One way in which we aim to create conditions throughout Oxford where excellence in teaching and assessment can thrive is by bringing educators and professional services staff together through our facilitated education communities.
Each community offers different opportunities for staff to enhance and support their practice – from open networks and user groups, to special interest groups.
One of these is the Digital Education Technologies User Group. Find out about our other education communities.
What is the Digital Education Technologies User Group?
The Digital Education Technologies User Group (or DETUG) explores the use of digital tools to support flexible and inclusive teaching and learning at Oxford, including:
DETUG is facilitated by the Centre for Teaching and Learning and organised via Teams.
Sessions are held online once a term.
DETUG provides opportunities for members to hear about new developments in digital education tools at Oxford, and to network and share good practices and experiences. DETUG members also have the opportunity to ask questions and seek advice from digital technology experts and other members.
Who is DETUG for?
DETUG is open to all staff at Oxford, including academics and teachers, administrators and librarians.
How can I join DETUG?
Step 1: Make sure you are logged into Microsoft Teams
Step 2: Click on this link. This will join you to the Education Community Team automatically and you will be able to view the channel for DETUG.
If you don’t have a SSO (Single Sign-On) account or have difficulty joining, please contact us.
How can I manage my notifications for the Education Community Team?
If you change nothing about your Teams notifications, you will receive both desktop notifications and activity feed alerts for @mentions, direct messages (chat), and all new conversations and @mentions in all channels within the Education Community Team, not just those for the DETUG channel.
If you would like to turn off notifications from any channel in the Education Community Team (ie for those groups you do not wish to follow), here is how to customise notifications in a Teams channel.
More details of how to change notifications can be found at Learn how to choose the right settings to fit your preferences.
If you have any queries, please contact us.
When are the DETUG sessions in 2025-26?
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Wed 3 Dec (Wk8 MT25)
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10.30am-12noon
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Theme: GenAI in Teaching, Learning and Administration
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Thu 12 Mar (Wk8 HT26)
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10.30am-12noon
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Theme: Human-centred design for teaching spaces
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Wed 10 Jun (Wk7 TT26)
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10.30am-12noon
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Theme: Canvas incident update
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Calendar invitations will be posted in the DETUG Channel in our Education Community Team.
Digital Education Technologies User Group Session (DETUG TT26)
Thursday 10 June, 10.30-12noon on Teams.
The session will provide an institutional update following the recent global Canvas incident, which affected universities internationally, including Oxford, alongside our regular digital education platform updates. The discussion will reflect on how different parts of the University experienced and responded to the disruption. The session will also provide an opportunity for colleagues to share feedback and experiences from across the collegiate University, including approaches used to maintain continuity during the incident.
The session will include:
- an update on the recent Canvas incident and the University’s response;
- reflections from key digital education platform teams;
- opportunity for colleagues to share operational impacts, continuity approaches and any other feedback.
We will also provide our regular updates on Oxford’s major digital education platforms, including Canvas, Panopto, Microsoft Teams, ORLO, Inspera, and the AI Competence Centre.
Register for the DETUG User Group meeting on 10 June
All staff are welcome to attend.
Can I view materials from previous meetings?
Once you have joined DETUG, materials from previous meetings will be available to you via the DETUG Channel in our Education Community Team.
What are the group's terms of reference?
View the terms of reference for the Digital Education Technologies User Group.
