| Oxford's Digital Transformation |
Oxford’s digital transformation programme team about how we’re helping our institution to seize the opportunities of the disruptive digital era to make Oxford a university that embraces transformation as a continuous way of working. We’re enable Oxford to continue to advance learning by teaching and research and preserve its unique place in the world by being digitally fit for the future. |
https://staff.admin.ox.ac.uk/digital-transformation |
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| Digital Skills Toolkit |
How can I improve digital skills at scale?
Come and talk to us about digitally upskilling yourself, your staff and/or your students. |
Find out more about our digital skills toolkit. at: https://skills.it.ox.ac.uk/develop-digital-skills |
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| PixselChat |
PixselChat is a multi-user platform that delivers instant, real-time translated communication via a range of dynamic products.
PixselChat groundbreaking technology means that you do not have to know someone’s language in order to communicate with them in real-time .
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The following resources give further details about PixselChat
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| ICTF (Information, Communication and Technology Forum) |
In a highly devolved environment such as IT in Oxford, how do you encourage collaboration between all IT Support Staff across the collegiate University? Since 2007, the Information Communication and Technology Forum (ICTF) has existed to better facilitate these links across Oxford.
ICTF supports IT Staff with the following annual events:
ICTF Conference - the annual IT Conference which has been going on since 1996. Held at the Andrew Wiles Building – this brings together around 300 IT Staff
ICTF Suppliers Expo – Bringing together key IT Suppliers to meet up directly with IT Staff gives a real sense of how we can innovate and develop with external partners
And ICTF supports IT Staff with other important activities such as Mental Health in IT, administering ITSS Community - a 600 person strong Teams community connecting IT Staff - and have future projects planned on Sustainability as well as the creation of a Women's ICT Forum.
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Find out more about us at https://www.ictf.ox.ac.uk |
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How do we transform digital communications at Oxford?
As part of the Digital Transformation programme their are a range planned enhancements to our digital communications, including a new web content management system and an Oxford-wide intranet.
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| Oxford Secure |
Cybersecurity is a fundamental underpinning the digital transformation taking place at Oxford. Oxford Secure is equipping staff and students with knowledge, life skills and resources related to cybersecurity and data privacy, so they can act as a joined-up human firewall to safeguard Oxford’s uniqueness. We will soon be rolling out a new cybersecurity and data privacy training programme, accompanied by an ongoing communications campaign to keep cybersecurity at the front of people’s minds. |
Find out more information about how we are addressing the risks around cybersecurity and what you can do to help keep the University cyber secure. https://www.infosec.ox.ac.uk/about |
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| Visual AI |
At the Visual Geometry Group (VGG) we make images, text, sound and video fully searchable using state-of-the-art AI methods. Visit us to find out about collaborations with industry and with researchers in libraries, art history, zoology, film studies and many other disciplines. |
You can view and download our tools at https://www.robots.ox.ac.uk/~vgg/projects/visualai/ |
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| Eyemmersive - VR-based inclusive platform for accessible tourism |
Eyemmersive® - How do we break barriers and redefine accessible travel through VR?
Eyemmersive® is pioneering a transformative approach to travel using cutting-edge VR technology. With us, you don't just witness destinations; you experience them first-hand through the eyes of a wheelchair user. Our immersive VR videos offer more than a visual journey; they provide an in-depth understanding, inviting you to embrace the world beyond the barriers.
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If you would like to collaborate with us, please write to sr@kerckhoffs.co.uk Find out more at https://eyemmersive.co.uk |
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| Cabinet - teaching and learning with digital objects |
How do we transform teaching and learning with collections? Cabinet brings high quality digital resources into a single intuitive and interactive interface, embedding objects and images from a wide range of collections into teaching and learning, from the tutorial to the lecture hall.
