Online Focus Group Demonstration
This video is an example of a focus group being run online. It shows the facilitator’s notes before and after […]
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‘Who is /ourguy/?’: Tracing memes to study online subcultures
In this open seminar hosted by the University of Edinburgh’s CDCS Digital Social Science Cluster, Dr Sal Hagen of the […]
Read moreAccessibility in Canva
Created by the College of Art, History, and Social Science (CAHSS) Staff Experience team, this short 5 minute video provides […]
Read moreCopyright and your thesis
From this webinar, viewers will gain a clear understanding of the fundamental principles of copyright law and how it impacts […]
Read morePython and R Resources for Scottish Teachers
STEM resources for teachers in Scotland using GLOW. This project is part of the STEM grant from Education Scotland for […]
Read moreBirds of Midlothian: Open Textbook Interview
In our fifth and final Open Education Week 2024 open textbook interview, Charlie Farley talks to Mayu Ishimoto, an Architectural History and Heritage student who worked as an Open Content Curator intern with the OER Service over the summer of 2023. Mayu now works one day a week as an intern with the OER Service, and published the open textbook Birds of Midlothian as one of her summer projects.
Read moreIntroduction to Bioimage Analysis: Open Textbook Interview
In the fourth of our Open Education Week 2024 open textbook interviews, Charlie Farley talks to Dr Peter Bankhead, Reader in the Institute of Genetics and Cancer at The University of Edinburgh. Creator of digital imaging open-source software, QuPath, which has been downloaded close to half a million times, cited in about 3,000 academic articles, and is used all over the world, both in academia and industry. Dr Bankhead has published his open textbook Introduction to Bioimage Analysis using GitHub and Jupyter Books.
Read moreClimate Solutions: Mexico (Spanish)
Aunque el cambio climático afecta a todo el planeta, sus impactos varían significativamente de un país a otro. En este […]
Read moreClimate Solutions: Mexico (English)
We are in a climate emergency. The actions we all choose to take over the next decade will decide whether […]
Read moreFundamentals of Music Theory: Open E-Textbook Interview
In the third of our Open Education Week 2024 open textbook interviews, Charlie Farley talks to Dr Nikki Moran, Senior Lecturer in Music at the ECA. Niki is lead author and presenter of the University of Edinburgh’s Coursera MOOC (Massive Open Online Course), Fundamentals of Music Theory, engaging 300000 active learners and recruiting around 500 new students per week. Fundamentals of Music Theory was the first open e-textbook published on Edinburgh Diamond as part of a pilot project in collaboration with the OER Service.
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