OE Week 2025: Wikimedia in the curriculum
As part of our Open Education Week celebrations this year, we’re highlighting the publication of the 2nd Edition of the […]
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Copyright and Cartoon Mice – Gen AI Images and the Public Domain
With many image and media applications now integrating AI tools, it’s easier than ever to generate all kinds of eye-catching […]
Read moreCostumes and Romance?
I always enjoy a good dig around our digitised collections for different celebrations and days as there’s always something new […]
Read moreWikipedia at 24: Wikipedia and Artificial Intelligence
Wikipedia at 24 “With more than 250 million views each day, Wikipedia is an invaluable educational resource”.[1] In light of Wikipedia turning 24 years this week (January 15th), and the Wikimedia residency at the University of Edinburgh turning 9 years old this week too, this post is to examine where we are with Wikipedia today in light […]
Read moreWikimedia 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 […]
Read moreSustainable 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 […]
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