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
September 14, 2026 3:28 pm
(Digital) Sustainability and accessibility are both unquestionably important in their own right – but could their connection extend beyond their significance? We (Otis Laundon, Green Web Platforms Intern & David Buik, Digital Accessibility Intern) share our thoughts in this collaborative blog post.
September 11, 2026 3:30 pm
In this post, User Experience team intern Hannah Watson shares her work over the summer researching digital content accessibility with the EdWeb 2 publishing community. Introduction As part of my internship with the User Experience Service, I have been investigating digital accessibility at the content level across University web pages, particularly on EdWeb 2 sites. […]
September 11, 2026 2:34 pm
I’m Grace, the Web Registry Development Intern for the 2026 Summer! As my internship draws to a close, I discuss how my AI Supported Accessibility Testing, and my Web Estate Dashboard projects have progressed. The first project focused on investigating how AI can be used to automate accessibility testing websites. My second project aimed to […]
September 7, 2026 9:14 am
After presenting Strategic support for OER at The University of Edinburgh at the UKSG OER Seminar in 2025, I was keen to attend the 2026 seminar this year purely as an attendee to learn more about what other institutions are currently focusing on in the world of Open Education Resources (OER). I’d noticed in the … Continue reading Overview and reflections on the UKSG OER Seminar 2026
September 3, 2026 11:27 am
My name is Nancy Britten, and I’m in my fourth year of studying History at the University of Edinburgh. From …Continue reading →
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.
