2020 – The year that open came into its own
2020 marks 5 years of the OER Service at the University of Edinburgh. The service was launched in 2015 in […]
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MOOCs: alive and kicking it
Three University of Edinburgh MOOC courses were launched in the first half of 2020 (Data Ethics, AI and Responsible Innovation; COVID-19 Critical Care: Understanding and Application; Making Blended Education Work), two are in their final stages of development (Christian-Muslim Relations: History, Scripture, Theology, Politics; Chronic Respiratory Diseases in Primary Care Settings) and will launch in early 2021. …
Read moreIntroducing the IDL Network
A guest blog post by the IDL Network. This month saw the launch of the IDL Network, an interdisciplinary learning […]
Read moreOpen Education Policies: Guidelines for Co-Creation
Today saw the publication of an important and very timely resource for open educators and policy makers: Open Education Policies: Guidelines for Co-Creation by Javiera Atenas, Leo Havemann, Jan Neumann and Cristina Stefanelli. The aim of the guidelines is to: “support institutions and governments in the development of open education policies promoting the adoption of […]
Read morePrinting in a pandemic: the makers response to COVID
This paper, published in the Journal of European Association for Health Information and Libraries, by Mike Boyd, manager of the […]
Read moreThoughts on engaging with OERs: Rainbows all round
A guest blog post by Danielle Marlow, Education Development Coordinator, Edinburgh CRF Education Programme. Follow the Edinburgh CRF Education Programme […]
Read moreOpen Policy for Learning and Teaching
Earlier in September, my colleague Neil McCormick, Education Technology Policy Officer at LTW, and I took part in Jane Secker […]
Read moreColours and Wellbeing – Initial Thoughts on the Next Volume of We Have Great Stuff Colour Books
Reading Time: 3 minutes First, I sincerely hope you are well and somehow coping in these uncertain times. Second, a very warm welcome to the start of what will hopefully become the We Have Great Stuff – Volume 3 colour book. Wherever you are thank you for tuning in here and taking the time to acquaint yourself with this […]
Read moreFor the Common Good – Responding to the global pandemic with OER
This is a, belated, transcript of the talk I gave at the ALT Summer Summit 2020. Slides from this presentation are available here: For the Common Good – Responding to the global pandemic with OER. At the height of the global COVID-19 pandemic, UNESCO estimated that 1.57 billion learners in 191 countries worldwide had had […]
Read moreScotland Loves Monuments 2020
Get involved in Wiki Loves Monuments! Wiki Loves Monuments is an international photo competition which takes part throughout the month of September every year, and is supported by the nonprofit Wikimedia Foundation. You can see historic locations near you that are missing an image using our handy interactive map (red pins are locations without an …
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