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Getting started with Wikipedia – Editing using the new Visual Editor interface
Editing Wikipedia has never been easier using the new Visual Editor interfa...
March 13 @ 10:30 am - 12:30 pmWill it Bite Me? Media, Licensing, and online teaching environments
This one hour information session aims to provide teaching staff with the i...
March 13 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pmCopyright & Licensing training
This training course is well-suited to those who require a basic understand...
March 21 @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Blog Posts
International Women’s Day 2019 February 21, 2019 4:10 pm
We are taking the opportunity of International Women’s Day to rename our Boardroom in Argyle House after Brenda Moon, the first woman to head up a research university library when she was Librarian here at the University of Edinburgh in the 1980s and 90s. Brenda played a major role in bringing the University into the …
witchfinder February 20, 2019 6:21 pm
Advice from HR was not to call this job ‘Witchfinder General’. So we didn’t. But we wanted to. University of Edinburgh has a database of Scottish Witches. It has been published as open data and we are looking for a Data and Visualisation Intern to work with our Wikimedian in Residence to help us develop …
Open.Ed and the Festival of Creative Learning February 13, 2019 11:12 am
We're huge fans of the Festival of Creative Learning as you can see by the number of events we're running again this year. Have a look and sign yourself up to come along and have some fun!
Dr Margaret MacDougall from @EdinUniMedicine has created StatsforMedics as a resource for undergraduate medical students who are considering use of statistics for short-term research projects. https://t.co/RS8XJlNEPR
#OER #ukoer #Statistics #MedSchool #StatisticalMethods https://t.co/fup5qxwn5c
We're huge fans of the Festival of Creative Learning as you can see by the number of events we're running again this year. Have a look and sign yourself up to come along and have some fun! #FCL19 #DigitalSkills #OER
https://t.co/YofgSKQto3 https://t.co/asKh4p8Yja
Work with us this summer! Improve your digital skills & contribute educational resources to the global commons. Internships are open to undergraduate @EdinburghUni students. https://t.co/dZiZ0rQ2zY #EmployEdOnCampus #ExperienceWorks (gif by @tweelearning) https://t.co/gqNAJJak2O
