Hi Peter,
Hear hear! And thanks for the acknowledgment. It's been great to work with so many really great people on UKOER over the last three years. Long may it continue! And your quotes below are a wonderful reminder of what a positive impact OER can have on all kinds of people all over the world!
All the best
Lorna
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Subject: A big UKOER thank you to Amber and the UKOER superstars
Dear All,
I'd just like to take a moment to thank a key member of the UKOER community - Amber at JISC - who has helped and supported us all over the last 4 years through the various UKOER initiatives. She has helped me enormously in my journey in through releasing Open Educational Resources at Oxford. I believe Amber is moving on to Warwick in the next few days to continue her learning technology work.
From what I've seen over the last few years she has been a fantastically positive, pragmatic, insightful manager who has helped co-ordinate and steer many different groups of stakeholders through the choppy waters of UKOER work and the wider digital repository world.
When we all met up at London recently it was striking how *many* people have helped contribute to the open landscape here in the UK and some of these people's great work is a little under the radar - UKOER superstars like Pat, Lou, Lorna, Phil, David, Suzanne, John R, Tony H, Martin etc etc
BTW I thought I'd post a random selection of recent feedback quotes we receive to show why this UKOER work is so vital and why we should rejoice that we are lucky enough to have had such a nice group of JISC/HEFCE people and such forward thinking funding bodies here in the UK.
Best Wishes
Pete
"Thank you for this. I loved it and it has given me many complex ideas that I am going to try to incorporate in my gcse teaching. " - 22 Nov 2012
"I enjoyed this lecture very much and found it extremely inspiring and exciting, thanks for this amazing opportunity."
"Very exciting lecture and made me want to try harder with Blake. But no illustrations."
":I am using this with my Honors British Literature class in a Chicago high school as we read Heaney's translation of Beowulf. This is a great introduction to a lesson on uses of narration and "shaping" of the text. "- 18 Oct 2012
"Listened to this scholarly talk by .. who has rightly diagnosed the roots of corruption and its costs. Oxford must continue with such knowledge sharing activities. … Ph D Scholar and civil servant, Pakistan 15 October, 2012"
"First of all, these free on-line courses are the greatest thing since chocolate. Thank you so much and please do keep them coming, especially in the Old English department. I seriously wish I could have studied at Oxford. Kind regards, S (Spain)"
"Terrific. Wish I could hear the next 3 lectures. Thanks. My mum just admitted she had considered sending me to Oxford, but was worried it was too far away. What a missed opportunity. At least I can go through these podcasts though. And I didn't turn out all that badly after all. "
"I am about to graduate in medicine from India. I, lately started to feel a lot more attracted to philosophy than I have ever felt before. Because I am a beginner most of stuff I came across was a bit too much for me but then I came across your lectures on oxford website. I love them! just wanted you to know It interested me to such an extent that I do feel like taking up philosophy of religion more seriously and I surely would like to read in depth about the subject." - India
"i am B.A. English literature student in Iran..i have been studying English for 8 years and English literature about 3 Years as you may know...here in this country we have got lots of defects and difficulties in this specific field of study, ….. to be honest up to now i did not have any clue about this constructive viewpoint on literary works, but thanks to you i feel a little moved and motivated." - Iran
I found your lectures very interesting and enjoyable. I have them on my IPhone and return to them again and again. You have such a relaxed and entertaining style of teaching, while at the same time quite respectful of your audience. -Professor Emeritus, US College
"These websites are lovely to wallow around in, and they cover so much that might be useful. Just had a nice lecture on - Kyd's 'Spanish Tragedy.' Such fun, and I can stop the voice and take notes. This is wonderful. Thank you, thank you. And how kind of these professors to make the pod-casts. I wish there was a way to let them know how much it means to me. Great writers do indeed inspire, and great teachers too." - US
" :A clear vision of hope for many struggling to make sense of their world - fascinating to listen to....thank this is a great support to my coursework."
Regards
Peter Robinson
Manager LTG Services and Oxford on iTunesU
Learning Technologies Group,
Academic IT Computing Services,
13 Banbury Road, Oxford, OX2 6NN. Tel: 01865 283282
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