Having run many Board Game Jams over the past year, it was great to be able to bring the 1hr version to the OER17 conference in London. Appropriately for the conference theme, The Politics of Open, each of the games created in this session had a politi…
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As well as my paper (The Distance Travelled) and lightning talk (Shouting from the Heart) at OER17, I also took part in a panel session organised by Jim Luke: Open Education in a time of Trump and Brexit. The panel featured video provocations from Robin DeRosa, Nadine Aboulmagd, Chris Gilliard, and David Kernohan and responses from Jim, […]
Read moreReflections on open education policy in the UK since the Cape Town Declaration Paper presented at the OER17 Politics of Open conference. 2017 has officially been designated the “Year of Open”. The Year of Open is a global focus on open processes, systems, and tools, created through collaborative approaches, that enhance our education, businesses, governments, and […]
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The OER17 Politics of Open Conference is taking place in London this week, and I can hardly believe it’s been a year since Melissa and I chaired last year’s conference in Edinburgh! As always, I’m looking forward to catching up with friends from all over the world and meeting some long standing online colleagues irl for […]
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At the University of Edinburgh we’re pretty keen on Open Education Resources and Practice, which why there will be not […]
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