With 32,000 iTunesU and Oxford Podcast downloads since its launch in November 2012, the World War I Centenary: Continuations and Beginnings  project continues to build a substantial collection of learning resources available for global reuse. A rich variety of materials, including expert articles, audio and video lectures, downloadable images, interactive maps and ebooks are available under a … Read more

As we approach the 100th anniversary of the First World War this series of short talks presents new perspectives on the world’s first experience of the war. Produced by the University of Oxford, and presented by renowned experts in the field, the series explores topics such as ‘conflict culture’, ‘surplus women’ and the role of … Read more

Banbury Museum, Spiceball Park Road, Banbury, OX16 2PQ 3 November, 2012 10.00am – 4.30pm Do you have a box hidden deep in the attic or under the bed that holds your great grandfather’s diaries from 1914-1918? His army medals? Or a photo with a special story behind it? If so, it could be part of … Read more

As reported in the Telegraph 11/10/12, by Christopher Hope: “Millions of pounds of public money will be committed to helping Britain mark the centenary of the First World War, David Cameron will announce today. Mr Cameron will say Government is throwing its weight behind the commemorations of the beginning of the Great War in 1914. … Read more

The First World War is one of the most widely covered topics in further and higher education and schools, but according to a new JISC report, little is known about what aspects of the War are being taught, the key research questions or indeed the digital content available to support education and research in this … Read more

Contributed by Peter Francis of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, as part of the World War One Centenary: Continuations and Beginnings project at the University of Oxford The Great War as it was known, the First World War or WWI as it is referred to today, was a world conflict. At the risk of stating … Read more

Date: Thursday 6th September 2012 Time: 10am- 4pm Location: University of Oxford IT Services (Coffee and lunch will be provided, and reasonable travel expenses will be reimbursedfor participants from outside Oxford.) This workshop aims to explore the potential value of the World War One Centenary: Continuations and Beginnings website to teaching and learning . The website brings together a range of innovative digital resources intended to reappraise the War in … Read more

View the video showreel from the JISC/ Wikimedia UK World War One ‘Editathon’ at the British Library on 16th June 2012. This event brought together academic experts and editors of Wikipedia (Wikipedians) to create and improve Wikipedia articles on WW1 topics. The aim of the event was to increase coverage and make the information as … Read more

The Wikipedia page on the World War One attracts approximately 7.3 million page views per year, 597,945 for the month of June 2012 alone. Add this to the number of page views for June 2012 the plethora of related WW1 articles from the Treaty of Versailles (114,190, ~1.4m/year), to the Battle of Somme (56,071, ~680k/year), … Read more

Untold and extra­or­di­nary real-life sto­ries from World War 1 have come to light and will be shared online as a result of fam­ily his­tory road­shows run by Euro­peana. They include a life-saving Bible, the first-hand tes­ti­mony of a cen­te­nar­ian, and a post­card from a 27-year-old sol­dier named Adolf Hitler, which sug­gests that the future dic­ta­tor … Read more