education – Open.Ed

Open for Good: Strategic support for OER at the University of Edinburgh (UKSG OER online seminar 2025)

29th May 2025 charliesfarley

Many thanks to Klara Finnimore and Vicky Drew from UKSG for inviting the University of Edinburgh’s OER Service to speak on our experiences of sustainable strategic support for OER at their UKSG OER Online Seminar 2025. Below are the slides and transcript of the presentation. Presentation created by Lorna M. Campbell and Stephanie Charlie Farley. … Continue reading Open for Good: Strategic support for OER at the University of Edinburgh (UKSG OER online seminar 2025)

People and trust first, technology second

12th March 2025 Anne-Marie Scott

After a productive early morning call with my excellent OSI colleagues and a satisfying burst of administrivia deck-clearing, I made a second cup of coffee and settled down to read this morning’s HESA blog post from Alex Usher. Today he was summarising his thoughts from … Continue reading People and trust first, technology second

Back to work for 2025

8th January 2025 Anne-Marie Scott

This week has been my substantial back-to-work for 2025 and I’m aware that I’ve not said much about what “work” is for me these days. For the last 16 months I’ve been sucessfully running my own consultancy company, mainly working with Canadian education institutions on … Continue reading Back to work for 2025

5 Things You Need to Know Before You Buy Edtech #OTESSA23

28th May 2023 Anne-Marie Scott

I did an invited talk yesterday for the kick off day of the OTESSA conference, part of the larger Canadian Congress conference. It was a lovely experience, not least because I was introduced by Connie Blomgren from AU, and Jon Dron was also in the … Continue reading 5 Things You Need to Know Before You Buy Edtech #OTESSA23

#OER23: Open Education and Open Source

3rd April 2023 Anne-Marie Scott

Although I’m barely back into the UK, I’ve decide that the resting and relaxing thing to do is to pack up again and head further northwards to the OER23 conference. For many of us this is the touchstone conference, offering not just an opportunity to … Continue reading #OER23: Open Education and Open Source

ChatGPT and Grimm Realism

25th January 2023 Anne-Marie Scott

So, after my last wee rant about AI, it continues. ChatGPT has eaten our collective minds. We continue to talk about the need to change assessment practices in response to AI , or enthuse about the ways in which it might help us with some … Continue reading ChatGPT and Grimm Realism

Some ill-formed thoughts about AI, robot colleagues, resistance, refusal.

6th January 2023 Anne-Marie Scott

Unless I toss all my devices in the bin and take up cat-sitting as a profession, I cannot avoid the internet stooshie about AI in education, in this case hand-wringing about ChatGPT and plagiarism. Can we seriously not think of more interesting conversations to have … Continue reading Some ill-formed thoughts about AI, robot colleagues, resistance, refusal.