Teaching Matters OER Theme Roundup
Last week, the OER Service’s Teaching Matters blog theme, marking five years of Open Education Resources at the University of […]
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Open Book Platforms Research: UoE Open Press Service
After doing our research on the publishers that worked with open books, we got an idea of what we were aiming to have in our textbook and how we wanted it to be. To become more accessible and achieve wider public, we agreed that the textbook should be published in at least three main formats: HTML, EPUB […]
Read moreStart of term open licensed resources for our students
We have a bunch of great resources focused towards student that have been openly licensed for adaptation, re-use, and sharing. […]
Read moreOpen licensed resources to help teaching staff
In the lead up to the start of a new academic teaching year we wanted to pull together the excellent […]
Read moreMini-series: Don’t panic! Content and copyright for lecture recording
This post previously appeared on the University of Edinburgh’s Teaching Matters blog. Can I use copyright materials in my lectures? What about film clips? What if my lecture is recorded? How can I make sure I won’t get into trouble? Lorna Campbell and Charlie Farley, from the Educational Design and Engagement team in Learning, Teaching and […]
Read moreOctober OER of the Month – To Bee or not to Bee
The Geoscience Outreach programme allows students in their final year to work in partnership with a local school or community […]
Read moreAugust OER of the Month – Supercytes
Supercytes is an openly licensed card game and resource pack (with animated cartoons) about having fun with Biology and encouraging an early interest in science. Created by medical research scientists working in the MRC Centre for Inflammation Research at the University of Edinburgh, the resource is designed for use in schools (or school science clubs).
Read moreJune OER of the Month – Eric Lucey Film Collection
Our OER of the month for June is the Eric Lucey film collection. Part of the University of Edinburgh Archives Collection, the films have been digitalized and made openly available on the Media Hopper Create site.
Read moreInternational Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, Intersexism and Transphobia
Today is International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, Intersexism and Transphobia. Raising awareness, knowledge, and compassion, are some of the best ways to combat prejudice and we’re glad to have some excellent open educational resources created right here by students at The University of Edinburgh which aim to to just this.
Read moreMay OER of the Month – Digital Futures
This OER of the month is actually a whole smorgasbord of OER with a wealth of content coming out of the Digital Futures for Learning course, led by Dr Jen Ross and Professor Sian Bayne, and part of the MSc in Digital Education at the University of Edinburgh.
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