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Weekly links 6th January 2012

Posted by Zak Mensah on Friday 06 January 2012 Tweet this!

• JISC TechDis Tuesdays
  TechDis Tuesdays are online fortnightly workshops that cover a short video conversation on a specific accessibility theme
• New technologies for e-learning in 2012 and a little beyond, Tony Bates
  Tony Bates looks at what is coming in 2012 "Keep running. The technology innovation treadmill grinds on with no sign of letting up."
• Recording student presentations using ReVIEW
  Loughborough University. Dr Dave Elder-Vass is a Lecturer in Sociology and a recent user of the ReVIEW automated lecture capture system. Here he describes his experiences and those of his students.
• Everything you need to know about buying a camera
  The verge continue to bring out great guides and this one on choosing a camera is worth a look

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Weekly links 16th December 2011

Posted by Zak Mensah on Friday 16 December 2011 Tweet this!

• Making better videos: shooting your video
  Our 2/3 free online surgery was held this week and the recording and resources are now available.
• Video Production - lecture capture
  A guide to setting up video and audio for lecture capture. Viewers are asked to reflect on camera positioning, framing, sound recording and safety.
• jiscPUB report: Digital publishing landscape, exemplars and recommendations
  The paper provides background on the state of ebook publishing today, and concludes with a set of recommended projects that aim to improve digital scholarly publishing in the UK.
• Developing Digital Literacies: final JISC national workshop
  A free workshop from the JISC e-Learning Programme on developing digital literacies is taking place on 22nd February 2012 in Edinburgh.
• Lighting Techniques for Video Interviews
  A 7min video demonstrating various lighting techniques
• The pirates of YouTube
  Cory Doctorow Guardian piece on how companies are pirating Youtube videos
• Why Apple Is Winning the Mobile Video Format War … For Now
  Interesting article from the creator of the widely used JW Player for embedding video on why we encode how we do
• JISC Netskills Workshop News
  Spring programme is now online and open for bookings

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Weekly links 9th December 2011

Posted by Zak Mensah on Friday 09 December 2011 Tweet this!

• JISC Regional Support Centres 
  The 12 sister services now have a new web home.
• Making and using clinical healthcare recordings
  This site contains guidance material aimed primarily at students, teachers or doctors who wish to use a patient recording or patient data for learning and teaching.
• CMU Researchers One-Up Google Image Search And Photosynth With Visual Similarity Engine
  The researchers have determined an interesting way of comparing images.
• JISC e-learning programme webinars
  As part of the following JISC e-Learning programmes we shall be running several webinars that are free and open to interested parties:  Assessment and Feedback, Developing Digital Literacies,     Curriculum Design, Course Data,  OER
• Grading the Digital School: Online Learning, Personalized
  The NYtimes reports on the Khan Academy
• Living Books about Life
  The project will develop a sustainable series of co-edited, electronic open access books about life - with life understood both philosophically and biologically - which will provide a bridge between the humanities and the sciences.
• Linking the physical to digital
  Steve Boneham from one of our sister services has posted about a recent session that included: QR codes, augmented reality and NFC.
   

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Nex week we'll be running a FREE 1hr online session on guidance for shooting video - Wed 14th Dec at 1pm

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• Weekly links 16th December 2011

  Posted by Zak Mensah on Friday 16 December 2011
  

  These weekly posts contain links to the various items of interest that the team has come across throughout the week and were previously posted elsewhere such as our mailing lists, twitter, or facebook accounts.

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• Weekly links 9th December 2011

  Posted by Zak Mensah on Friday 09 December 2011
  

  These weekly posts contain links to the various items of interest that the team has come across throughout the week and were previously posted elsewhere such as our mailing lists, twitter, or facebook accounts.

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• Weekly links 2nd December 2011

  Posted by Zak Mensah on Friday 02 December 2011
  

  These weekly posts contain links to the various items of interest that the team has come across throughout the week and were previously posted elsewhere such as our mailing lists, twitter, or facebook accounts.

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• Weekly links 25th November 201

  Posted by Zak Mensah on Friday 25 November 2011
  

  These weekly posts contain links to the various items of interest that the team has come across throughout the week and were previously posted elsewhere such as our mailing lists, twitter, or facebook accounts.

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• Weekly links 18th November 2011

  Posted by Zak Mensah on Friday 18 November 2011
  

  These weekly posts contain links to the various items of interest that the team has come across throughout the week and were previously posted elsewhere such as our mailing lists, twitter, or facebook accounts.

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• Weekly links 11th November 2011

  Posted by Zak Mensah on Friday 11 November 2011
  

  These weekly posts contain links to the various items of interest that the team has come across throughout the week and were previously posted elsewhere such as our mailing lists, twitter, or facebook accounts.

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• Weekly picks 28th Oct 2011

  Posted by Zak Mensah on Friday 28 October 2011
  

  These weekly posts contain links to the various items of interest that the team has come across throughout the week and were previously posted elsewhere such as our mailing lists, twitter, or facebook accounts.

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• Weekly picks 21st Oct 2011

  Posted by Zak Mensah on Friday 21 October 2011
  

  These weekly posts contain links to the various items of interest that the team has come across throughout the week and were previously posted elsewhere such as our mailing lists, twitter, or facebook accounts.

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• Weekly picks 14th Oct 2011

  Posted by Zak Mensah on Friday 14 October 2011
  

  These weekly posts contain links to the various items of interest that the team has come across throughout the week and were previously posted elsewhere such as our mailing lists, twitter, or facebook accounts.

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• Weekly picks 7th Oct 2011

  Posted by Zak Mensah on Friday 07 October 2011
  

  These weekly posts contain links to the various items of interest that the team has come across throughout the week and were previously posted elsewhere such as our mailing lists, twitter, or facebook accounts.

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• Weekly picks 30th Sept 2011

  Posted by Zak Mensah on Friday 30 September 2011
  

  These weekly posts contain links to the various items of interest that the team has come across throughout the week and were previously posted elsewhere such as our mailing lists, twitter, or facebook accounts.

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• Weekly picks 23rd Sept 2011

  Posted by Zak Mensah on Friday 23 September 2011
  

  These weekly posts contain links to the various items of interest that the team has come across throughout the week and were previously posted elsewhere such as our mailing lists, twitter, or facebook accounts.

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