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OU embed proposal
I've proposed a mini-project here, for IET to host an experimental embedding service on behalf of The Open University. This will serve a similar purpose to Embed.ly (api.embed.ly) and Oohembed...
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Browser search plugins
In spare moments in the past few weeks I've been revisiting browser search plugins. I've created plugins for CloudEngine/ Cloudworks, iSpot, the Journal of Interactive Media in Education, and The Open...
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Captioned video search
This is an experiment to embed a Google Custom search in a page. Results are returned for dotSUB.com and Universalsubtitles.org. Enjoy! (May 2011) Loading
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OU player - seeking testers
Between the Wednesday 8th and 13th of June we are conducting usability and accessibility testing for the OU media player project, at The Open University's campus in Milton Keynes.We are seeking test...
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OU player Why CodeIgniter?
I have been asked to present the reasoning behind our choice of CodeIgniter over Drupal for the OU player/ OU embed projects.I will argue that the OU player project provides an ideal case study for why...
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Moodle Calculated Objects question type
Over the past 12 months I've created a number of contributed plugins for Moodle. Moodle is an open-source e-learning or virtual learning environment (VLE), that teachers, lectures and trainers can use...
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Moodle 2 for Teaching 4-9 Year Olds Beginner's Guide book
Moodle 2 for Teaching 4-9 Year Olds Beginner's Guide is available now. Download a sample chapter, view the table of contents and buy the book on PacktPub and AmazonMoodle is a virtual learning...
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Nomensa's open source Accessible Media Player - first look
I was tipped off about Nomensa's player, newly open sourced (thanks Chetz), and ever curious, I thought I'd take a look.I came across version 1 of the player last year, and I must say at the time I was...
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Obama-China inundation on Google+ is an opportunity not a threat
I've come across a BBC article about Chinese internet users inundating Barack Obama's Google Plus page. Here is Obama's Google+ page. This bit of news gives me a warm feeling. Apparently "many simply...
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OU Annotate
I was in a meeting today of The Open University's accessibility practitioner's group. Louise Olney, a project manager in Learning and Teaching Solutions kindly came to talk to us about OU Annotate, and...
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Secrets of our Living Planet, on OpenLearn and iSpot
Secrets of our Living Planet is a nature programme presented by Chris Packham which airs on BBC2 on Sunday evenings. It delves into fascinating and surprising connections between species – the clip I...
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OU Media Player rebooted
Its been a long time since I've blogged about the OU Media Player project. So what has been going on? I thought I'd take a brief look back, then look forward...Last spring and summer we developed an...
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Extending Piwik for Track OER
A software component that we had in mind for the Track OER project from early on is Piwik. Piwik is an open-source Web analytics tool, that offers similar features to Google Analytics, in terms of...
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Thoughts on the a11yLDN 2012 mini-conference
Recently I attended the Accessibility London Mini-Conference.It was an interesting day, with a new group of passionate people, a new venue for me. Some thoughts that I took away from it:The Game...
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My accessibility top 10 do's and don'ts
Quoting from a recent blog post by Marco Zehe,There are those days when you watch a discussion unfold on Twitter, and a point is reached where a statement is made that leaves you more or less...
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oEmbed isn't dead – here's OU Embed!
Despite appearances, I argue that oEmbed is alive and kicking.Brian Mearns has put together a document describing some concerns around the oEmbed standard, partly around security. It's generally very...
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Track OER and CaPRéT, one year on
Its just over a year ago (19 October 2012), that the JISC/HEFCE-funded Track OER rapid innovation project finished. You can view the grand finale videos on the project blog.We've recently had some...
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Open source software and CLAs
When we released CloudEngine as free/open source software, we followed what is fairly standard practice in some parts of the open source Community. We added a contributor license agreement (CLA)– some...
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OERs about accessibility
In response to a recent webinar on Accessibility & OER, I thought I'd put together a list of some OER-like resources that I know of about accessibility. Please feel free to tell me about resources...
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OU Media Player June 2014 release
I'm happy to be reporting on a new release of the OU Media Player that happened in mid-June. This release fixed a number of bugs, including one relating to Internet Explorer 11 on Windows 8, and...
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