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Write to reply – an interview with Tony Hirst
May 15, 2009 14:35 - 1.52 MBTony Hirst has recently been involved with creating a website dedicated to giving people the tools to respond to official government papers. The website is called writetoreply.org We spoke to Tony about this. Link
The future of the internet?
March 31, 2009 10:22 - 34.8 MBRecently, John Naughton discussed Jonathan Zittrain’s book ‘The future of the Internet – and how to stop it’ in an OU discussion group. John posted an MP3 of the discussion on his blog, and you can directly link to the blog entry here: http://memex.naughtons.org/archives/2009/03/23/7045 And play the mp3 here: mp3
The return of Simon Bell
March 20, 2009 15:53As some of his colleagues will already know, Dr. Simon Bell (Systems group) has recently returned to the University, after a 2 year sabbatical. During his time away from the University, Simon has been involved in a number of projects and also took up the role of Director of the Bayswater institute (http://www.bayswaterinst.org/) for a time. [...]
C&S Away Day – December 2008
February 05, 2009 14:16Rob and Joe of IFEC came along to the Communications and Systems department away day. They took lots of photographs and interviewed various members of the department. We are pleased to present an audio/visual presentation of the day. [See post to watch QuickTime movie]
Jon Rosewell: Equitability and Dominance in online forums.
November 28, 2008 16:03On 13th November 2008, Jon Rosewell presented a talk to the EATING group, which concentrated on research he had been doing into the subject of equitability and dominance in online forums. The specifics of this talk centre around forum usage in several courses in the Technologies Undergraduate Programme. Jon also presented an argument for analysing [...]
Richard Seaton talks
October 16, 2008 13:20 - 3.79 MBRichard Seaton spoke to Bill about a range of subjects, including the new Faculty and Department structures and also Richard’s role as Programme Director of Undergraduate Technologies. Listen to the interview here.
Ray Ison talks Systems
August 07, 2008 08:08 - 33.8 MBProfessor Ray Ison talks about his work in the Systems group and his background in Australia. Listen here.
Composting with Rachel Slater…
June 12, 2008 16:24 - 6.87 MBDr. Rachel Slater is a research fellow in the OU’s Integrated Waste Systems group (IWS). In this interview, Rachel spoke to Bill Thompson about about composting groups, the importance of recycling and her time as a graduate student in the OU… all from the comfort of one of the OU’s very peaceful gardens. You can [...]
Judith Williams on T215
May 08, 2008 14:28 - 9.77 MBJoe Mills talks to Judith Williams about her role as a Course Team Chair and the roles of other Course Team members. Judith also talks about development of a new course, T215. Listen to the article here.
Apple and its iPhone strategy
May 08, 2008 14:07 - 6.45 MBProfessor John Naughton discusses the iPhone and what it could mean for Apple – and the rest of us. Listen to the interview here.