My first week as an Open Educational Resources Intern
Hello! I’m Charlotte, this year’s Open Educational Resources (OER) summer intern within the University’s Information Services Group. My first week […]
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Open for Good: Strategic support for OER at the University of Edinburgh (UKSG OER online seminar 2025)
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)
Read morePeople and trust first, technology second
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
Read moreBack to work for 2025
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
Read more5 Things You Need to Know Before You Buy Edtech #OTESSA23
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
Read more#OER23: Open Education and Open Source
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
Read moreChatGPT and Grimm Realism
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
Read moreSome ill-formed thoughts about AI, robot colleagues, resistance, refusal.
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.
Read moreDigital Divides: Bias and EDI in tech
After attending Vicki and Lilinaz’s workshop on Equality and Diversity Inclusion (EDI) and then Vicki and Amy’s focus group, it […]
Read moreCollaborating and Developing the SatSchool OERs
This blog post is a bit different, as it is co-written by both myself (Molly) and Alyssa. We both worked […]
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