EdinburghOKN – Open.Ed

Event 3 – Themes and Recommendations

21st August 2017 EdinburghOKN

The third Open Knowledge Network event in early July 2017, focused on discussing topics put forward by participants and exploring ways forward for the Network. The following topics were discussed – open data sets, data literacy, building a network of open practitioners. Open Data Sets This discussion focused on raising the profile of open data, identifying university data sets that could potentially be opened, encouraging data owners to share their data, collecting usecases around how open data sets might be used in order…

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Event 3: Discussions and Next Steps

14th June 2017 EdinburghOKN

Registration is now open for the third UoE Open Knowledge Network event which will take place on Tuesday 4th July from 13.45 – 16.30 in Argyle House, University of Edinburgh. Please register via MyEd: http://edin.ac/2slQTjv In response to feedback from participants, this event will be focused on discussion and ideas. Participants will have an opportunity to suggest ideas and choose topics they’d like to explore. All topics related to open data, open access, open education, open research, open collections and archives, and open…

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Event 2 – Presentations

3rd May 2017 EdinburghOKN

On Friday 28th April 35 colleagues from across the University came together for the second UoE Open Knowledge Network meet up. The event featured a morning of speakers followed by workshops in the afternoon. Guillaume Evrard has created a Storify of tweets from the event here University of Edinburgh Open Knowledge Network PhD Thesis Digitisation Project by Gavin Willshaw, University Library & Collections PhD Thesis Digitisation Project from Lorna Campbell Wikipedia in the Classroom – World Christianity by Alex Chow, School…

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Event 2 – Programme

25th April 2017 EdinburghOKN

The event will take place in room 6 & 7, Floor E, Argyle House. 09.30 – 10.00 Coffee and networking 10.00 – 10.05 Welcome – Ewan Klein & Lorna M. Campbell Presentations 10.05 – 10.20 Gavin Wilshaw – Thesis digitisation project 10.20 – 10.35 Alex Chow – World Christianity & Wikipedia 10.35 – 10.50 Jeremy Knox – Algorithms and MOOCs 10.50 – 11.05 Jo Spiller – MOOC production 11.05 – 11.15 Lorna M. Campbell – International Open Science Conference report…

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Event 2 – Registration and draft agenda

10th April 2017 EdinburghOKN

Registration is now open for the second UoE Open Knowledge Network event which will take place on Friday 28th April in Argyle House, University of Edinburgh. The event will feature a morning of talks and discussions with colleagues across the institution followed by hands on workshops and demonstrations in the afternoon. Programme 09.30 – 10.00 Coffee and networking 10.00 – 12.30 Presentations and discussions 12.30 – 13.30 Lunch 13.30 – 14.45 DataShare Workshop 15.00 – 16.30 Histropedia and Wiki Data workshop…

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Event 2 – Save the Date!

31st March 2017 EdinburghOKN

The second UoE Open Knowledge Network event will take place on Friday 28th April in Argyle House. The event will feature lightning talks and discussions in the morning and workshops and demos in the afternoon. Further information and registration details will be available shortly. Watch this space!

Open Educational Resources (OER) Breakout at OKN

23rd March 2017 EdinburghOKN

A write up of the Open Educational Resources (OER) Breakout at our first OKN event in January. A quick round table of our breakout group revealed that there was a desire for clear guidance on sourcing and using images, a framework to make it easier/encourage people to use and publish OER, and a clear explanation of the differences between closed teaching environments and where these become open environments and Open courses. Most of the group were unaware of the Open.ed.ac.uk…

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Incentivising Open Research

6th February 2017 EdinburghOKN

In addition to a keynote and lightning talks, the recent UoE Open Knowledge Network event hosted a series of parallel discussion sessions focused on open educational resources, the interface between unrestricted and open data and incentivising the sharing of research data. This latter session, led by Pauline Ward of the Data Library, identified a number of key points to address and potential actions to take forward. Key Points Greater sharing of research data can happen through: Financial incentives. Culture shift to…

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Sharing Practice – Free For All

6th February 2017 EdinburghOKN

The first University of Edinburgh Open Knowledge Network event took place at the Informatics Forum on Tuesday 31st January. The aim of the event was to enable colleagues to share practice and to highlight some of the diverse range open knowledge activities going on around the University. Open Knowledge is about creating an inclusive, international community and sharing knowledge both within and outwith the bounds of the institution. A storify of tweets and pictures from the event is available here:…

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Event 1 – Sharing Practice

30th January 2017 EdinburghOKN

Date: 31 January 2017, 09.30- 15.00 Venue: Informatics Forum Hashtag: #UoEOKN The first UoE Open Knowledge Network event will feature an opening talk by Gill Hamilton Digital Access Manager, National Library of Scotland, followed by a series of lightning talks highlighting open knowledge activities and initiatives around the university, followed by break out sessions to discuss relevant issues and future activities. Agenda 09.15 – 09.30 Coffee 09.30 – 09.45 Introduction – Ewan Klein and Lorna M. Campbell 09.45 –…

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