Way back at the beginning of July my lovely OER Service colleague Charlie and I had a 10X10 presentation accepted for the the Repository Fringe conference. We agreed that I would write the talk and Charlie would go along and present on the day. Alas disaster struck and poor Charlie came down with a nasty […]
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I was delighted to have the opportunity to visit NUI Galway last week for the annual CELT Symposium. It was the first time I’d been to Galway, but it reminded me a lot of a (much!) bigger version of my home town of Stornoway in the Western Isles so it felt a bit like home […]
Read moreTranscript and slides from my keynote at the CELT 2018 Design for Learning Symposium, NUI Galway. The Soul of Liberty: Openness, equality and co-creation from Lorna Campbell The theme of today’s conference is designing teaching and learning spaces to facilitate active learning, collaboration and student engagement however my experience lies not so much in physical […]
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I’m absolutely delighted to be invited to present one of the keynotes at this year’s CELT Symposium at NUI Galway. I’ve never been to this event before but I always follow it online as it often has excellent keynotes and a really lively social media presence. I’ve also never been to Galway before and to […]
Read moreTranscript and slides from my keynote at the FLOSS UK Spring Conference in Edinburgh. Exploring the Open Knowledge Landscape from Lorna Campbell I’m not a programmer. I’m not a developer. And I don’t contribute directly to the creation of free and open source software. I originally started out as an Archaeologist but I now work in the […]
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Hot on the heels of OER 18, I’m now preparing for a second keynote which I’ll be presenting at the FLOSSUK Spring Conference in Edinburgh this Friday. The title of the keynote is Exploring the Open Knowledge Landscape and here’s an overview. Through a culture of collaboration and sharing, Open Knowledge has the potential to […]
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I always struggle a bit when it comes to writing OER Conference reflections. I come back from the event buzzing with so many new ideas and connections and often with strong emotions too, and this year was no exception. So before I go any further I just want to say a huge thank you to […]
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This is my presentation for the amazing PressED Conference #PressEdConf18, run by the equally amazing Pat Lockley @pgogy, and Natalie Lafferty @nlafferty. My “talk” is about surviving precarious employment and using WordPress to build an independent academic identity and support formal CPD through CMALT. Hello, I’m Lorna & I work at the OER Service @OpenEdEdinburgh […]
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This week is Open Education Week and it’s normally one of the busiest weeks of the year for me with lots of events, webinars, blog posts and tweets lined up. This year however my calendar is empty and I’m watching fabulous open education events all over the world going by on my twitter feed without […]
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In case you missed it, this blog post outlining my OER18 keynote appeared on the conference website last week. Being invited to keynote is always a privilege, but I was particularly honoured to be asked to present at this year’s OER18 Conference in Bristol, not least because I’ll be following in the footsteps of the […]
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