This week I spoke at a Wikimedia Edu conference. I spoke about the value of wikimedians in residence (WiR) for higher education (HE). Some people have told me they can’t afford to host a wikimedian. I would argue you can’t afford not to. There are 3 main reasons why you can’t afford not to. They …
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The Festival of Creative Learning includes a variety of events being run by staff and students across the University. The festival runs from 20-24 February and we are running, and collaborating, on a variety of events – do come along and join us! You can view the full calendar of events on the Festival of Creative Learning …
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In addition to a keynote and lightning talks, the recent UoE Open Knowledge Network event hosted a series of parallel discussion sessions focused on open educational resources, the interface between unrestricted and open data and incentivising the sharing of research data. This latter session, led by Pauline Ward of the Data Library, identified a number of key points to address and potential actions to take forward. Key Points Greater sharing of research data can happen through: Financial incentives. Culture shift to…
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The first University of Edinburgh Open Knowledge Network event took place at the Informatics Forum on Tuesday 31st January. The aim of the event was to enable colleagues to share practice and to highlight some of the diverse range open knowledge activities going on around the University. Open Knowledge is about creating an inclusive, international community and sharing knowledge both within and outwith the bounds of the institution. A storify of tweets and pictures from the event is available here:…
Read moreDate: 31 January 2017, 09.30- 15.00 Venue: Informatics Forum Hashtag: #UoEOKN The first UoE Open Knowledge Network event will feature an opening talk by Gill Hamilton Digital Access Manager, National Library of Scotland, followed by a series of lightning talks highlighting open knowledge activities and initiatives around the university, followed by break out sessions to discuss relevant issues and future activities. Agenda 09.15 – 09.30 Coffee 09.30 – 09.45 Introduction – Ewan Klein and Lorna M. Campbell 09.45 –…
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If you feel the urge, as Donald Trump sometimes does, to grab some pussy, this 3D model of the skull of a Scottish Wildcat (Felis Silvestris) made by Dr. Tobias Schwarz, of the Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies has been shared as OER on Sketchfab where it can be viewed, grabbed, re-used and re-shared. It’s a …
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Welcome to the University of Edinburgh Open Knowledge Network! UoE OKN is an informal network to draw together the University’s strategic policies and activities in the area of Open Data, Open Access, Open Education, Open Research, Open Collections and Archives. Over the course of the next six months the Network will run a series of free event and activities to support cross-fertilisation of ideas and promote the institution’s open knowledge activities. The Open Knowledge Network is run by Lorna Campbell,…
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In February I’ll be speaking at this event: The Wikimedia UK Education Summit, in partnership with Middlesex University, aims to bring together educators and Wikimedians to share ideas and best practice in using the Wikimedia projects to support learners of all ages. Our keynote speakers, Melissa Highton (that’s me!) and Stefan Lutschinger (Associate Lecturer in …
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In ‘A Christmas Sermon’, a short public domain text available on Wikisource, Robert Louis Stevenson meditates on the holiday season, […]
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Celebrating Christmas 1904, this illustration from the Roslin Glass Slides collection shows an American cowboy riding a bucking bronco with […]
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