charliesfarley – Open.Ed

ESLTIS19 – My 2nd Keynote: Make and Release – Opening up through play

15th August 2019 charliesfarley

I was honored to be asked to provide a keynote presentation on the second day of this year’s Enhancing Student Learning Through Innovative Scholarship Conference (ESLTIS) conference. Again, the talk wasn’t recorded and slides really only provide a hint towards content, so here’s a blog post covering the key content of my keynote. —— I … Continue reading ESLTIS19 – My 2nd Keynote: Make and Release – Opening up through play

Inclusive Playful Engagement Strategy development – Workshop at Playful Learning Conference 2019

5th August 2019 charliesfarley

I’ve been so lucky to attend the Playful Learning conference for four years now. It is absolutely one of the highlights of the academic year for me and I was incredibly chuffed to present there again this year. I’ve been doing a lot of research and work in playful engagement around strategy and workplace engagement … Continue reading Inclusive Playful Engagement Strategy development – Workshop at Playful Learning Conference 2019

ICEPOPS 2019 – Highlights

1st August 2019 charliesfarley

It’s been a month of fantastic conferences and the gathering of excellent ideas and practices so I’m going to do my best to make note of some of the highlights from each. There was a lot to take in at ICEPOPS 2019, from music copyright, to literacy mod…

ICEPOPS 2019 – My first Keynote

31st July 2019 charliesfarley

I attended the first ICEPOPS conference in 2018 and was a huge fan, so when they got in touch to say that they wanted to hold the 2nd ever ICEPOPS conference in Edinburgh for 2019, AND that they’d like me to give a keynote presentation. Gosh. I was ove…

Open Educational Resources and Copyright

18th October 2018 charliesfarley

[This blog post is part of a series written for the Edinburgh Teaching Award (EdTA) to achieve accreditation as a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. ] I’ve been working in Higher Education for six years now. Originally starting at The University of St Andrews as a Library Assistant an interest in copyright and … Continue reading Open Educational Resources and Copyright

Accessibility, Lecture Recording, and media use

18th October 2018 charliesfarley

[This blog post is part of a series written for the Edinburgh Teaching Award (EdTA) to achieve accreditation as a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. ] In 2017/18 the Information Services Group (ISG) rolled out a new lecture recording system across The University of Edinburgh. Due to rising concerns from staff around use … Continue reading Accessibility, Lecture Recording, and media use

OER licensing before you publish

30th October 2017 charliesfarley

How one academic tackled image use and copyright in her academic publication.

OER17 – Board Game Jam: playful engagement and using OER to create OER

19th April 2017 charliesfarley

Having run many Board Game Jams over the past year, it was great to be able to bring the 1hr version to the OER17 conference in London. Appropriately for the conference theme, The Politics of Open, each of the games created in this session had a politi…