Open Unwrapped Dec 15th: Wet and weary Father Christmas
A warm welcome for a wet and weary Father Christmas, from an 1872 edition of Punch magazine.Punch, or The London […]
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Open Unwrapped Dec 14th: Flammability of Christmas Trees
Ever wondered how flammable your Christmas tree actually is? This technical report from the Ottawa Department of Forestry in fire research […]
Read moreOpen Unwrapped Dec 12th: Yule Lads – on the greatest Open Education Resource: Wikipedia
Yule lads are 13 trolls from Icelandic folklore who put rewards (or punishments) in shoes laid out on windowsills by […]
Read moreOpen Unwrapped Dec 9th: Let it snow
Many of us dream of a white Christmas. Dr Jane Blackford in the School of Engineering has a cold room […]
Read moreOpen Unwrapped Dec 8th: Children’s Games
This beautiful image of Japanese children building a snowman is part of a series of woodblock prints by Eitaku Kobayashi, […]
Read moreOpen Unwrapped Dec 7th: 3D Model Skull – Scottish Wildcat (Felis silvestris)
This intricate 3D model of the skull of a Scottish Wildcat (Felis Silvestris) was created by Dr. Tobias Schwarz, of the […]
Read moreOpen Unwrapped Dec 5th – Free Willy: Shakespeare and OER
In this keynote, presented at the #OER16 Open Culture Conference at the University of Edinburgh, Dr Emma Smith, Professor of Shakespeare […]
Read moreOpen Unwrapped Dec 2nd – Greensleeves – Bassano
Greensleeves is a traditional English folk song and tune, often used in the UK by ice-cream vans. Christmas and New Year […]
Read moreOpen Unwrapped Dec 1st – Nort Atlantik Drift
Enjoy beautiful scenes, sounds, and poetry with this short clip showcasing a film about Shetlandic poet, Robert Alan Jamieson. Using his […]
Read moreOpen Unwrapped – An Advent of Open
Over 24 days leading up to Christmas we will be posting a new #OpenUnwrapped advent item on our Open.Ed blog. […]
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