Tower Block UK Archive uploaded to Edinburgh DataShare
By Stefano Bordoni, Research Data Support Assistant. The Research Data Support team in Library and University Collections has just completed […]
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digital badgers
As previously teased, I am a delighted to say we are launching a 3-year pilot of BadgEd, a new Open Digital Badge service, so that students and staff can earn their stripes and show off their achievements in black and white! It’s taken me a while to get this in place. I am indebted to …
Read moreOpen Scotland @10 Plenary Panel synthesis & outputs
This summary of the Open Scotland @10 plenary panel at OER23 by Lorna M. Campbell was originally published at OpenWorld blog. To mark 10 years of the Open Scotland initiative, Joe Wilson and I ran two events as part of the OER23 Conference at UHI in Inverness, which provided an opportunity for members of the education community to reflect […]
Read moreSocial Responsibility and Sustainability Changemaker Award
The Online Course Production Service, with support from the OER Service, has received a Social Responsibility and Sustainability Changemaker Award […]
Read moreOER23 Conference: Imagining hopeful futures
I’m a bit late with this OER23 reflection, it’s taken me a couple of weeks to catch up with myself and to let some of the ideas generated by the conference percolate. It was fabulous to see the OER Conference returning to Scotland for the fist time since we hosted it at the University of […]
Read more“Digital Volunteering with Wikipedia” – the Edinburgh Award
We 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 a new Award for “Digital Volunteering with Wikipedia” to sit beside other available Edinburgh Awards– the Edinburgh Award […]
Read moreRecovering Histories – Improving Equality and Diversity Online
Three students co-authored an application to take part in a Student Experience Grant project over a 14-week time period, learning how to edit Wikipedia and how to fill in diversity gaps on the website: Eleanor– PhD Student researching LGBTQ+ History. Sian – PhD student researching Black History. Kirsty – Undergraduate student researching Gender History. Each […]
Read more100 MOOCs more
University of Edinburgh has been publishing MOOCs as open educational resources for 10 years. Huge thanks go to all the academic teams who choose this route to share the knowledge they have created with learners all over the world.
Read moreOER23 Conference: Advancing open education practices
This year the OER Conference will be returning to Scotland for the first time since it was hosted by the […]
Read moreOpen for Good: 10 years of open course development at the University of Edinburgh
As part of Open Education Week, the global celebration of open education worldwide, EDE hosted a public webinar Open for Good: 10 years of open course development at the University of Edinburgh, which shares the story of how the we developed an open co…
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