For the Common Good
Everyday learning and teaching
Edinburgh at its best
Open educational resource initiatives
Edinburgh’s Treasures
Open online collections
Sustainable Development Goals
We believe that OER can make a critical contribution to achieving the aims of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) which the University and Students Association are committed to through the SDG Accord.
We have collected OERs from our showcase that are in line with specific SDG and listed them for ease of educators wishing to find SDG aligned resources.
Blog Posts
April 23, 2026 6:02 pm
After almost 22 years working in a variety of different roles at the University, I’ve made the decision to leave. It’s been a hard decision as there is so much I love about my job but I need a chance to catch up with myself. I’d like to have a …
April 22, 2026 11:52 am
It’s been a year since Instructional Designer Andrea Watkins Pérez at UiT The Arctic University of Norway reached out to me after she came across my University profile. Their Learning Design team was facing some challenges with running ABC Learni...
April 17, 2026 4:08 pm
This February I was back at the PHPUK conference in London. The venue this year was 1 America Square with a historic wall through the middle of one of the rooms. There were three tracks to follow so unfortunately we couldn’t go to all the talks, but managed to cover two thirds. It Depends – […]
April 17, 2026 10:58 am
A question has been doing the rounds recently: do we actually need site search? It’s a fair question and one I have been giving a lot of thought to. With AI-powered summaries increasingly answering queries before users even reach a website, and with navigation that, when it works, can get people where they need to […]
April 3, 2026 4:46 pm
Last month I was honoured to receive a national award for Outstanding Leadership from industry body UCISA, recognising my work driving positive change through UX. This achievement prompted me to reflect on my experiences leading UX in different realms over the past few years, and to think about what UX leadership means to me. At […]
OER Channels
Edinburghs OERs
OERs from across the University
TES Resources
Award winning open resources for school teachers.
Short Online Courses
Free short online courses.
Open Media Bank
Videos from our MOOCs & free short online courses.
Media Hopper Create
Creative Commons licensed videos.
Open Media Stock Footage
Open licensed media snippets for downloading & reuse.
Wikimedian in Residence
Videos from our Wikimedian in Residence.
3D Models
Open licensed models of heritage, geology & anatomy artefacts.
