Openness at Oxford

This podcast series explores the movement towards ‘Openness’ at the University of Oxford and beyond. Informational videos address topics ranging from ‘What is Openness?’, to ‘Open Educational Resources’, to ‘Podcasting’, while individual interviews with researchers and academics at the University offer fascinating insights into projects and initiatives conducted in the spirit of ‘openness’. Finally, ‘Open Data: The Golden Age of Discovery’ is a short documentary on the growing relevance of Open Data and Big Data not only to the academic community, but to humanity as a whole. Find out more at openspires.it.ox.ac.uk. The Openness at Oxford project was initiated, filmed and edited by two student at Oxford: Suzy Shepherd, an undergraduate in Classics, and Adelina Tomova, a postgraduate in Modern Languages.

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Episodes

Ben Holmes on Open Code

Ben Holmes, a web developer for the Oxford IT Services, talks about the relevance of Open Code for the University’s WebLearn platform, the Mobile Oxford App, and his own involvement in GitHub.

Jul 15, 2015•3 min

Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics on Public Engagement

Julian Savulsecu and Dominic Wilkinson discuss the efforts of the Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics to encourage and support debate on practical ethics through its open events and online materials. Julian Savulsecu is Professor of Practical Ethics and Dominic Wilkinson is Director of Medical Ethics

Jul 15, 2015•13 min

Ian Goldin on the Oxford Martin School

Ian Goldin, Professor of Globalisation and Development and Director of the Oxford Martin School, discusses the efforts of researchers at the Oxford Martin School to address the most pressing global challenges and opportunities of the 21st century.

Jul 15, 2015•6 min

Free Speech Debate on Global Free Expression

Dr Dorian Singh and Sebastian Huempfer discuss Free Speech Debate, a project founded on the belief that making content freely available for non-commercial purposes is an integral part of promoting a global debate on free expression. Dr Dorian Singh is Research manager for the Dahrendorf Programme and Sebastian Huempfer is Associate Editor for Free Speech Debate.

Jul 15, 2015•5 min

Victoria McGuinness on TORCH (The Oxford Research Centre for the Humanities)

Victoria McGuinness, the Business Manager for The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities (TORCH), talks about the Centre’s role as a home for major research programmes at Oxford and its efforts to stimulate and support interdisciplinary research.

Jul 15, 2015•7 min

Luciano Floridi on The Ethics of Open Data

Luciano Floridi, Professor of Philosophy and Ethics of Information at the Oxford Internet Institute, discusses the ethical questions raised by the emergence of Open Data and Big Data.

Jul 15, 2015•10 min

Ben Goldacre on Open Data

Ben Goldacre, author of Bad Science and Bad Pharma, shares his views on Open Data and discusses his involvement in projects created in the spirit of openness.

Jul 15, 2015•18 min

Antoine Jerusalem on Open Research Data

Antoine Jerusalem, Associate Professor at the Department of Engineering Science, talks about the importance of Open Data for his work on the computational modeling of materials and his involvement in the Human Connectome Project.

Jul 15, 2015•6 min

Open Data in the Humanities

Jacob Dahl, Associate Professor of Assyriology at the Faculty of Oriental Studies, talks about his research with cuneiform tablets and his hopes for the future of Open Data in the Humanities.

Jul 15, 2015•3 min

Open Research

Researchers and Academics at Oxford share their experiences with sharing their data openly and the projects, collaborations and opportunities Open Data makes possible.

Jul 15, 2015•8 min

Open Data: The Golden Age of Discovery

This documentary follows the experiences of a number of academics and researchers at Oxford as they discuss the implications of Open Data for their research, for academia and for humanity.

Jul 15, 2015•21 min

Emma Goodwin on 'Crowdscribing'

Emma Goodwin is the Principal Investigator of the AHRC-funded Collaborative Skills Project, ‘Promoting Interdisciplinary Engagement in the Digital Humanities’ (dhAHRC). She discusses DHCrowdScribe and Crowdmap the Crusades, two digital project she set up in an effort to promote collaboration and crowdsourcing in the Humanities.

Jul 09, 2015•7 min

Simon Benjamin on Open Science

Simon Benjamin, Associate Professor at the Materials Department, gives an in-depth talk on the importance of Open Science for researchers, students and the general public.

Jul 09, 2015•37 min

Aruna Bhaugeerutty on Open Museum Collections

Aruna Bhaugeerutty, Manager of Digital Collections at the Ashmolean Museum, talks about the Museum’s efforts to open up its collections to a wider audience via interactive online platforms. She focuses on one of their flagship online collection projects, Eastern Art Online (www.jameelcentre.ashmolean.org).

Jul 09, 2015•6 min

Open Educational Resources (OER)

Find out about the Open Education Resources and Initiatives at the University of Oxford! Featuring interviews from Liz Masterman, Sean Faughnan, Marion Manton, Sarah Wilkin & Stuart Lee.

Jul 06, 2015•4 min

Podcasting

Watch leading academic talk about their experiences with the University’s Podcasting Initiative and Open Spires! Featuring interviews from Marianne Talbott, Simon Benjamin, Stuart Lee, Peter McDonald, Victoria McGuinness, Ian Goldin, Julian Suvalecu & Dominic Wilkinson. Open Spires was a nationally funded project based in Oxford University IT Services which aimed to share and release educational resources for the benefit of humanity globally. OpenSpires had two purposes: to increase the amou...

Jul 06, 2015•5 min

What is Openness?

‘Openness’ is a far-reaching concept--find out what it is about and why it is becoming increasingly important to academics, researchers, students and the general public! Featuring interviews from Marion Manton, Marianne Talbot, Simon Benjamin, Chris Lintott, Dominic Wilkinson, Ian Goldin, James Cummings, Stuart Lee & Peter McDonald

Jul 06, 2015•3 min

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