The following comments were drafted by Joe Wilson and Lorna M. Campbell and submitted in response to the World OER Congress Action Plan on behalf of Open Scotland and the University of Edinburgh. The draft Action Plan, Outcome and Recommendations is available in English and French here http://www.oercongress.org/woerc-actionplan/ 1. Capacity of users to access, re-use […]
Read moreThe third Open Knowledge Network event in early July 2017, focused on discussing topics put forward by participants and exploring ways forward for the Network. The following topics were discussed – open data sets, data literacy, building a network of open practitioners. Open Data Sets This discussion focused on raising the profile of open data, identifying university data sets that could potentially be opened, encouraging data owners to share their data, collecting usecases around how open data sets might be used in order…
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Earlier this week Christina Hendricks at UBC put out a call for examples of student engagement with open education and OER. I was going to reply in comments but as we have lots of great examples of students getting involved with OER at the University of Edinburgh I thought I’d write a short post here. […]
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One of the things I’ll be looking into as part of my new role is key performance indicators for open educational resources. At the University of Edinburgh we have a Vision and Policy for OER that encourages staff and students to use, create and publish OERs to enhance the quality of the student experience, enrich […]
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Now that I’ve cleared the inevitable post-holiday e-mail backlog I’m ready to start a new role as Senior Service Manager – Learning Technology within Education Design and Engagement (EDE) at the University of Edinburgh. I’ve actually been transitioning into this role for several months now and have been working closely with colleagues in EDE, where the […]
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An interview about open education and OER with Open Scotland’s Joe Wilson, recorded at the UNESCO European Regional Consultation in Malta earlier this year. The report from the European Consultation is available here: Regional Consultation on Open Educational Resources OER for Inclusive and Equitable Quality Education: From Commitment to Action. Papers from the other regional consultations […]
Read moreRegistration is now open for the third UoE Open Knowledge Network event which will take place on Tuesday 4th July from 13.45 – 16.30 in Argyle House, University of Edinburgh. Please register via MyEd: http://edin.ac/2slQTjv In response to feedback from participants, this event will be focused on discussion and ideas. Participants will have an opportunity to suggest ideas and choose topics they’d like to explore. All topics related to open data, open access, open education, open research, open collections and archives, and open…
Read moreReading Time: 6 minutesTrigger warning: This post contains heartfelt love for publically funded libraries and evidence of the wonderful things in their collections (maps, lots of maps), available to use under open licenses because they belong to all of us. If this upsets you don’t read on. Also … Continue reading I was a Southside gal
Read moreReading Time: 4 minutesTrigger warning: This post contains heartfelt love for publically funded libraries and evidence of the wonderful things in their collections (maps, lots of maps), available to use under open licenses because they belong to all of us. If this upsets you don’t read on. Also … Continue reading I was a Southside gal
Read moreReading Time: 2 minutesAnswer (1): Barium (boom-boom!) Answer (2): Write their story on Wikipedia, especially if they were female.* One of the best bits of my job is working with Ewan McAndrew, our excellent Wikimedian in Residence. Our Ada Lovelace Day and Innovative Learning Week editathons back in … Continue reading What do you do with a dead chemist?
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