MALT Wiki player with personalization mockup
Wendy Porch and I presented an evaluation version of the new MALT Wiki player at Techshare, in September. Since then I've been busy with other projects, but I've now had time to produce a mockup...
View Article5 steps to being an oEmbed provider
In the words of the specification,“oEmbed is a format for allowing an embedded representation of a URL on third party sites. The simple API allows a website to display embedded content (such as photos...
View ArticleOU media player project
Tony Hirst has just blogged about the Office for Disability Issues new accessible media player AKA the "Most Accessible Media Player on the Web". Both he and Will Woods have alluded to work that The...
View ArticleOU 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...
View ArticleOU web developer's coffee morning - OU player
Start: 2011-12-15 10:00 Timezone: Europe/London Start: 2011-12-15 10:00 Timezone: Europe/London LocationThe Open University Library / DigilabMK7 6AAUnited Kingdom52° 1' 29.6904" N, 0° 42' 35.0892" W...
View ArticleSecrets 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...
View ArticleOU 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...
View ArticleoEmbed 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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