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Open Textbook Interview Series for OE Week 2024

29th February 2024 Stephanie (Charlie) Farley

Sketch of an open book with the words 'Open Text Books' and arrow spreading out to figures of people reading and using tech

March 4th-8th marks Open Education Week 2024, an annual celebration and opportunity for those working in Open Education to actively share their achievements and learn about what others are achieving worldwide. This year we’re celebrating Open Education Week by publishing a series of interviews with staff and students across the University who have created and published open textbooks. Open textbooks are books that have been made accessible online free of cost and are also openly licensed to allow free modifications, use, and sharing.

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Open to the World: Open course development at the University of Edinburgh

10th March 2022 Lorna M Campbell

Video and resources from our 2022 Open Education Week webinar Open to the World: Open course development at the University […]

Open for Good: Five years of Open Education Resources at the University of Edinburgh

24th February 2021 Lorna M Campbell

In order to mark five years of Open Education Resources (OER) at the University of Edinburgh and to coincide with […]

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Inspiring students, pioneering women and virtual dragons

20th March 2019 OpenEdFeed – Open World

February and March are always busy months for Open Education and this year was no exception, with the University’s Festival of Creative Learning, Open Education Week and International Women’s Day all coming back to back. The fun and games kicked off with Festival of Creative Learning in mid February. My OER Service colleague Charlie ran […]

Open Education Week Blog Roundup

19th March 2019 Lorna M Campbell

Many thanks to all those who contributed to our Open.Ed blog series for Open Education Week. It was great to […]

Women and Wikipedia….Open Learning and a hobby for life!

12th March 2019 Ewan McAndrew

This post is the seventh in a series of blog posts for Open Education Week. By Karen Bowman, University of Edinburgh Public Domain Image, Wikimedia Commons I am Karen, a member of the University of Edinburgh administrative staff. I spotted a new open learning experience for staff and students in Creative Learning Week 2018 with ‘no experience …