Open Education Week 2023
Open Education Week (OE Week) is an annual celebration hosted by Open Education Global that provides an opportunity for actively […]
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Summer Internships – Come and work with us!
We have an exciting opportunity for two student interns to come and work with the OER Service for three months […]
Read moreColouring books hosted on Edinburgh Diamond service
Our colouring books ‘We have great stuff’ volumes one and two are now available on Edinburgh Diamond, the University of Edinburgh Library’s digital service for hosting Diamond open source books and journals.
Read moreENCORE+ Interview on OER and credentialing
Towards the end of last year OER Service manager Lorna M. Campbell was interviewed by Dai Griffiths of the European […]
Read moreOER Service 2022 Roundup
It’s been another busy year for the OER Service! As well as celebrating over 5 years of institutional support for […]
Read moreOpen Media Bank: Legacy MOOC Project
The Instructional Design Team have just completed a project with the OER (Open Educational Resources) Service which, as all good projects do, started with a mysterious old dusty spreadsheet. It was a record of legacy MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses)…
Read moreOpen Research Support at Russell Group Universities
As part of my work as Research Data Steward, I was asked by our Open Research Co-ordinator to investigate the …Continue reading →
Read moreOpen to the World: Celebrating 20 years of Creative Commons licences
Creative Commons, the international organisation dedicated to sharing knowledge and creativity, celebrates 20 years of Creative Commons licences. The organisation […]
Read moreLearning Technology Community: OER Service Takeover
Next Monday 31 October the OER Service is looking forward to taking over the University of Edinburgh’s Learning Technology Community […]
Read moreOfS review of Blended Learning
In March 2002 the Office for Students announced their plan to review blended learning provision in English universities. I was delighted to be invited to be part of the expert panel doing the review. The OfS currently hold no sway in Scotland, but they shape the ways in which some of the universities in England …
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