University of Edinburgh teachers, learners and researchers have long been creating and sharing Open Educational Resources (OER) to the world, allowing high-quality teaching and learning resources to be reused and re-purposed to benefit all. What happens though when Gen AI is used to help […]
Read moreWe know that many students are involved in activities alongside their studies such as volunteering, part-time work, and getting involved in the University community. To help these activities to stand out from the crowd, our University has had an Award for “Digital Volunteering with Wikipedia” to sit beside other available Edinburgh Awards for the last […]
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Digital Skills Design and Training have published a new open education ebook on Edinburgh Diamond, the University Library’s publishing partner […]
Read more“I started my internship as an Assistant Wikimedian in Residence almost four months ago, and it has already been one of the most rewarding work experiences I have had.”
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As part of our Open Education Week activities, Charlie caught up with Leam Howe, about the SatSchool Earth Observation outreach programme. Leam is one of the University of Edinburgh PhD Researchers involved in running the SatSchool programme. SatSchool create educational resources and take them out to schools in order as part of education outreach on worldwide geography, ecosystems, climate and the impacts of human activity through satellite observation, and using materials created by current researchers.
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International Women’s Day falls on 8 March, and this year the theme is Rights. Justice. Action. Women’s rights mean nothing […]
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Continuing our research led focus for Open Education Week ’26, this collection highlights excellent research informed OERs for Further Education, Higher Education, and continuous professional development students and learners. Many of these open resources were created as part of the University’s free short online courses.
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Our first collection for Open Education Week 26 highlights excellent OERs for Primary and Secondary level learners created using research undertaken by University of Edinburgh staff and postgraduate student researchers. Many of these resources include information about the researchers involved in their co-creation to help engage young learners with the real world of research.
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Open Education Week is fast approaching! The international celebration of all things open is taking place on 2 – 6 […]
Read moreHappy Birthday Wikipedia! Read more about Wikipedia’s 25 year history, covering its early days with a ‘then and now'(and what lies ahead), at the link below: https://wikipedia25.org/en At 25 years old it may be the olddddd man of the old Internet but Wikipedia still remains the largest reference work on the Internet and is now a […]
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