Stats for Medics
Dr Margaret MacDougall, Medical Statistician and Researcher in Education at the University of Edinburgh, created StatsforMedics as a resource for […]
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End of an Internship
Somehow, 11 weeks have passed and I have found myself at the end of my internship with Information Services. While most of the other Argyle House interns are spending another week here, I am leaving early to escape fringe madness and top up on vitamin D in Barcelona.
Read moreSummer Open Content Curation
The movement by the University of Edinburgh to encourage the creation of OERs and the continuing opening up of resources therefore not only aligns with its mission statement, but with my own views on education. It is exciting to see the expanding opportunities to offer and promote new resources, and, while most of my initial focus has been on the GeoSciences’ programme, there are some interesting potential projects which would open up different types of content in alternate subject areas.
Read moreHelen Langdon’s ‘Caravaggio’
This course concentrates on one of the most common forms of art history writing – a biographical monograph about a […]
Read moreEric Lucey Film Collection
The Eric Lucey film collection in The University of Edinburgh Archives Collection have been digitised and made openly available and […]
Read moreInternational Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, Intersexism and Transphobia
Today is International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, Intersexism and Transphobia. Raising awareness, knowledge, and compassion, are some of the best ways to combat prejudice and we’re glad to have some excellent open educational resources created right here by students at The University of Edinburgh which aim to to just this.
Read moreMay OER of the Month – Digital Futures
This OER of the month is actually a whole smorgasbord of OER with a wealth of content coming out of the Digital Futures for Learning course, led by Dr Jen Ross and Professor Sian Bayne, and part of the MSc in Digital Education at the University of Edinburgh.
Read moreApril OER of the Month – 3D Skeletons & Skulls
Our April OER of the month is the set of 3D CT scans of a variety of wild and domestic animal skeletons and skulls.
The scans were made by Dr. Tobias Schwarz, as part of his research at the Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, and have been formatted and uploaded to the Open.Ed Sketchfab account by Brian Mather, Senior E-Learning Developer at The Dick Vet.
Read moreContested futures for lighting in urban spaces
Created by Mary-Anne Kryiakou as part of the Digital Futures course for the MSc in Digital Education, this resource is a […]
Read moreEmbracing the challenges of personalisation in HE
Created by D. Lozza as part of the Digital Futures course for the MSc in Digital Education, this resource is an […]
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