Edinburgh’s OERs


Peter Higgs – Orkney 2017

Peter Higgs seated opposite Dennis Canavan

Video footage of Peter Higgs in conversation with Dennis Canavan at the Orkney International Science Festival 2017. Peter Higgs discusses […]

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23 Things for Digital Knowledge

23 Things for Digital Knowledge is an award winning, open, and self-paced course for digital and online skills.

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Introduction to the Brain

Black and white photo of a shelf with three plastic brains.

Workshop with activities about the structure and functions of the brain and what happens when it goes wrong. It also contains short biographies of the two co-authors and details of their academic involvement in psychology. Level 3 to National 5.

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Prejudice Reduction Strategies

A black woman, asian man, white redhead woman, black man, and asian woman sitting against a grey brick wall

Presentation with activities about contact theory, the bystander effect and cognitive dissonance. It also contains short biographies of the two co-authors and details of their academic involvement in psychology. National 5.

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Near Future Teaching – Videos

Brightly coloured blocks spelling out "Near Future Teaching"

A collection of videos featuring students and staff talking about what changes they predict, or would like to see, in […]

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Meteorological Visibility Observations: A User’s Guide

Woman standing on a stone at the top of Blackford Hill

Research method for a study into the change in visibility due to climate change. National 5 to Higher.

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Learn Averages with Pokemon Posters

A set of Pokemon icons on an orange bar graph from lowest to highest hit points.

Three posters describing different averages, using the example of Pokemon Hit Points. The posters cover mean, mode and median with graphs and information about the advantages and disadvantages of each method. Aimed at Level 2 to 3.

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Thinking Detectives Game: The Alps and Climate Change

Four aerial tramway cars going up the side of a slightly snow covered mountain.

A card game to develop HOTS (Higher Order Thinking Skills) using climate change in the alps. Learners discuss whether a fictional ski instructor should exchange his skis for bicycle wheels. Included in this guide is ‘Meet the Scientists’, revealing the real climate scientists. Aimed at Level 2 to 3.

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‘Attention and Advertising Tactics’ Psychology Resource

Presentation with activities about different forms of advertising technique including inattentional blindness, change blindness and pavlovian conditioning. It also contains short biographies of the two co-authors and details of their academic involvement in psychology. Aimed at National 4 to 5.

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