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Write to reply – an interview with Tony Hirst

Tony 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

May 15, 2009

The future of the internet?

Recently, 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

Mar 31, 2009

C&S Away Day – December 2008

Rob 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]

Feb 05, 2009

Jon Rosewell: Equitability and Dominance in online forums.

On 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 [...]

Nov 28, 2008

Richard Seaton talks

Richard 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.

Oct 16, 2008

Ray Ison talks Systems

Professor Ray Ison talks about his work in the Systems group and his background in Australia. Listen here.

Aug 07, 2008

Composting with Rachel Slater…

Dr. 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 [...]

Jun 12, 2008

Judith Williams on T215

Joe 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.

May 08, 2008

Apple and its iPhone strategy

Professor John Naughton discusses the iPhone and what it could mean for Apple – and the rest of us. Listen to the interview here.

May 08, 2008

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