Last week I was invited to speak at the International Open Science Conference in Berlin which this year had a special focus on OER. My talk featured a case study of the University of Edinburgh’s Geosicence Outreach and Engagement Course so I’d like to thank Colin Graham and all those involved in the course for allowing […]
Read moreIt’s that time of year again. OER17 conference will see a gathering of the OER clans in the UK once more. Together we will map the political landscape for OER. I will be arguing that it is OER which will save the HE institutions from Brexit, Trump and possibly Indyref2. Brexit, praxis and OER redux …
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This post is a slightly facetious response to Maha Bali’s post Fixing the shirt but spoiling the trousers #OER17 Open Call for Your Stories! and Sheila MacNeil’s Not so much the a case of the wrong trousers, more like a wardrobe malfunction my story for #oer17 Maha cited the rather fabulous Egyptian expression: “when you tried to fix […]
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A write up of the Open Educational Resources (OER) Breakout at our first OKN event in January. A quick round table of our breakout group revealed that there was a desire for clear guidance on sourcing and using images, a framework to make it easier/encourage people to use and publish OER, and a clear explanation of the differences between closed teaching environments and where these become open environments and Open courses. Most of the group were unaware of the Open.ed.ac.uk…
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This week I’m looking forward to presenting an invited talk on OER at the International Open Science Conference in Berlin. My talk, Crossing the Field Boundaries will explore the interface between open education, open data and open science. The talk will highlight the Open Knowledge Open Education Group‘s influential study of Open Data as OER by Javiera Atenas […]
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This Copyright and Licensing training course is well-suited to those who require a basic understanding of copyright law, licensing, and open educational resources.
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This Copyright and Licensing training course is well-suited to those who require a basic understanding of copyright law, licensing, and open educational resources.
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This Copyright and Licensing training course is well-suited to those who require a basic understanding of copyright law, licensing, and open educational resources.
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This Copyright and Licensing training course is well-suited to those who require a basic understanding of copyright law, licensing, and open educational resources.
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This workshop will introduce participants to the concepts ofOpen Educational Resources (OERs) and Open Educational Practice(OEP), and Open Pedagogy will be examined using exemplars from across the University.
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