Digital Oxford is hosted by Professor Anne Trefethen, Pro-Vice-Chancellor (People and Digital) at the University of Oxford and leads Oxford’s digital transformation programme (https://staff.admin.ox.ac.uk/digital-transformation?filter-11696-digital%20transformation-4184836=79476). The University aims to continue to advance learning by teaching and research and preserve its unique place in the world by being digitally fit for the future. In this podcast series, through conversations with colleagues involved in various digital dimensions, we are exploring how people, society, and organisations are evolving in the digital era.
Digital Oxford Podcast - Episode 8: Digital Accessibility
30 Jul 2024
Episode 7 - Online education and student experience
In this episode, Professor Anne Trefethen is joined by Matt Tinker, the head of Online Education here at Oxford, Sumathi Sekaran, the deputy course director of the Oxford Online programme in sleep medicine based at the Nuffield department for clinical neuroscience and for the first time ever a student, Kian Swingler, reading Fine Art at Christ Church. They discuss digital education; how digital tools are supporting accessibility in education and the student experience in digital Oxford.
19 Jun 2024
Episode 6 - Research In The Digital Age
23 May 2024
Episode 5 - The future of information
Professor Anne Trefethen in conversation with Richard Ovenden, OBE. Richard is Bodley’s Librarian, Bodleian Libraries and Head of Gardens, Libraries, & Museums (GLAM) at the University of Oxford.
Anne and Richard explore the past, present, and future of information. They discuss how Oxford’s digital transformation and emerging technologies are shaping how information is managed and protected. And they consider what staff and students can do to help preserve Oxford’s information and uniqueness in the digital era.
11 Mar 2024
Episode 4 - AR and VR in teaching
In this episode, Professor Anne Trefethen, Pro-Vice Chancellor, People & Digital, is joined by Dr Sally Shiels, Consultant Anaesthetist and lead for virtual reality education at OXSTAR at the Nuffield Department for Clinical Neurosciences alongside Professor Kathryn Eccles, Associate Professor, Senior Research Fellow, at the Oxford Internet Institute. They discuss how they and their colleagues are using eXtended reality featuring augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) to enhance their teaching and learning outcomes.
13 Feb 2024
Episode 3 - Cybersecurity in the digital era
In this episode, Professor Anne Trefethen, Pro-Vice Chancellor of People and Digital at the University of Oxford is joined by Graham Ingram, Oxford’s Chief Information Security Officer and Ciaran Martin, Professor of Practice in the Management of Public Organisations at Oxford’s Blavatnik School of Government who, prior to joining the University was the founding Chief Executive of the National Cyber Security Centre, part of GCHQ. They explore how Oxford University stays cybersecure; global perspectives; technological changes such as AI; the Oxford Secure programme; and strengthening our organisational capabilities through initiatives such as the cybersecurity competency centre.
23 Nov 2023
Episode 2 - AI and Oxford
Anne is joined by Professor Sir Nigel Shadbolt to explore how AI is shaping Oxford University’s future. They discuss the fascinating history of AI from the early days of machine learning in the 1940s to today’s generative AI offerings. We discuss how AI is used in our daily lives and what this means for individuals, organisations, and society. The conversation covers data, ethics, and standards and how they influence how AI is used. Anne and Nigel then look at how the daily lives of Oxford’s academics, researchers, administrators, and students will evolve in the context of AI.
13 Oct 2023
Episode 1 - Introduction
An introduction to this new podcast series with very special guest Professor Irene Tracey, CBE, FMedSci, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford.
The Vice-Chancellor and host Anne discuss why digital transformation is going to be of importance to the University of Oxford.
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