OER Service 2022 Roundup
It’s been another busy year for the OER Service! As well as celebrating over 5 years of institutional support for […]
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Open Media Bank: Legacy MOOC Project
The Instructional Design Team have just completed a project with the OER (Open Educational Resources) Service which, as all good projects do, started with a mysterious old dusty spreadsheet. It was a record of legacy MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses)…
Read moreOpen Research Support at Russell Group Universities
As part of my work as Research Data Steward, I was asked by our Open Research Co-ordinator to investigate the …Continue reading →
Read moreOpen to the World: Celebrating 20 years of Creative Commons licences
Creative Commons, the international organisation dedicated to sharing knowledge and creativity, celebrates 20 years of Creative Commons licences. The organisation […]
Read moreLearning Technology Community: OER Service Takeover
Next Monday 31 October the OER Service is looking forward to taking over the University of Edinburgh’s Learning Technology Community […]
Read moreOfS review of Blended Learning
In March 2002 the Office for Students announced their plan to review blended learning provision in English universities. I was delighted to be invited to be part of the expert panel doing the review. The OfS currently hold no sway in Scotland, but they shape the ways in which some of the universities in England …
Read more“An epoch in history” – Charles Lyell in Nova Scotia 1842
We are delighted to welcome Tim Fedak – a Curator and Palaeontologist based at Nova Scotia Museum – to our …Continue reading →
Read moreAda Lovelace Day 2022
As every year, I gathered colleagues, friends and students to celebrate Ada Lovelace Day again. There was story on the BBC that this year might be the end for ALD, but I am not convinced. There is still much work to be done. “According to data published by STEM Women – a company which organises networking …
Read moreOpen Textbooks and OER Webinar
Last week Lorna Campbell, OER Service Manager, and Dhara Snowden, Textbook Programme Manager at UCL Press, joined Jane Secker and […]
Read moreALTC 2022 – Reconnecting
Earlier this month the annual ALT Conference returned as an in-person event for the first time since the pandemic. Around 400 participants joined the hybrid conference at the University of Manchester, for both an in-person and online programme. For many delegates it was their first in-person conference since the Before Times and I think it’s […]
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