Intern Reflection: ‘Words, words, words.’ (Hamlet 2.2.210)
Towards the end of my summer internship I’ve been working with a lot of words. Whether it be process documents, […]
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Creating OERs & Canva Gen AI Features
The OER Service has received a few enquiries specifically regarding using the Canva graphic design platform’s new Generative AI features, […]
Read morePreserving Scottish Heritage: The Accused Witches of Scotland
This post was written by LLB student Dervla Craig on her first month as Information and Data Literacy intern this Summer. My name is Dervla and I am going into my second year of the Graduate LLB at the University of Edinburgh. This summer I am doing a 12-week internship with the University’s Information Services […]
Read moreIntern Reflection: Getting Started!
Hello! I’m Sanika, and it’s been three weeks since I’ve started on as the Open Textbook Creation Intern at the Information Services Group at the University, working with the Digital Skills, Design and Training section.
In these three weeks, I’ve edited educational resources for primary and secondary school students, formatted a digital handbook, and learnt what all those tiny symbols at the bottom of the page mean about copyright. I’ve been eager to implement the things I know from my previous experiences, and even more excited to discover how much I didn’t know about academic publishing and graphic design.
Read moreOpen for Good: Strategic support for OER at the University of Edinburgh (UKSG OER online seminar 2025)
Many thanks to Klara Finnimore and Vicky Drew from UKSG for inviting the University of Edinburgh’s OER Service to speak on our experiences of sustainable strategic support for OER at their UKSG OER Online Seminar 2025. Below are the slides and transcript of the presentation.
Read moreCreating Edinburgh – Student created interdisciplinary OERs ’24/25
As the ’24/25 academic year comes to a close we review the excellent range of OER created by students across the University. We have four new fabulous resources to share created by undergraduate students as part of the Edinburgh Futures Institute course Creating Edinburgh: The Interdisciplinary City.
Read moreOE 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 […]
Read moreCopyright 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 […]
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