A write up of the Open Educational Resources (OER) Breakout at our first OKN event in January. A quick round table of our breakout group revealed that there was a desire for clear guidance on sourcing and using images, a framework to make it easier/encourage people to use and publish OER, and a clear explanation of the differences between closed teaching environments and where these become open environments and Open courses. Most of the group were unaware of the Open.ed.ac.uk…
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This week I’m looking forward to presenting an invited talk on OER at the International Open Science Conference in Berlin. My talk, Crossing the Field Boundaries will explore the interface between open education, open data and open science. The talk will highlight the Open Knowledge Open Education Group‘s influential study of Open Data as OER by Javiera Atenas […]
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This Copyright and Licensing training course is well-suited to those who require a basic understanding of copyright law, licensing, and open educational resources.
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This Copyright and Licensing training course is well-suited to those who require a basic understanding of copyright law, licensing, and open educational resources.
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This Copyright and Licensing training course is well-suited to those who require a basic understanding of copyright law, licensing, and open educational resources.
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This Copyright and Licensing training course is well-suited to those who require a basic understanding of copyright law, licensing, and open educational resources.
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This workshop will introduce participants to the concepts ofOpen Educational Resources (OERs) and Open Educational Practice(OEP), and Open Pedagogy will be examined using exemplars from across the University.
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How is it March already?! I’ve been sorely neglecting this blog for the past few months, not because I’ve got nothing to say, quite the opposite, I’ve been so tied up with different projects I’ve barely had a chance to write a single blog post! A poor excuse I know, but anyway, here’s a very […]
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A guest post from Joe Wilson, reporting on the UNESCO European Regional Consultation on OER in Malta. It was a great privilege to be invited as one of 70 participants from 25 countries gathered in Malta to contribute to the UNESCO European Regional Consultation on Open Educational Resources in Malta. This to shape the inputs for the […]
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The first University of Edinburgh Open Knowledge Network event took place at the Informatics Forum on Tuesday 31st January. The aim of the event was to enable colleagues to share practice and to highlight some of the diverse range open knowledge activities going on around the University. Open Knowledge is about creating an inclusive, international community and sharing knowledge both within and outwith the bounds of the institution. A storify of tweets and pictures from the event is available here:…
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