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Find out more by visiting www.cabinet.ox.ac.uk |
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| GLAM - ARCHiOx |
ARCHiOx is a world-leading project at the Bodleian that uses 3D surface mapping technology to reveal secrets beyond the naked eye (such as 1300-year-old doodles) that are difficult or impossible to record through conventional photography; |
Find out more at https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20230208-the-tech-revealing-hidden-do... |
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| GLAM - Plastic Fantastic |
Productions of fragile wind instruments which have been created at Pitt Rivers Museum using 3D printing technology. This allows us to discover ‘sounds lost to time’ e.g. the sound of a 12000-year-old whistle printed from an original made from a reindeer toe-bone; |
Find out more visit https://www.prm.ox.ac.uk/plastic-fantastic |
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| GLAM - Touch Tours |
Tactile images and models of collections from the Ashmolean and Botanic Gardens that are transforming the experience of Blind and Partially Sighted visitors to our venues |
Find out more at https://www.glam.ox.ac.uk/touch-tours-blind-and-partially-sighted |
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| GLAM - Gut Wars |
The simulation game, Gut Wars, developed by the Museum of Natural History based on state-of-the-art research into bacteria in the human gut by the departments of Zoology and Biochemistry. This ‘gamification’ approach has helped researchers to better understand and predict bacteria behaviour. |
Find out more by visiting http://www.oum.ox.ac.uk/bacterialworld/gutwars/ |
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| Data Platform / Multi-Dimensional Viewer |
How do we analyse and share complex, large complex biological data? You will be able to learn more about how we make big data analysis accessible to scientists and help them share their results. See how we analysed COVID data and how we are understanding more about the brain using our software. |
Find out more by visiting: https://mdv.molbiol.ox.ac.uk/ |
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| Technology-Assisted Lifelong Learning (TALL) |
How do we design high-quality, engaging online learning experiences for students? Come and visit the TALL team’s stand to explore some of the Department for Continuing Education’s online courses. With over 25 years’ experience of designing, developing, and delivering fully online courses to thousands of students each year, we are happy to show examples from the Department’s portfolio of over 100 short online courses and discuss how we design them. |
Find out more about the Department for Continuing Education’s online courses or email the TALL team at: tall@conted.ox.ac.uk |
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| Oxford Continuing Education digital credentials |
Working with Accredible, (a global leader in providing digital credentials), the Department for Continuing Education is setting up a platform to securely issue, manage and track interaction with digital badges and digital certificates. Students can share their credential on social media, such as LinkedIn, and employers can verify the credential with the click of a button. Come and talk to us about how we’re adding value to the student experience and making the most of digital marketing opportunities to promote to a global audience. |
Find out more at https://www.conted.ox.ac.uk/ |
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| Fantasy Futures: Imagining Immersive Innovation |
Come and talk to us about immersive educational AI and city-based MR/AR experiences. You'll find out about the latest TORCH projects that are engaging young people in humanities research using VR, AR and AI technologies! |
Find out more about Conversational Learning visit https://www.torch.ox.ac.uk/conversational-learning
for Fantasy Futures you can visit https://torch.ox.ac.uk/fantasy-futures
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| Quantifying Parkinson's using digital wearable technology |
Talk to us about how our team of researchers has shown for the first time that it is possible to track the progression of Parkinson’s Disease accurately using specially trained machine learning algorithms to analyse data derived from sensor devices worn by patients. |
Also see a recent news article about this work: Wearable sensors provide early detection of progression in Parkinson’s Disease |
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| Research Cloud / AI Competency Centre |
How could your research be empowered by cloud computing? Do you want to explore the possibilities of machine learning or artificial intelligence? Oxford’s new Cloud Computing Competency Centre, introduced as part of Oxford’s digital transformation, is here to give you the understanding, training, and resources you need. We can help you to build cloud-based computing into your research proposals or deploy the technology. |
Find out more: https://staff.web.ox.ac.uk/research-cloud-and-ai/ml-computing-competency... |
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| Cybersecurity Competency Centre. |
Do you want to improve your skills and gain formal training and certification in modern cybersecurity? The Cybersecurity Competency Centre, a part of Oxford’s digital transformation, can help. We can offer free consultation, staff training, and technical support. We’re using various professional development paths to allow IT staff in departments, divisions, faculties, and colleges to become part of a distributed Cybersecurity Competency Centre. |
Find out more at https://staff.web.ox.ac.uk/cybersecurity-competency-centre |
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| Workflow and Automation Competency Centre |
The Workflow and Automation Competency Centre, introduced as part of Oxford’s digital transformation, is helping to increase automation-literacy and empower staff with the skills and tools to create and manage automated processes. By bringing staff closer to the technology, this centre is fostering the adoption of emerging technologies across the institution, enhance competency levels, and boost productivity. |
Find out more at https://staff.web.ox.ac.uk/workflow-and-automation-competency-centre |
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| How Green Is The Cloud |
Led by Prof. Gordon Blair and Dr. Marcia Tavares Smith at Lancaster University, the PARIS-DE project, in collaboration with leading institutions, showcases a dynamic exhibit. It unravels the intricate infrastructure of Cloud Computing and explores the environmental sustainability of digital tech. We are exhibiting a display that was created to communicate science to the general public at the Glastonbury Music Festival, featuring for example, a banner that visualises the complex and often hidden infrastructure behind Cloud Computing. |
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