Tag: EDE

My first week as an Open Educational Resources Intern

Edinburgh old town landscape as seen from Princes Street Gardens.

Hello! I’m Charlotte, this year’s Open Educational Resources (OER) summer intern within the University’s Information Services Group. My first week of this internship has thus far been largely characterised by extensive reading – which, as a French and English Literature student, I assure you that I am quite accustomed to! In perusing both the OER service’s digital catalogue of published resources (on Open.Ed, TES Resources and Edinburgh Diamond, to name a few) and the vast array of online open access textbooks similarly published by other institutions, in such a brief span of time I feel I have already become thoroughly familiar with the department’s operations and its fundamental values, namely of providing widespread, barrier-free access to teaching and research materials of high quality.

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An OER Intern Going to OER24

A part of an inner courtyard surrounded by a red brick building

Last week, I had the privilege to attend the OER24 conference at Munster Technological University, Cork. As an undergrad student and someone wishing to become an academic someday, joining a conference was thrilling and somewhat terrifying at the same time. However, OER24 was friendly and participatory, exemplified by the finale of the day, the Gasta session with strictly 10-minute informal presentations, agitations, or raising questions, and I was grateful for its welcoming environment.

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