SPARC Europe and we, as ENOEL open education advocates, seek to gain more insights into open education (OE) policy and practices within academic libraries of Higher Education, Teaching and Learning Centres and other academic support units in Europe via a new survey. Many of you contributed in previous years, and we would like to thank you again […]
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Read moreThe UK Government Copyright and Artificial Intelligence Consultation ended on Tuesday, 25th February 2025. The consultation was initiated due to …Continue reading →
Read more(This post previously appeared on the Open Scotland blog and on Open.Ed.) The 3rd UNESCO World OER Congress took place in Dubai last week. The previous two congresses, held in Paris in 2012, and Ljubljana in 2017, resulted in the Paris OER Declaration and the Ljubljana OER Action Plan, which was the forerunner of the 2019 UNESCO Recommendation on OER. The output of […]
Read moreThe 3rd UNESCO World OER Congress took place in Dubai last week. The previous two congresses, held in Paris in 2012, and Ljubljana in 2017, resulted in the Paris OER Declaration and the Ljubljana OER Action Plan, which was the forerunner of the 2019 UNESCO Recommendation on OER. The output of the 3rd OER Congress […]
Read moreThe University of Edinburgh is procuring and developing an online service to support short courses for non-matriculated learners. What is someone taking one of these courses entitled to? And what should they be called? Edinburgh is one of only a hand…
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This summary of the Open Scotland @10 plenary panel at OER23 by Lorna M. Campbell was originally published at OpenWorld blog. To mark 10 years of the Open Scotland initiative, Joe Wilson and I ran two events as part of the OER23 Conference at UHI in Inverness, which provided an opportunity for members of the education community to reflect […]
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Reflections on the Open Scotland workshop and plenary at OER23 by Joe Wilson, originally posted on Experimental blog. To mark 10 years of the Open Scotland initiative we held two events as part of the OER23 Conference to bring together members of the education community in Scotland and some of the international delegates to reflect on how the open […]
Read moreA speculative reflection following OER23 by Sheila MacNeill, originally posted at HOWSHEILASEESIT blog. I was lucky enough to be in Inverness last week for the #OER23 conference. The OER conferences do have quite unique atmosphere. They are relatively small, and there is always a really strong sense of community. This year was no different, in fact it […]
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To mark 10 years of the Open Scotland initiative, Joe Wilson and I ran two events as part of the OER23 Conference at UHI in Inverness, which provided an opportunity for members of the education community to reflect on how the open education landscape in Scotland has evolved over the last decade, and to discuss […]
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