Open for Good – New brochures from the OER and Online Course Production Services
We’re delighted to announce the publication of two new brochures from the OER Service and the Online Course Production Service, […]
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Fundamentals of Music Theory: Co-creating sustainable open textbooks for music education
University of Edinburgh Learning and Teaching Conference 2022 presentation by Lorna M. Campbell, Ifeanyichukwu Ezinmadu, Ana Reina Garcia, Nikki Moran and Rebecca Wojturska. Fundamentals of Music Theory: Co-creating sustainable open textbooks for music…
Read moreWeeks 1 and 2 – Something Wiki’d this Way Comes
Hi, my name is Maggie and I’ve just completed my third year of a Computer Science degree at the University of Edinburgh. This summer I’ve been lucky enough to be appointed the new Scottish Witchcraft Data Visualisation Intern here at the University of Edinburgh’s Information Services Group. Welcome to my first blog post ???? Through […]
Read moreOER22 In Person & Online
Last week I was at the OER22 Conference, and I was actually at the conference because for the first time in two years the OER Conference was in person and online. OER22 was a hybrid conference in every sense of the word; the first day took place in London, the second day featured recorded online […]
Read moreWikipedia, Student Activism and the Ivory Tower
This was a talk presented at the LILAC 2022 Information Literacy Conference held at Manchester Metropolitan University on 11-13 April 2022. The slides will be uploaded shortly. 0) Intro slide: Video of Manchester Metropolitan University’s Wikipedia page being edited. Anyone can click “Edit” on any page on Wikipedia to improve its open-licensed information with verifiable […]
Read moreOpen Education and OER in the Curriculum
Principles of Open Education and OER This blog post was originally posted on the Curriculum Transformation Hub. The principles of […]
Read moreDown the rabbit hole with Wikipedia – LILAC 2022
I asked LILAC Information Literacy Conference 2022 delegates what their favourite Wikipedia pages were and here’s what they answered: Boris Johnson (It’s not flattering) The Dyatlov Pass incident Dolly Parton Cellar door High five Mary Shelley Loch_Ness_Monster The Sopranos List of Manufacturing processes Disambiguation (disambiguation) List of The Simpsons guest stars Defenestrations of Prague Marxist […]
Read moreOpen eTextbooks for Access to Music Education Project Final Report
This is the final report of the Open eTextbooks for Access to Music Education Project. Introduction Open eTextbooks for Access to Music Education was a Student Experience Grant funded research and development project that ran from February to July 2021. The project was managed by the OER Service based in Learning, Teaching and Web Services, […]
Read moreNew Stroke Module ‘Hyperacute Stroke Decision Making for Clinicians’
In partnership with Chest Heart & Stroke Scotland (CHSS) the University of Edinburgh is pleased to announce that a new open-access STARs e-learning module is launching to coincide with this year’s UK Stroke Forum virtual conference 30th November to…
Read moreA Culture of Sharing: Strategic Support for OER at the University of Edinburgh
Many thanks to P-8 Digital Skills Project “Strengthening Digital Skills in Teaching”, ETH Zürich and ZHAW for inviting me to speak at their OER Conference 21. Slides and transcript of my talk, which highlights the work of Wikimedian in Residence, Ewan McAndrew, GeoScience Outreach students and Open Content Curation Interns, are available here. Before we […]
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