UCLA: YouTube Channel

Posted by Celia Walter | 8 Oct, 2008
UCLA: YouTube Channel
This YouTube channel has been created by UCLA (University of California). It provides free access to an online collection of webcasts, film clips of its academic debates, events and lectures. These include examples of scholarly discussion covering American politics, foreign policy and the sciences, social sciences and humanities in general. Technical and copyright information is displayed on the website. Most material relates from 2008 onwards. Intute.ac.uk
http://uk.youtube.com/ucla

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Oxford and Cambridge iTunes

Posted by Celia Walter | 8 Oct, 2008

Oxford University ITunes
An increasing number of Universities and Higher education institutions are now offering free lectures and podcasts. This is the official directory of Oxford University materials available from the on the Apple iTunes store. It contains a catalogue of the online lectures which cover a range of different social science, humanities and scientific subjects. They include recordings from research projects such as the Oxford Internet Institute and Forced Migration Research Institute as well as academic departments. Technical and copyright information is displayed ion the website. Most materials can be used free of charge subject to copyright conditions. Users without access to Itunes can download many of the materials from the Oxford University podcasts site which is also listed on the page.
http://itunes.ox.ac.uk/

Cambridge University iTunes An increasing number of Universities and Higher education institutions are now offering free lectures and podcasts. This is the official directory of Cambridge University sound and multimedia content on the Apple iTunes store. It contains a catalogue of the online lectures which cover a range of different social science, humanities and scientific subjects. These are available as podcasts and film.Topics currently available range from business and management, science, new technology to Anthropology and politics. Technical and copyright information is displayed on the website. Most materials can be used free of charge subject to copyright conditions.
http://www.cam.ac.uk/video/itunesu.html

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U-T Austin E-Textbook Pilot

Posted by Celia Walter | 8 Oct, 2008

Inside Higher Ed reports on the upcoming two-year pilot program at the University of Texas at Austin which will switch select classes to e-textbooks only. Partnering with John Wiley & Sons, the university will foot the bill for 1,000 enrolled students who will have the choice to access their textbooks online through Wiley Plus or download their e-books onto their computers. This innovative experiment will test student and faculty preferences for e-textbooks and determine the scalability of future deployments.

“This pilot aims to improve student outcomes, provide students with equity of access to the most current materials and increase faculty satisfaction and efficiency while respecting faculty independence and freedom of choice in the selection of course materials,” Bonnie Lieberman, Wiley’s senior vice president and general manager for higher education, said in a statement released Monday. “Our primary aim is to improve learning and teaching outcomes while significantly lowering the costs of learning materials for students.”

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