Wikimedia in Education 2nd Edition
By Ewan McAndrew, Wikimedian in Residence, University of Edinburgh. To coincide with Wikipedia’s 24th Birthday, seven new case studies have […]
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Sustainable Schools – An IDL STEM design challenge
We’re delighted that our OER “Sustainable Schools – An IDL STEM design challenge” has been chosen this month to feature […]
Read moreDraft Dubai Declaration on OER
The 3rd UNESCO World OER Congress took place in Dubai last week. The previous two congresses, held in Paris in […]
Read moreOpen Education and AI: Proselytisers, prophets and poets.
I’ve been dipping my toes back into the debate about open education and AI over the last few weeks. I stepped back from this space earlier in the year both for personal reasons and because I was getting a bit dispirited by the signal to noise ratio. It’s still a very noisy space, more so […]
Read moreOpen Access Week 2024: Open Scholarship
Building on last year Open Access Week 2024‘s theme is again focusing on “Community over Commercialisation” and prioritising approaches to […]
Read moreWitch Lore and Scottish Castles September Editathon
Witch Lore and Scottish Castles: a Wikipedia Editathon On Friday 27th September we were joined by castle buffs and witchcraft enthusiasts to help us improve the representation of Scottish witchcraft and heritage on Wikipedia. Our Witch Lore and Scottish Castles editathon event saw people coming together in the Digital Scholarship Centre of the Main Library […]
Read moreCeltic Knot Wikipedia Language Conference – “Strength in Unity”
“We are not minority languages, we are minoritised. And we are the global majority” – Tura Arutura, Social Justice activist, creative artist and dancer. At the end of September, I had the great good fortune to be invited to the Celtic Knot conference in Waterford, Ireland hosted by Wikimedia Ireland and Wikimedia UK. This conference […]
Read moreISG Student Staff Member of the Year Award
Congratulations to Eden Swimer, winner of the Staff Student Member of the Year Award at the 2024 ISG Staff Recognition Awards. Eden was employed by the OER Service in 2023 to help organise and run our Digital Collection Day as part of the University of…
Read moreTheir Finest Hour shortlisted for ISG Recognition Awards
We’re delighted that Their Finest Hour has been shortlisted for two ISG Recognition Awards. The project team have been shortlisted for the ISG in the Community Award for outstanding contributions to ISG and commitment to the University’s values. In a…
Read moreALT-C 2024: Speculative Re-imaginings
The last ALT-C I attended was when it was hosted here in at The University of Edinburgh in the impressive […]
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