in this present day!
Stop saying "Its okay to wait until your in love" and "Sex is healthy, even outside of marriage"… Thats not true. Look at all of the people out their that have shared themselves with a partner that they 'were in love with' and have gotten STDs.
I've made the commitment of with-holding sex until I have married (I was 10) because I feel my husband is special and deserves a gift for being my REAL AND TRUE LOVE. I am not going to share my body with a guy I know I won't marry since I'm a teenager (turning 15 this year) because guys my age aren't looking for anything serious.
I might be the '40 year old virgin' until I marry but I know that that special someone is out there for me and when I find him, I will reward him greatly.
Oh, and another thing. People that make the choice (themmselves) of waiting until marriage, have a deep self-respect and high sef-esteem of their whole being. Stop criticizing us just because YOU didn't wait. Thanks.
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I happen to believe that organized religion causes more problems than it solves in this world (hey, it's what I believe - I don't say you shouldn't believe what you want 8^) Linking sex to religion and judging people based on an expectation of blind faith (if "God" say so it must be right) just does not make sense to me.
People need to think for themselves, educate themselves, and teach their children to do the same. Doing anything because someone tells you that "God" says so just doesn't make sense. After all, if there is a God, she gave us the ability to think and use free will - didn't she?
Well, keeping yourself for the right one sounds nice, but I guess everybody knows that nowadays a lot of people don't do that any more. I'm 17 at the moment and still a virgin, and I don't think that's going to change easily, because my parents have always thougth me to honor myself, not because I would have made some promiss to God, that some people are bound to break, but because I am worth the guy who doesn't just jump onto me to have sex. I do not think you have to have a purity ring and make a promiss to God to decide to not sleep with anyone till you are totally dedicaded to whoever it is you are with. And that can be before marriage, but in my opinion, you should allready be married in your heart. O dear, that just sound overly romantic, but I guess you get the point?
O and oral sex is sex too, so I don't consider that 'keeping' your promiss to God, it is just avoiding your promiss by doing such a stupid thing.
I know nobody's commented in a long time, but I just wanna say - my mom talked to me about Purity when I was 11 years old. I'm 15 and a virgin. I don't have a boy friend, I wear modest clothes, and I set boundaries that I will NOT break. Including waiting till marriage. I have friends who have waited too, and they are very happy people. No parents deprives their children of any experience or joy by teaching them to Wait, because teens choose it for themselves. I choose to wait - even for my first kiss. I have had dreams about my children, my future husband, and my life when I get older, and it excites me - I don't want to let anything get in the way of that, because I know that not being fully commited to my husband - even now - might limit our devotion. Plus, I love Jesus Christ and He's warned me to be careful and not to get physically involved with anyone… YET. I am waiting, and I hope you all are too.
It's your life, don't mess it up. (Sex is not the same as Love - and 'til you are ready to give Your whole love to someone, sex needs to wait.)
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@15yrGrl-Much respect to you. Keep following Christ and make HIm your #1 priority. I'm in my mid-twenties and will soon get married. Yes, still a Virgin, b/c I have waited for the right one to be my wife, and respect my body as well. Overall, I Love God and want His blessing in my marriage. I know it's WORTH the wait. Wait on the Lord and He will answer.
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The North Harford Hawks notched two swimming victories at Magnolia Middle School Thursday evening, beating the Bel Air Bobcats and the Joppatowne Mariners in a tri-meet.
The Hawks defeated Bel Air, 123-65, and Joppatowne, 142-45.
In their matchup with Joppatowne, the Bobcats earned a 132-54 victory.
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The circle remains strong, but there's no denying that the year 2003 took a heavy toll on the country music family. The loss of Johnny and June Carter Cash dominated the national news although the past 12 months marked the deaths of more than a dozen people who made significant contributions to country music.
Johnny Cash was just one of six Country Music Hall of Fame members to pass away in 2003. Others include:
Felice Bryant: Felice and husband Boudleaux Bryant wrote some of the most famous songs in country and pop music, including "Rocky Top," "Love Hurts" and the Everly Brothers' hits "Wake Up, Little Susie," "All I Have to Do Is Dream" and "Bye, Bye Love."
Bill Carlisle: A Grand Ole Opry member since 1953, Carlisle was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2002. Carlisle, 94, made his last Opry appearance just five days before suffering a stroke in March.
Don Gibson: If he had only written "Sweet Dreams" and "I Can't Stop Loving You," Gibson's place in the history books would be secure. However, he was a successful artist and wrote other classics, including "Oh Lonesome Me," "(I'd Be) A Legend in My Time" and "Blue Blue Day."
