WebLearn unavailable on Tuesday 4th August 2015 from 7-9am

Posted on July 31, 2015 by Adam Marshall

We plan to upgrade WebLearn to version 2.10-ox4 on Tuesday 4th August 2015 7-9am. There will be no service during this period. We apologise for any inconvenience that this essential work may cause.

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Sakai Has Greater User Satisfaction Than Moodle or Canvas

Posted on July 30, 2015 by Adam Marshall

I saw an interesting report into customer satisfaction of Learning Management Systems (aka VLEs) by the G2 crowd today which shows that there is a higher satisfaction amongst Sakai (WebLearn) users than amongst Moodle or Canvas users. I know the … Continue reading →

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Now Open! Call for Proposals for the Sakai Virtual Conference 2015

Posted on July 24, 2015 by Adam Marshall

Here’s an announcement about this year’s Sakai Virtual Conference which is to be held in the afternoon and evening of Wednesday 4th November. (Sakai is of course the software upon which WebLearn is based.)  It would be fabulous if Oxford … Continue reading →

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A step in the right direction

Posted on July 17, 2015 by Stephen Burholt

At the heart of the WISE project is the aim to improve the student experience of WebLearn.  Here is a word cloud which describes the aims of the project.

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A Tool for Choosing Projects, Modules or Options in WebLearn

Posted on July 8, 2015 by Adam Marshall

This from Jon Mason, Medical Sciences: We have just been awarded funding from the IT Innovation Seed Fund for a project to develop a simple, flexible web application to enable the collation, communication and choosing of project, module, or other … Continue reading →

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WebLearn first contact

Posted on July 8, 2015 by Xavier Laurent

Recently Steve and Xav from the WISE project (WebLearn Improved Student Experience) went to Mansfield College to meet three lecturers in Theology to discuss the development of their teaching spaces in WebLearn. It was beneficial for the learning technologists to meet … Continue reading →

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WISE project on the road

Posted on July 1, 2015 by Stephen Burholt

(picture shows Learning Technologist Fawei Geng working with the Department of Social Policy and Intervention). The WISE team have been talking to lecturers, staff and administrators to gather requirements for their new, or improved WebLearn sites.  The process normally involves: … Continue reading →

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How is Sakai faring in the face of competition from Canvas? Quite well actually!

Posted on June 26, 2015 by Adam Marshall

Dr Chuck (with a little help from yours truly) has written an excellent blog post outlining the (minimal) impact of Michigan, Stanford and Indiana’s ‘defection’ from Sakai to Canvas. It makes an interesting read.

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WebLearn Plans for the Next Few Months

Posted on June 19, 2015 by Adam Marshall

We thought it might be useful to outline what tasks the WebLearn team are currently working on. The focus at the moment is on 4 projects but we are also spending time inducting two new developers and two new learning … Continue reading →

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Sneak Preview of WebLearn (Sakai) 11

Posted on June 10, 2015 by Adam Marshall

Members of the WebLearn team (and TWISA winner Lucy Tallents) have just returned from the annual Apereo conference held in Baltimore. Aside from the delicious crab cakes, there were numerous other benefits not least being able to help define the … Continue reading →

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