OER Service Digital Skills Events

The OER Service runs a wide range of workshops and events as part of the University's Digital Skills programme. Our up and coming events are listed below, and you can find a full list of workshops we offer here:  OER Service Digital Skills. If you would like us to come to your school or college to run a session tailored to your requirements, please contact us at open.ed@ed.ac.uk.

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  • Wikipedia Women in Red – a monthly workshop to add more biographies of women to Wikipedia

    Room 1.08, Main Library, George Square (Central Area) Edinburgh, Midlothian, United Kingdom

    The University's Information Services team run monthly Wikipedia edit-a-thon focusing on improving the quality of articles about notable women. But these are social and supportive workshops where you can meet like-minded colleagues and edit on any subject.

  • Gif It Up – Advance your Gif making skills

    Argyle House (Room EW.13) Argyle House, 3 Lady Lawson St, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

    Build on your Gif making skills and flex your creativity by making clever and graphically fun gifs from openly licensed [...]

  • Academic Blogging: Blogging to build your professional profile

    Argyle House (Room EW.13) Argyle House, 3 Lady Lawson St, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

    This workshop will introduce you to the new Academic Blogging Service and provide an overview of the benefits of professional blogging, writing for blogs, understanding privacy, copyright and open licensing, and how to amplify your blog with social media.

  • Copyright & Licensing training

    24 Buccleuch Place (Room 1.08) , United Kingdom

    This training course is well-suited to those who require a basic understanding of copyright law, licensing and HE applications, and open educational resources. For those who already have some knowledge of copyright law and licensing, this course can serve as a refresher. Opportunities for questions and discussions will be ample.

  • Wikipedia Women in Red – a monthly workshop to add more biographies of women to Wikipedia

    Room 1.08, Main Library, George Square (Central Area) Edinburgh, Midlothian, United Kingdom

    The University's Information Services team run monthly Wikipedia edit-a-thon focusing on improving the quality of articles about notable women. But these are social and supportive workshops where you can meet like-minded colleagues and edit on any subject.

  • Copyright & Licensing Training

    Argyle House (Room EW.07) Central Area, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

    The practical applications in Higher Education of the most recent social or technical development (MOOCs, social media, digitisation and online [...]

  • Academic Blogging: Blogging to build your professional profile

    Argyle House (Room EW.09) 3 Lady Lawson St, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

    This workshop will introduce you to the new Academic Blogging Service and provide an overview of the benefits of professional blogging, writing for blogs, understanding privacy, copyright and open licensing, and how to amplify your blog with social media.