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Rosalie Allen: A singer and radio pioneer, Allen became one of the first female disc jockeys as host of her Prairie Stars show on WOV-AM/New York in 1944.
Wilma Burgess: A ballad singer from the Nashville Sound era of Decca Records, Burgess' hits included 1965's "Baby," 1966's "Misty Blue" and 1967's "Tear Time."
Paul Burlison: Burlison's guitar work with Johnny and Dorsey Burnette in the Rock 'n' Roll Trio set a standard for rockabilly and influenced a generation of musicians including Jimmy Page, Jeff Beck and Eric Clapton.
Dave Dudley: The deep voiced singer popularized truck driving songs with hits such as "Six Days on the Road" and "Truck Drivin' Son-of-a-Gun."
Slim Dusty: Australian country music pioneer who recorded more than 100 albums.
Jim McReynolds: Guitarist-vocalist who found fame with brother Jesse McReynolds in the bluegrass duo Jim & Jesse.
Gary Stewart: Honky-tonk singer who melded country with southern rock on hits such as "She's Actin' Single (I'm Drinkin' Doubles)" and "Your Place or Mine."
Speedy West: The pedal steel guitar pioneer changed the public's perception of the instrument during the '50s on a series of blistering recordings with guitarist Jimmy Bryant.
Teddy Wilburn: Wilburn and his late brother Doyle took country music to the masses during the '50s with their syndicated Wilburn Brothers Show. In addition to a successful recording career at Decca Records, the brothers also found success with their music publishing and talent booking agencies.
Sheb Wooley: Best known for recording the 1962 smash, "The Purple People Eater," Wooley was also known for his acting roles in such notable films as High Noon and Giant. Wooley also scored a series of comedy hits under the name of Ben Colder.


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O WEBER SJTATE UNIVERSITY Wildcats win regular season title See page f to w TO a n r 0 A Signpost survey looks at candi choices among WSU students By Tricy Taylor party are you affiliated with; health care. ' features editor I The Signpost In an unscientific survey distributed by The Signpost to 200 Weber State University students, 93 said they would vote for John McCain in the upcoming election. At 46.5 percent, McCain had the majority compared to Barack Obama's 88 votes (44 percent), Ralph Nader's four votes and Chuck Norris' two votes. While the margin of error is significant, the survey affirmed WSU really is purple. The survey asked four questions: If the election were today, who would you vote for; Will you vote on Nov. 4; Which revamps their image Club changes mold to bring in more members By Brian Giles .. . . , correspondent The Signpost Most people think of a billiards club as a group of individuals who just enjoy the game. The Weber State University Billiards Club hopes to redefine that definition, and turn it into much more than people practicing their hobby. Jacob "Preach" Dant took over the club this semester and organized different events and tournaments. One such tournament is the Northern Utah Southern Idaho Invitational, which WSU hosted Saturday. Idaho State University, Utah State University and the University of Utah were scheduled to compete in the tournament along with WSU, however ISU did not show up tp the competition. The Wildcats pulled off a two-point win, with a total of 1 16 points, followed by the U of U at 1 14, and USU with 106. WSU's most valuble player was Arturo Hernandez, withatotal of 24 points. Hernandez was ranked 17th in the nation in 2007 for trick shots. He is one of the coaches of the team and a student at WSU. Earlier in die semester the team worked with Tom Rossman, who has been the world trick shot champion. Next semester, the club will take part in ACUI, which is a regional tournament where the winner goes on to compete in nationals. See Billiards page 5 Dead Man's Party a Halloween highlight Last Friday's party brought out the Halloween spirit and got students involved on WSU campus By Betheny King correspondent I The Signpost It is said that getting involved and socializing are the best ways to make friends and break through the shell most students have. The Dead Man's Party couldn't have been a better environment for just that. The event was held in the ballrooms of the Weber State University Shepherd Union Building last Thursday night, and there wasn't much room once die dance party began. Many students dressed up in very creative and unique costumes to get into the Halloween spirit. After paying $5 with their student ID, or $7 without, the students were allowed to enter through the doors and into a dark tunnel. At the end of the tunnel, they would pop out into the ballroom, which was equipped with strobe lights, and what do you feel is the most important issue in this election? Of the 200 students surveyed, 123 students are planning on voting, 45 won't vote, 2 1 are unsure and 11 have already voted. Sixty-three students said they are affiliated with the Republican Party, 37 said they are Democrats, 95 said they are unaffiliated and five said they were affiliated with another party. One hundred and fifty-six students answered the last question, and