Today is International Women’s Day, and as a passionate Wikipedian, I want to give a shout out to everyone who is working so hard to address the gender balance of articles on Wikipedia. It’s no secret that Wikipedia has a gender problem, here’s the encyclopedia’s own article on the topic: Gender bias on Wikipedia. On […]
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In case you missed it, this blog post outlining my OER18 keynote appeared on the conference website last week. Being invited to keynote is always a privilege, but I was particularly honoured to be asked to present at this year’s OER18 Conference in Bristol, not least because I’ll be following in the footsteps of the […]
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Earlier this year, after years of procrastinating, I was very proud to finally become a certified member of ALT. This is my short reflection on my experience of CMALT accreditation and my way of thanking all those that supported me along the way. Since 2015 I’ve been fortunate to work in Information Services at the […]
Read moreThis is a transcript of a talk I gave as part of the Open Med Project webinar series. Benefits of Open Education and OER from Lorna Campbell What is open education? Open education is many things to many people and there’s no one hard and fast definition. A practice? A philosophy? A movement? A licensing […]
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Last month I had the opportunity to travel to Slovenia to represent the University of Edinburgh and Open Scotland at the UNESCO OER World Congress in Ljubljana. The theme of the Congress was “OER for Inclusive and Equitable Quality Education: From Commitment to Action” and there was a strong focus on how OER can help […]
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The Wiki Loves Monuments competition came to a close last Friday and I’d be lying if I didn’t admit that I was still uploading ancient holiday snaps at quarter to midnight. Who knew I had so many pics of ancient ruins?! By the time the competition closed, a staggering 14,359 new images of UK scheduled […]
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Earlier this week Christina Hendricks at UBC put out a call for examples of student engagement with open education and OER. I was going to reply in comments but as we have lots of great examples of students getting involved with OER at the University of Edinburgh I thought I’d write a short post here. […]
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One of the things I’ll be looking into as part of my new role is key performance indicators for open educational resources. At the University of Edinburgh we have a Vision and Policy for OER that encourages staff and students to use, create and publish OERs to enhance the quality of the student experience, enrich […]
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Now that I’ve cleared the inevitable post-holiday e-mail backlog I’m ready to start a new role as Senior Service Manager – Learning Technology within Education Design and Engagement (EDE) at the University of Edinburgh. I’ve actually been transitioning into this role for several months now and have been working closely with colleagues in EDE, where the […]
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Edinburgh Global have produced a series of videos aimed at international students about adjusting to life in a new city. […]
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