Open 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 →
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OfS 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 …
Read more“An epoch in history” – Charles Lyell in Nova Scotia 1842
We are delighted to welcome Tim Fedak – a Curator and Palaeontologist based at Nova Scotia Museum – to our …Continue reading →
Read moreAda Lovelace Day 2022
As every year, I gathered colleagues, friends and students to celebrate Ada Lovelace Day again. There was story on the BBC that this year might be the end for ALD, but I am not convinced. There is still much work to be done. “According to data published by STEM Women – a company which organises networking …
Read moreALTC 2022 – Reconnecting
Earlier this month the annual ALT Conference returned as an in-person event for the first time since the pandemic. Around 400 participants joined the hybrid conference at the University of Manchester, for both an in-person and online programme. For many delegates it was their first in-person conference since the Before Times and I think it’s […]
Read moredigital leadership in education: a feminist perspective
I am delighted that a chapter I wrote, based on my research has now been published in the Handbook of Digital Higher Education
Chapter 28: The importance of diversity and digital leadership in education: a feminist perspective from higher education ht…
Edinburgh Open Research Conference Proceedings
One of the ambitions for the EOR conference held in March, 2022, when we first started planning it was to …Continue reading →
Read moreFundamentals of Music Theory: Co-creating sustainable open textbooks for music education
University of Edinburgh Learning and Teaching Conference 2022 presentation by Lorna M. Campbell, Ifeanyichukwu Ezinmadu, Ana Reina Garcia, Nikki Moran and Rebecca Wojturska. Fundamentals of Music Theory: Co-creating sustainable open textbooks for music…
Read moreOER22 In Person & Online
Last week I was at the OER22 Conference, and I was actually at the conference because for the first time in two years the OER Conference was in person and online. OER22 was a hybrid conference in every sense of the word; the first day took place in London, the second day featured recorded online […]
Read moreWikipedia, Student Activism and the Ivory Tower
This was a talk presented at the LILAC 2022 Information Literacy Conference held at Manchester Metropolitan University on 11-13 April 2022. The slides will be uploaded shortly. 0) Intro slide: Video of Manchester Metropolitan University’s Wikipedia page being edited. Anyone can click “Edit” on any page on Wikipedia to improve its open-licensed information with verifiable […]
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