the most important issue was definitely the economy. Eighty-four students said the economy was the most important issue, 17 students said the war, 12 said taxes and eight said f 1 4E J J WSU defensive back Josh Vikings 31-21 in Stewart loud music, and plenty of other WSU students. In the middle of the dance floor were four separate pieces of a stage students could climb onto to dance. Most party attendees said they thought DJ "Brisk One," who provided music for the night, did a good job on keeping a steady stream of great, danceable songs that lead to the formation of a dance circle. A handful of students joined around to watch a few individuals perform their most impressive dance moves. There was also a hypnotist who had two shows during the night. WSU student Chase Saxton said he thought the party was "Off the itzy shaggadizy." He was not dressed in a costume, but said he came to get the party going and spread the enthusiasm. Most of the students came to the Halloween bash dressed in health care. The last 34 answers included small numbers for education, abortion, honesty, national security, change and gay marriage. Ian Crookston, a WSU freshman, said he isn't surprised at all by McCain's win. "We live in Utah so most of the people are Republican," Crookston said, "and we have a strong influence with the LDS Church(Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints) so I'm not surprised." Crookston said he is voting for McCain. "I don't like either of them to tell you the truth," Crookston said, "but feel McCain is the better candidate." till Big , fcS& ft 3 -J- t Morris breaks up a pass against Stadium on Saturday afternoon. costume, like WSU student Derek Jones. Dressed as a ballerina, including leotard and white flowing skirt, Jones caught most of the students' eyes with hispliesand graceful jumps all around the dance floor. He said he enjoyed the party. "It's amazingly fun and everyone has great costumes i v See Party page 5 Chuck .... Oilier Norris , c K;ilih Nuilcr Oharmi 44 vk Brianne Hutchins, a WSU physical therapy sophomore, said she thinks McCain will win in Utah. She said she is also voting for McCain. "His beliefs are a lot like mine," Hutchins said. Jason Hunter, aWSU freshman, said he thinks this survey is a direct representation of WSU and ky9 best t) I V- V. Si T it r; ii . i r PHOTO BY MATT CLASS THE SIGNPOST Portland State wide receiver Mike Corral. The Wildcats beat the See full story on page 6. (Left) DJ "Brisk One" picking out music. (Right) students mingling with one another to hip-hop. I low WSU is voting: Based on an unscientific survey of 200 WSU students ! V i 1 McCain GRAPHIC BY CINA BARKER THE SIGNPOST Utah. He said he thought McCain and Obama were close in the survey because Utah is changing. "I think people want change," Hunter said, "and Utah is becoming more and more even grounded." Comment on this story at wsusignpost.com. v ) t PHOTO BY CATHERINE MORTIMER THE SIGNPOST Hens in Brief STAND Art Auction to help fight Q3RGci3 This Wednesday, on Nov. 7, STAND, the student anti-genocide coalition, will host an art auction, "The Art of Peace," featuring the art of local artists and Weber State University students. "The Art of Peace" is being held as a way to raise awareness among the community and campus of the genocide occurring in Darfur. It begins at 6 p.m. Live music, performance art, African dancing and food will be provided as part of the auction. The event will include performers Deja Mitchel, Stratton McCausland, and a local church choir, five dollar donations are recommended. All proceeds of the auction will go to help save lives in Darfur. WSU STAND President Cameron Morgan said "TheARTofPEACEunites local artists, businesses, students, and concerned community members in the pursuit of peace in the Darfur of Sudan." For more information on STAND and helping those in Darfur, student and faculty are invited to attend STAND'S weekly meeting on Wednesdays at 1 p.m. in Room 218 of the Wattis Business Building. Nonirad Center f&fc'ssn tun Weber State University's Nontraditional Student Center sponsored pumpkin carving and trick-or-treating for children on Friday in the Shepherd Union Nontraditional Student Center and Women's Center. The event was held to raise campus awareness for the centers and their different services at WSU like the Nontrad Center. For more information see page 5. Cgdsn Future Ccr.tci This Thursday, the Ogden Nature Center will kick-off monthly activities by making nature journals. On November 6 from 6-8:30 p.m., local artist Adele Greenleaf will direct how to create a simple sewn, full-sized, handmade journal. The notebooks are intended for keeping field and garden notes, visual and artistic musings or taking along as a travel journal. Participants are asked to pre-register by Nov. 5. Suggested age is 12 and older. The cost will be $25 for members and $35 for non-members. 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CHESAPEAKE -- Two inmates accused of helping a fellow inmate escape from Chesapeake Correctional Facility could get five more years in prison after pleading guilty Thursday.
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